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Outlook could not create the work file

Michael Scofield ~ Modified: May 11th, 2016 ~ ~ 1 Minute Reading

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  • May 11, 2016 at 12:03 pm #2062 Score: 0
    Michael Scofield
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    Hi everyone,

    Today when I open Outlook it had worked fine at the morning time after few hours when I tried to re-open Outlook to check my important business emails, it started to show an error message that says:

    “Outlook could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable.”

    It is so much frustrating for me that I’m unable to do anything on Outlook, even I can’t open Outlook. Don’t know where to see the solution?

    If anyone can assist me, I would be very kind-full.

     

    Thanks & Regards,

    Michael

    May 13, 2016 at 6:25 am #2072 Score: 0
    Eddie Thwan
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    44 pts

    Hi Michael,

    This type of problem may occur while opening Outlook due to unnecessary Temp folder. To resolve this issue, try clearing the Temp folder. To do that, do the following steps:

    Click on Start >> type Run in the search box and hit the Enter key to open Run command box
    Under the Run command box, type Temp and hit Enter key
    Press “ctrl+A” to select all the Temp folder and press “shift+delete” to delete them permanently.

    After that do the same steps to delete the %Temp% folder data.

    Now try to open Outlook, hope it’ll work for you.

    Thanks & Regards,
    Eddie

    May 14, 2016 at 6:11 am #2077 Score: 0
    Kerry Morris
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    34 pts

    Hi all,

    I’ve the same problem while opening my Microsoft Outlook. I did follow the above steps but still my problem is not getting solved. So my question is that, Is there any other method apart from this or this is the only method to solve this issue?

    Regards,
    Kerry

    May 26, 2016 at 12:27 pm #2115 Score: 0
    Eddie Thwan
    Moderator
    44 pts

    Hi Kerry,

    After clearing the Temp folder, if the problem still persist then you need to modify your registry key in the registry editor. To do that, firstly you need to create a backup of REG key and then you need to modify the Value Data of Cache variable that contains Temporary files.

    Take a guidance in a step by step manner, click here: http://msoutlookworld.blogspot.in/2016/05/outlook-could-not-create-work-file.html

    Thanks & Regards,
    Eddie Thwan

    June 15, 2016 at 11:29 am #2264 Score: 0
    Michael Scofield
    Moderator
    20 pts

    Thanks for providing an article, my issue get resolved.

    Michael

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