Microsoft Office or Microsoft Office, and then select Repair. You can automatically repair your Office program files to resolve such problems as Outlook freezing or not responding. Prevent Outlook to download external contents. Here are your options, some of which are free. Microsoft Office support ends October 13, This means no more technical support, no more patches, and no more security updates.All those other non-fix gimmicks are a waste of time, and I wasted plenty time finding they all suck and no one mentioning the repair tool. In the control panel: Highlight MS Office entry, click change on top bar, then select repair. The way to fix the Outlook not responding issue is by using the Office repair tool in the control panel.Moving an email to another folder can take longer.

Either way, it takes seconds to delete an email. After 6 seconds, Outlook shows “not responding” and then it either resumes working by deleting the email and resumes normal functioning at 7 seconds, or it continues to hang until the 22 second mark, and starts working again on its own then.

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