Microsoft Outlook cannot be opened

On a number of occasions Microsoft Outlook cannot be started. An error message appears then: “The application cannot be started: the application’s window cannot be open.” The reason for that may be a corrupt mail profile used in Microsoft Outlook. In order to run the application, a new mail profile must be created.

To do that:

Step 1.

Click on Start, Control Panel.


Fig. 1. Mail applet in Control Panel.

Step 2.

Select Mail, then Show profiles.


Fig. 2. Show Profiles applet.

Step 3.

A list of created Outlook profiles will be displayed.

Click on Add, then enter a name for the new profile.


Fig. 3. Selecting a new profile.

Step 4.

In the window with profile list mark Always use this profile option, and select the newly created profile.

Now you can start your Microsoft Outlook on the newly created profile. It will be necessary to configure it anew, as settings are not remembered when switching between profiles.