- #Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 how to#
- #Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 activation key#
- #Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 pro#
- #Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 professional#
There may be a few variations of this message depending on which Outlook version you use. ost) was deleted or damaged as the result of incorrect uninstallation or reinstallation of Outlook.Īnyway, whatever the reason is, the outcome is the same - you cannot open the Outlook window because of this error: " Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Other reasons may be when you run Outlook in the compatibility mode, or if you are using a profile created in an older Outlook version, or if the Outlook data file (.pst or. No one knows the exact reason why this happens, but all versions of Microsoft Outlook from 2003 to the newest Outlook 2019 may be affected. A good indication that the file is corrupted is when its size is 0 KB.
The main symptom of this problem is very obvious and easily recognizable: you click Outlook's icon, an hourglass appears and is hanging for a while, and then you get the "Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook" error.Īccording to Microsoft, the major cause of this issue is a corrupted Navigation Pane settings file - profilename.xml, where "profilename" is the name of your Outlook profile. "Unable to start Microsoft Outlook" error - causes and symptoms
#Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 activation key#
Solution: Just log out and you can activate using just an activation key by itself.
#Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 pro#
I did some more reading and apparently Office 2016 Pro Plus is a MSDN product really only for commercial users, not regular consumers, and logging in with an email account screws with Office products if they are activated by key only and not also a MS account. When I signed out, the notification to activate went away and the one that said “activated” stuck around. I decided to try signing out of my Microsoft account.
#Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 how to#
How to Fix MS Office Pro Plus 2016 that is Both Activated and Won’t Activate at the same time. However, this issue seems to only happen when different versions of MS Office are installed and I only had one version. I decided to check my Excel again just to make sure I wasn’t logged into a different account and ended up noticing something strange – my Excel was both “Activated” and “Required Activation” like other people asking for help online. That’s when I ended up at and noticed that my Office 2016 Pro Plus key wasn’t even shown as associated with my account even though I only have one account. Nothing worked, I even double-checked my activation key at to make sure it was still valid. I tried all the suggestions found online: Made sure I was using the correct Microsoft/Live account, Repaired the installation, Reinstalled all of office, removed registry entries, as well as reinstalling the activation key via command-line. Excel was notifying me that I needed to activate my product but signing in kept failing to re-activate and I’d get an error that said “This account is not associated with this product”.
#Microsoft office updates issues problems 2016 professional#
I was having a problem earlier with my Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 that was de-activated after using Windows Update.