Security News > 2022 > October > Microsoft is rolling out a fix for Outlook crashing after launch

Microsoft is finally rolling out a fix for an issue known since August and causing Outlook for Microsoft 365 to freeze and crash right after it's opened.

"When you start Outlook Desktop, it gets past loading profile and processing, briefly opens, and then stops responding," Microsoft explains.

As revealed in a support document published on August 11, the Outlook Desktop client crashes are automatically logged in the Windows Event Viewer Application Log as Event 1000 or Event 1001.

In an update added this week, the company revealed that a fix is now rolling out to users in the Current and Semi-Annual Enterprise channels, with other channels to receive it in the near future.

"This issue is fixed in Current Channel Version 2209 and Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Version 2208. As these builds get to the other channels the fixes will follow," Microsoft says.

Redmond recently fixed a bug causing the Outlook email client to crash when reading emails containing tables such as Uber receipt emails.

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