Outlook 2013 Stuck on "Processing" Step When Opening

Hi all,

I have a customer with Outlook 2013, and when opening one of two profiles, Outlook hangs on "Processing".  Outlook is opening Exchange accounts.  This problem occurs most of the time, but not all of the time.  I tried opening Outlook in Safe Mode, and the problem goes away.  I cleared all the Add-ins from loading, and Outlook still gets stuck on "Processing" when not opening in Safe Mode.

Since Outlook will open reliably with another profile, I created a new profile, with the email account in the profile that gets stuck on "Processing".  Outlook still gets stuck with the new profile.

I ran a full Online Repair, and there was no change.

I reviewed the Event Log for Windows Applications, and there were no entries for Outlook.

Outlook opens reliably on other computers with the same email accounts.

Anyone have any other ideas?

Michael

November 11th, 2014 7:23am

Hi Michael,

Please try these steps and check if it works:

1. Press Windows key + R to open the Run command, type regedit and press Enter.

2. In the Registry Editor window, browse to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common

3. Right click on Common and select New > Key, name it "Graphics"

4. Select Graphics, right click on the right panel and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, name it DisableHardwareAcceleration.

5. Double click DisableHardwareAcceleration and enter Value data as 1.

Please let me know the result.

Regards,

Steve Fan

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November 12th, 2014 4:42am

Hi,

Just checking in to see if the information was helpful. Please let us know if you would like further assistance. 

Best Regards,

Steve Fan

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November 17th, 2014 4:25am

Hi Michael,

I'm marking the reply as answer as there has been no update for a couple of days.

If you come back to find it doesn't work for you, please reply to us and unmark the answer.

Best Regards,

Steve Fan

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November 21st, 2014 3:59am

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