[aprilfrompa]

I am having this issue as well and no idea how to repair it. I'm using vista, ran a scan which resulted in no issues. Please offer a suggestion, I would really appreciate getting my work email back.

[sewallace2002]

Originally Posted by d-pabs

I encountered the same problem 3 days ago. I found this solution on the net. As of now, it's working fine.

Start->run..then type the following -> "Outlook.exe /resetnavpane"

[electriciansnet]

Pardon me for not getting too excited but I prefer mine to function properly.
At least in my case, I have to use this switch every time I restart.
If this is a Microsoft issue then why have they done nothing to resolve it in all this time?

[hqnet]

Originally Posted by kurthe

We have all of our user's email set up to deliver to a personal folder that resides on a server with Windows 2003. We have a small number of people that get the error message below. They eventually get in, but either have to close outlook and reopen several times or they have to reboot their computer. Has anyone seen this before? Thanks!

"Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook, Unable to open the Outlook window.
The set of folders could not be opened. The server is not available.
Contact your administrator if this condition persists."

I have tried every suggestion I could find on the internet, but still haven't found a solution.

any help would be much appreciated.

Do you mean you have the .pst stored in a network share? That is known to be very prone to get the files corrupted sooner rather than later...

FWIW
There are a few other switches other than /resetnavpan to force Outlook to purge some of these quicks

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...185891033.aspx

http://www.techgalaxy.net/Docs/Excha...3_switches.htm

HTH

[fabien_duchene]

Outlook.exe /resetnavpane
did fix the "Cannont start Microsoft Outlook. Unable to open the Outlook window", on client computers running Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 in a Windows 7 Ultimate environnment.

Cheers.

[LargoMike]

Originally Posted by electriciansnet

Pardon me for not getting too excited but I prefer mine to function properly.
At least in my case, I have to use this switch every time I restart.
If this is a Microsoft issue then why have they done nothing to resolve it in all this time?

Like fabien_duchene, I appreciate the ability to access Outlook as well but I wanted to know what was wrong and how to fix it. I am running XP pro SP2 with Office Pro 2007. Upon further research it appears that all those times I closed the Auto Archive window has allowed my .pst file to grow larger than 2Gig and this is the cause of the problem. When I opened Outlook, I auto archived but this did not solve the issue. Methinks that by removing old data and eMails it may correct the size of the .pst and therby correct the issue. Good luck.

[onlineme]

The suggestion to delete the profile(s) worked for me through control panel -> Mail. Specifically, deleting the imap ones.

hth

[aussieeabroad]

Hi, to anyone trying to use d-pabs fix without any luck from the start menu, try it from the command prompt instead. Just got mine up and running.

[tusros]

Outlook.exe /resetnavpane

this worked thanks....

[shijobaby]

error message cannot start microsoft outlook. cannot open the outlook window


http://vbprogrammingerrors.blogspot....e-outlook.html

[chezgianni]

Hello, new member here. Same problem Windows 7 operating system on a new Hp 64 bit desktop. Have Office Professional 2007 and Outlook just stopped working. Getting the "Cannot Start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook Window. Tried repair and all suggestions found online. I hate to lose once again all my important emails and contacts.

[chezgianni]

Bingo! It worked! Thanks a bunch and then some more. Outlook.exe /resetnavpane "needed the space before the /. Still Microsoft should incorporate it into their "repair" program.
john

[mart99]

After several operations recomended by the Microsoft Support that didn't worked, I finally found here the solution: Outlook.exe /resetnavpane
Thanks

[chezgianni]

Unfortunately, the Outlook navigational pane seems to get corrupted every time the overnight updates get downloaded which cause a restart. By executing the outlook.exe /resetnavpane it opens again immediately. I will let it happen one more time then I will change my default exlorer from IE to Firefox and check if the same phenomena reoccurs...will let you know. Thanks, john

[uttoxeter]

We had the Cannot Start Micosoft Outlook problem on a system running XP Pro SP3 with Office 2007
Outlook.exe /resetnavpane solved the problem - for today at least !
Many thanks, to this forum - we will become vaid members I think !