
Outlook items don’t open, or the item that opens is not the item that you selected.Blank lines appear in the Outlook message list or in Outlook contacts.
You have most likely experienced one or more of the problems below and need to rebuild your database:
Recover a back-up of your database from Time MachineĬommon Outlook 2011 issues the utility can repair. Create a new profile using the Database Utility and reconfigure your email accounts. You can use the Database Utility to set a different default database to use. Here as some additional options if you rebuilding the database and Outlook doesn’t help. Click on Rebuild to start rebuilding the database – this may take some time if you have a large database. Your current database profile will be Bolded. Alternatively you can find the Database repair Utility in your Applications under the Microsoft Office 2011 folder. Click on Outlook from the Dock at he bottom of your screen to open the utility. Now that your original data is backed up we can safely use the Microsoft Database Utility for repairs. Here you will find your identity folder – make a copy of this entire folder to an external USB device or another location. Navigate to User/Home/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2011 Identities. Exit out of Outlook if it is currently open.
You don’t want to accidental delete/rename or corrupt your current database of emails/contacts/calendar.
The first steps before you do anything is to take a back-up of your current database. Back-up your Outlook 2011 Identity folder You can also use this guide to recover missing information in your Outlook profile such as emails and contacts. Follow this guide to learn the basic steps in repairing your Outlook user identity database. If your Apple emails are miss behaving in Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac we have a solution.