Fix outlook 2003 crashing and freezing issues

The problem of outlook 2003 crashing on startup post giving fatal error upon which it prompts to send report to Microsoft is quite common and has been observed by majority of users once while working in outlook. Also the issue takes place irrespective of the attempts made and you will be asked to report the same to Microsoft. The unusual behavior takes place almost consistently and this is quite risky for the security of data items stored in Outlook personal folders.

Even trying hard does not open up the application normally, though depending on the case as it may be booting in safe mode may be possible. But, this is a rare possibility and in most of the situations the error will keep on taking place and that needs effective troubleshooting to gain access to all file contained items.

Basically, there could be two varying reasons for issue of outlook 2003 crashes to take place at startup, viz. Outlook database corruption or corruption of outlook profile. This needs to revealed first and based on that one can proceed with the steps to fix outlook 2003 crashes.

So, first of all you need to verify and correct problems with the outlook database, for this the command outlook.exe/cleanpst has to be executed from Start run.

If the described method helps resolve the issue and outlook is able to start properly without crashing, the existing issue had been relating to database corruption. Thereafter to repair outlook 2003 PST file the database has to be located first of all and Microsoft Outlook inbox repair tool, scanpst.exe utility executed on the file for fixing existing error that has been leading to unexpected crashes all through.

Besides, that i.e. if the issue could not be fixed this way, it is recommended running outlook.exe/profiles command from start run menu. Additionally you could try starting outlook with another profile and if it does, use the command outlook.exe/cleanprofile.

The process involves resetting of registry keys & entries and you get access to a clean working outlook account. Email account, directory and other items could be set as needed.

Further, if you find the files corrupt or inaccessible make use of PST repair tool to diagnose and fix the same efficiently and restore the files from the damaged file to a new usable outlook PST.