When prompted for a profile to be used, choose your new profile and click OK. Under the option of “ When starting Microsoft Office Outlook, use this profile“, choose the first option (or select the new profile from the drop-down list and make Outlook automatically open that profile).Type a name for the new profile and click OK.

(If you are told to make a new profile because your profile is corrupt, click the Add button to proceed).

You should see the default profile called Outlook.

Open the Control Panel and set the View by option to Large icons.

How to Fix “Cannot Start / Open Microsoft Outlook”?

If Outlook prompts you to enter PST password but you’ve forgotten it, you can recover PST password with this method: Recover Forgotten Password for Outlook Data File (.PST). Tips: If Outlook cannot start because your Outlook PST file is corrupt, you can check this how to repair PST article.

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to fix these issues by making a copy of Outlook profile. Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook, unable to open the Outlook window? Outlook stuck on the “Load Profile” window? This can happen when your Outlook profile or Outlook data files have become corrupted or damaged.

Microsoft outlook stuck on loading profile