If Outlook 2016 won’t start and get’s stuck on the processing screen all of a sudden it could be a result of a recent Office 2016 upgrade and it’s waiting for you to accept the license. For some reason it won’t open and display the license unless you start Outlook in safe mode. To check if this is the issue:
Step 1
Hold Down your Windows Key and press R
Step 2
In the run box type in:
outlook.exe /safe
Step 3
Select your Outlook Profile and click OK
Step 4
If you are connected to Office 365 and it asks for your credentials enter these
Step 5
Accept the license
Step 6
Close outlook and open normally
Please note that this is only one possible reason why Outlook 2016 isn’t starting. It could also be a result of a faulty Add-In, corrupted user profile or Office 2016 needs repairing. You may also find that you need to check your system files for corruption.
That seemed to fix it for me, thanks!
Thank you so much for your suggestion. Worked a treat, and very easy to follow as well. So much better than the confusing and unhelpful advice from Windows. Well done!!
Thank you soooooooooooooooooo much!
doesn’t let process after second step, windows cannot find; outlook.exe/safe Now what?
Make sure you are putting a space in between outlook.exe and the / – i.e. outlook.exe /safe
Worked great !! thanks
Thank you so much!! I sifted through all of these complicated articles thinking I would be spending the next 2 hours trying to figure out how to get Outlook started again – this took 30 seconds and worked like a charm!
Thanks for this helpful advice!
worked, thanks, damn outlook works better on a mac
Worked perfect! thank you so much
Awesome mate – thank you for this.
thanks so much
it worked for me too
i tried this and still having issues
any other suggestions
Thank You so much. very good and work for me