Ever had to restart Windows because you couldn’t launch some program?
Microsoft Outlook sometimes does the following: One component of the program is left running in your computer’s memory, but invisibly. Next time you try to start Outlook, nothing happens. After a few attempts, you may do the obvious “universal fix” – that is restart Windows.
Instead, try launching the Windows Task Manager (keyboard Ctrl+Alt+Del) and select Task Manager’s “Processes” tab. Look for the “Outlook.exe” process, select it and click on that “End Process” button. OK the warning, close Task Manager and Outlook should be good to go. This fix may work with other applications as well.
Caveat: Don’t be careless with running processes. If you don’t know what some process is, don’t mess with it!
Until next time – happy processing
_jim coe
Tags: Task Manager, utility program
