Outlook Crashes: Microsoft’s Wacky Workarounds to the Rescue!

Microsoft Outlook is crashing like a teenager on a sugar rush. Classic Outlook users in the Monthly Enterprise Channel face crashes when opening or starting new emails. The culprit? A missing folder. Until a fix arrives, users must manually create the FORMS2 folder. Microsoft is also investigating mailbox folders that dance around like they’re at a disco.

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Hot Take:

Microsoft’s Outlook is crashing like a teenager learning to drive a stick shift. Virtual desktop infrastructure users are particularly feeling the road rage while Microsoft races to fix its email jalopy. Until then, grab your digital wrenches and assemble your own makeshift pit stop by creating a missing FORMS2 folder. It’s DIY email repair time, folks!

Key Points:

  • Classic Outlook crashes when opening or starting new emails due to an absent Forms Library.
  • This issue primarily impacts users on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
  • Microsoft suggests a temporary fix by creating a FORMS2 folder manually.
  • Another known issue: Outlook mailbox folders flicker when moving items.
  • Recent updates have addressed other Outlook crashes affecting various activities.

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