Outlook 2007 has been running slow since I got it. I installed SP1 and keep it updated but it's still slow, especially when I Click Calendar or Contacts button in the navigation pane from Mail. That switch usually needs half to one minute to complete, which is too long for me.
I found that can be changed after I run outlook in safe mode: start -> Run dialog and type outlook /safe, in which I don't need to wait at all if I switch from Mail to Calendar or Contacts. And that was the case even after I ran outlook in normal mode later. The key is to run outlook in safe mode once then close it.
If the above trick stops working reliably, I would open the Outlook Add-ins manager by clicking the menu item Tools->Trust Center... Then click the second item on the left pane which is Add-ins. Then click the Go... button near the bottom on the right pane. The next step is to Disable all COM Add-ins, especially the Business Contact Manager for Outlook. The last step is to restart outlook and it works again.
Updates: Install the Office 2007 Service Pack 2 and I believe MS finally found the cure for the slow outlook. With the Office 2007 SP2, it now takes me less than a second to switch among Mail, Contacts and Calendar.
Another command that may be useful is outlook /cleanrules
This command can remove corrupt mail rules and alerts.
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Hi I agree with your tip that you mentioned. I tried the same and i found it's working for me. My Outlook become faster in opening preview and opening mails. Thanks...
I'm flabbergasted, it works! I've been looking for hours to cranck up outlook and was about to reinstall Vista (again).
Great!
Thx,
Bart
Brilliant. Your suggestions made a huge difference. Thank you!
Great tip!!!!!! At last my Outlook starts up fast....
Great post, worked very well
Kudos as well... worked fine. One thing I thought I would note in the event it's useful.
I found that just the act of disabling the add-ins, exiting Outlook, and then starting it again, **and then turning the add-ins back on (the ones I wanted)** the fix STILL worked.
Maybe the add-ins needed to be somehow "reset". In any case, the good news is that you can still use the add-ins you want.
Amazing tip. So simple yet to useful to see outlook behave much faster (my PST files are over 2 GB each).
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