subject: Outlook Prompts To Start In Safe Mode [print this page] A Microsoft Outlook PST file is prone to several errors that can corrupt and make it inaccessible as a result. General errors are unexpected shutdown, network vulnerabilities, large PST size and virus infection. The Microsoft Inbox Repair Tool is a built-in utility that can solve and repair corruption issues associated with Outlook Personal Folder (.pst) file. But if the damage is of high extent, the tool might fail to correct it. Thus, it is required that you should restore the lost data from the most recent backup available. If this is not feasible or you find it invalid too, commercial tools can help to Repair PST. These tools come integrated to scan the damaged PST file using efficient algorithms.
To illustrate, consider you use Microsoft Outlook for email management. You might receive the below error message when trying to open the application:
Outlook encounters a problem while opening, starting the program in safe mode may solve the problem although some functionalities may be disabled in this mode, Start in safe mode? YES or NO?
Clicking ''NO' to the error message hangs Outlook, however, when you click 'Yes', it gives another error and the application fails to launch.
