Outlook 365 Printing Crash "Out of memory or system resources. Close some windows or programs and try again."

Kelly, Jimmy R 1 Reputation point
2021-03-23T16:17:04.107+00:00

Outlook 2016 and then Outlook 365 on a Dell XPS crashes when we try to print emails with the error message "Out of memory or system resources. Close some windows or programs and try again."

We have tried...

  1. Closing all other applications
  2. Uninstalling and installing Office 365, then repair installing Office 365
  3. Removing Adobe Acrobat from the system in case of an Add-in conflict
  4. Removing connected PST files (Archives)
  5. Deleting the Outlook OST file to redownload it from the Exchange Server
  6. Increasing the Virtual memory size
  7. Removing the default printer

At this point I'm stuck. Is there anything else you can think to try?

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  1. JeffYang-MSFT 6,241 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-03-24T03:01:31.877+00:00

    Hi @Kelly, Jimmy R ,

    Before going further, could you please collect the build number of your Outlook via File > Office Account > About Outlook? Please make sure you have upgraded your Outlook to the latest version.

    As I know, uninstalling repairing Office usually can fix feature-related issues but might not initialize and fix issue related to your Outlook files and settings. Usually
    corrupted Outlook profile would lead issues like this, so please try creating and using a new Outlook profile via Control Panel > Mail > Show profile and see if there is any difference.
    Outlook 2016: Out of memory or system resources. Close some windows or programs and try again.
    Create an Outlook profile

    If the issue still continues, there could be some add-ins, custom settings, registry keys in your Outlook client that cause this issue, so it is suggested to start your Outlook in safe mode (Press Win + R, type “outlook /safe”, press Enter.) and see if the issue continues.

    Any update, please feel free to post back.

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