Over a long period of time in history we always had weird problems with outlook. Here i am just going to provide you some useful Outlook Switches that will help you fix almost all problems with Outlook.
You should remember basic troubleshooting steps
Does this problems global ? if effecting others users ? or single user
run the switches listed below
Can you open problems users outlook profile from another pc to eliminate the PC specific issues
Can you produce same problems via OWA instead of Outlook?
Antivirus software, firewall issues on the local PC ?
Third party adds on on the problem PC ?
Did you create additional profile on the problem PC and see if issue existed ?
Did you run outlook switches , the most common ones…….
Outlook /CleanFreeeBusy
Outlook /ResetFolders
Outlook /CleanViews
outlook //CleanReminders
| /CleanFreeBusy | Cleans and regenerates free/busy information. this one clean all kinds of weird calendaring issue | |
| /CleanViews | Restores default views. | |
| /CleanReminders | Cleans and regenerates reminders. | |
| /ResetFolders | Restores missing folders for the default delivery location. | |
| /CleanProfile | Removes invalid profile keys and recreates default registry keys where applicable. | |
| /CleanFinders | Sets Outlook 2003 Search Folders back to the default state (deletes custom Search Folders) | |
| /Cleanpst | Launches Outlook with a clean Personal Folders file (.pst) | |
| /CleanSchedPlus | Starts Outlook and deletes server-based rules. Used only with Exchange server accounts. | |
| /FirstRun | Starts Outlook as if it were run for the first time. | |
| /ImportPrf prffilename | Launches Outlook and opens/imports the defined MAPI profile (*.prf). If Outlook is already open, queues the profile to be imported on the next clean launch. | |
| /ResetFolderNames | Launches Outlook and opens/imports the defined MAPI profile (*.prf). If Outlook is already open, queues the profile to be imported on the next clean launch. | |
| /ResetFolders | Restores missing folders for the default delivery location. | |
| /ResetOutlookBar | Rebuilds the Outlook Bar | |
| /ResetWunderBar | Rebuilds the new Outlook Control Bar in Outlook 2003. | |
| /Rpcdiag | Opens Outlook and displays the remote procedure call (RPC) connection status dialog | |
| /Sniff | Starts Outlook and forces a detection of new meeting requests in the Inbox, and then adds them to the calendar. |
Try Microsoft Outlook Configuration Analyzer Tool to fix common configurations errors that may cause problems in Outlook.
