Summary: In this post, you will learn to fix ‘the
stuck issue Outlook 2016 processing screen’. It also gives a brief idea about
its symptoms and why is this happening.
MS Outlook 2016 the latest version i.e. popular desktop email client for
Windows Operating System users. Due to worthy customer experience, most of the users
are upgrading from previous version (Outlook 2013) to newer Outlook 2016
version.
However, the upgrade into new Windows PC is not a big assignment but it
may create chaos with an occurrence of any technical glitch. Online communities
are flooded with several discussions about Windows 10, Outlook 2016 and Office 365
issues.
Let’s us discuss a most common problem among Outlook community i.e. an odd
issue when they have upgraded from Outlook 2013 to 2016. After launching
Outlook 2016 start screen stuck at “Processing”. Even after trying so many
solutions like re-installing, uninstalling or online solution, it seems
worthless.
Symptoms:
The most common symptoms
could be as follows:
1: Outlook is not responding
2: Outlook stuck on the start screen with “Processing”
3: Microsoft Outlook 2016 hangs, Freezes or stops to work while open any
email, attachment or folder.
Main
causes:
1: Due to 3rd Party Add- Ons that is not responding and make
Outlook crash
2: Data file of the Outlook could be corrupt.
3: Any Dialog box is open but hidden to the user’s view.
Solution
1: Fix the Outlook 2016 stuck issue:
1: Run
MS Outlook in safe mode, to do so type Outlook.exe/safe in Start menu.
2: Press
Alt+Tab to verify that if there any dialog box is not open.
Steps to Repair your Outlook 2016 Installation
1:
Click start and search for “Program
& Features” (Windows 10 only)
2: Now
select MS Office and then click on change option.
3: A
new dialog box appears, then select ‘Quick Repair’ option, if this will unable
to resolve the issue, so you can select Online Repair
(Online Repair takes more time but gives good result in
comparison to Quick Repair. All is that it is time consuming.
Solution
2: Create a new Outlook Profile
If the above Methods are not effective, then you have to
create a new Outlook profile which stores settings and user information. To
create a new profile, follow the below steps:
1: Click on the start and Open the Control Panel.
2: A
new dialog box appears then click On Control Panel option and select All
Control Panel.
3: Click on the Mail (MS Outlook 2016)
4: Now
select the option ‘Show Profiles’.
5:
Check the option Prompt for a profile to be used.
Solution
3: Inbox Repair Tool
Sometime, it can be related
to damage in Outlook PST file structure. You don’t have reason to panic because
MS Outlook has internal package (ScanPST.exe) to re-build the spotted areas of
PST file.
Location
of ScanPST.exe in Different Microsoft Outlook Versions:
Location of ScanPST.exe in Outlook 97 / Outlook 98
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Windows
Messaging\scanpst.exe
In Outlook 2000 Location of ScanPST.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\<locale
ID>\NT\scanpst.exe
In Outlook 2002/XP ScanPST.exe locate at
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MAPI\<locale
ID>\scanpst.exe
Location of ScanPST.exe in Outlook 2003-32 Bit Windows
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\<locale
ID>
ScanPST.exe in Outlook 2003-64 Bit Windows
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common
Files\System\MSMAPI\<locale ID>
In Outlook 2007-32 Bit Windows Location of ScanPST.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12
ScanPST.exe Location in Outlook 2007-64 Bit Windows
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12
ScanPST.exe located in Outlook 2013-32 Bit Windows
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office15
Location of ScanPST.exe in Outlook 2013-64 Bit Windows
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15
ScanPST.exe location in Outlook 2016-32 Bit Windows
(Click to Run)
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
ScanPST.exe locations for Outlook 2016-64 Bit Windows
(Click to Run)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16
Final
Verdict:
The manual method is
sufficient to resolve this problem instantly. If you are still unable to
resolve it then try ScanPST.exe or its alternative.
References:
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