Does Outlook have a restart function, separate from shutting down manually then opening again?

Question

Does Outlook have a restart function, separate from shutting down manually then opening again? Whenever I need to restart it, I have to wait about 10 seconds and sometimes I click it in the taskbar tray and it was still doing some closing process, and it won't open, then I go to do other stuff, and outlook is closed until I manually go to do something with outlook. A restart button or function for it to start again when it's ready would be nice.

Answer 1

Dear username77xz,

Welcome to Microsoft Community, we are glad to assist you here.

Based on your description, we understand you have something inquiry about the outlook restart function on widows. We don't have an option to resrat the outlook directly. I suggest you may refer to the methods below to close your outlook instead clicking on "X" directly to close it.

Exit the Outlook Directly.

In your Outlook app’s menu bar, click "File." and then go to Exit to close the outlook. Then you can manually open it again.

Using Task Manager

1. Right-click the Start menu and select Task Manager from the menu that appears.

1. In the Task Manager window, find Outlook in the list of processes and right-click on it.
2. Select End task from the context menu. This will close Outlook forcefully.

Using a Run Command

1. Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to open the Run dialog box. Alternatively, right-click the Start menu and select Run.

1. Type outlook.exe /resetnavpane in the box and pressOK. This will reset the navigation pane for your current Outlook profile, forcing the application to restart in the process.

Force close Outlook When the App Is Unresponsive

If your Outlook app is frozen, pleaase go to the task manager, find "Microsoft Outlook," under background process, right-click it, and choose "End Task. "Task Manager will force close your Outlook app.

Thank you for your time and please vote this reply if this is helpful and others may find it easier.

Please feel free to get back to us if you have further concerns,

Regards,

Microsoft Community

Answer 2

Dear 

Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are happy to assist you.

We are looking into your situation, we will update the thread shortly.

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Katherine | Microsoft Community Moderator