Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders
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@kelly said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Can you open it with "outlook.exe /safe"?
Nope
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@jt1001001 said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually a corrupt OST or PST file. I just usually create a new profile, then delete the old one
I've found a lot of them, doing repairs and seeing if that helps.
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size of ost/pst very large ? I heard that above 50 GB it stops receiving or another program locking it, like Skype for Business.
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Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
Long term fix is of course using something other than Outlook.
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@emad-r said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
size of ost/pst very large ? I heard that above 50 GB it stops receiving or another program locking it, like Skype for Business.
Large but nothing like that size. Largest was 14GB.
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@tim_g said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
Long term fix is of course using something other than Outlook.
No kidding.
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Is this Office 2013 or 2016? If so it should not be creating PSTs unless it is a POP account. It has been now OST only.
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@dbeato said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Is this Office 2013 or 2016? If so it should not be creating PSTs unless it is a POP account. It has been now OST only.
I always prefer PST for average user, it is very easy to handle and restore.
OST needs exporting to PST as backup and that is not very straight forward.I know you lose online features with PST, but for those you can use the web client.
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@tim_g said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
No luck, same error with a new profile.
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@scottalanmiller said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@tim_g said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
No luck, same error with a new profile.
Repair Office install ?
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@tim_g said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
Long term fix is of course using something other than Outlook.
I hope you dont mean Mozilla Thunderbird, I use it for my personal 3 accounts, and I like the fact that it works with the extra 2 factor security, but it is slow and flaky, sometimes I need to send and double check, and send again.
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@scottalanmiller said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@tim_g said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
No luck, same error with a new profile.
Check that Outlook is not opened in the background still under processes.
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@emad-r said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@scottalanmiller said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@tim_g said in Outlook Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
No luck, same error with a new profile.
Repair Office install ?
Trying, user still has some things open.
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@emad-r said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@tim_g said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
Long term fix is of course using something other than Outlook.
I hope you dont mean Mozilla Thunderbird, I use it for my personal 3 accounts, and I like the fact that it works with the extra 2 factor security, but it is slow and flaky, sometimes I need to send and double check, and send again.
Still better than Outlook.
But in reality, why use an email client with Exchange?
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@scottalanmiller said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@emad-r said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@tim_g said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
Long term fix is of course using something other than Outlook.
I hope you dont mean Mozilla Thunderbird, I use it for my personal 3 accounts, and I like the fact that it works with the extra 2 factor security, but it is slow and flaky, sometimes I need to send and double check, and send again.
Still better than Outlook.
But in reality, why use an email client with Exchange?
OWA gets flaky too if you leave it open for a while. I've seen this with users who have large amounts of email.
Still, users prefer the Outlook app vs OWA. -
@tim_g said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@scottalanmiller said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@emad-r said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@tim_g said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
Usually creating a new Outlook profile fixes things.
Long term fix is of course using something other than Outlook.
I hope you dont mean Mozilla Thunderbird, I use it for my personal 3 accounts, and I like the fact that it works with the extra 2 factor security, but it is slow and flaky, sometimes I need to send and double check, and send again.
Still better than Outlook.
But in reality, why use an email client with Exchange?
OWA gets flaky too if you leave it open for a while. I've seen this with users who have large amounts of email.
Still, users prefer the Outlook app vs OWA.The fundamental issue is that the entire Exchange / Outlook ecosystem is garbage.
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@scottalanmiller said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
The fundamental issue is that the entire Exchange / Outlook ecosystem is garbage.
hehe the wisdom always seems strong when your frustrated.
The thing is we use (traditional users) emails for everything, even sending files . The true alternative for emails is not using them, or limit them. Instead use groupware, where the DB belongs to you, and can be fixed and optimized or replicated, then use emails for everything else.
90 % of the emails will be sent to co-workers from all those emails, that can be better served with an self hosted slack alternative.
my 2 cent rant.
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@emad-r said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@scottalanmiller said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
The fundamental issue is that the entire Exchange / Outlook ecosystem is garbage.
The thing is we use (traditional users) emails for everything, even sending files .
Why not use email for email and a transfer system for sending files (NextCloud, SFTP, SharePoint, Huddle, etc). Using a system out of its intended use can cause unnecessary congestion.
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@emad-r said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
@scottalanmiller said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
The fundamental issue is that the entire Exchange / Outlook ecosystem is garbage.
hehe the wisdom always seems strong when your frustrated.
Just repeating the same things that I say normally. I avoid Exchange for a reason. I have to use Exchange for NTG, and Zimbra for DCH and Zimbra is so much better.
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@emad-r said in Outlook 2016 Cannot Open Because of Set of Folders:
The thing is we use (traditional users) emails for everything, even sending files . The true alternative for emails is not using them, or limit them. Instead use groupware, where the DB belongs to you, and can be fixed and optimized or replicated, then use emails for everything else.
I'm not suggesting an alternative to email. I'm saying that Exchange and Outlook are absolute garbage. Every other email system in the world works better than these. Email is a commodity, no one should have email products as flaky as Microsoft does, there is no excuse for them to be so bad in this day and age.
