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Outlook Crashes During Send & Receive

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Last reviewed on June 22, 2015     18 Comments

An administrator reported that some of his users had problems with messages hanging in the Outbox and pressing Send & Receive crashed Outlook:

"Some emails sit in the Outbox and won't send. I've checked the settings and can't find anything. It's not affecting every message, just some. If we try a "Send All" Outlook crashes. After a restart, the messages will send. "

Problems with send and receive are almost always caused by corrupt send/receive settings. Go to the roaming app data folder, browse to \Microsoft\Outlook and delete or rename the SRS file for your profile then restart Outlook.

Windows 7 or Windows 8

The SRS file is located at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook. You can access it by typing or pasting the following line into the address bar of Windows Explorer and press enter:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Outlook

Windows XP or Windows 2000

Look for the SRS file at C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. Type or paste the following line into the address bar of Windows Explorer and press enter to access it:

%USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

A corrupt SRS file can also cause Outlook to crash when you expand the Tools menu in Outlook 2007 and older. (As will a corrupt outcmd.dat file.)

Outlook Crashes During Send & Receive was last modified: June 22nd, 2015 by Diane Poremsky
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Mike (@guest_194479)
November 5, 2015 6:21 am
#194479

I have a super fast laptop - running windows 10 and office 365 - all should be working fine - so why when i send an email the system stops working and says not responding then 5-10 seconds later connects and sends - very frustrating - i have disabled AVG email checker, so not sure what the problem is?

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Diane Poremsky(@diane-poremsky)
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November 5, 2015 12:06 pm
#194488

What type of email account? Does it work better in safe mode?

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Keith Le Blanc (@guest_200510)
Reply to  Mike
August 8, 2016 2:15 pm
#200510

I have found that if you have a plugin for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and are using Office 2013, your Outlook will crash when sending or forwarding emails. I am still working on a solution.
Keith Le Blanc

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eva (@guest_191427)
June 22, 2015 12:34 am
#191427

after i delete the .srs and click on send/receive. it crashed.
even when i download header only >> send/receive, it stopped working (when downloading the inbox).
then i tried step 5-9, it works fine.

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eva (@guest_191420)
June 21, 2015 9:31 pm
#191420

problem solved!

1- close outlook.
2- lookup for .srs at C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook
3- delete that file (it wont affect anything, just for resetting the send/receive process)
4- open outlook, quickly cancel the send/receive process (right click at the bottm right > cancel send/receive)
5- send/receive tab > download inbox header
6- right click on one of the inbox header > mark to download
7- send/receive tab > process mark header
8- repeat step 6&7 until all inbox header is completely downloaded.
9- click on send/receive

hopefully it helps!

ps. i also uncheck all addin. and repair the micr office before i did this. sorry for my english!

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Diane Poremsky(@diane-poremsky)
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Reply to  eva
June 22, 2015 12:01 am
#191422

Downloading headers shouldn't be necessary - as soon as you delete SRS file, it should work ok. (Plus not all account types and versions of Outlook support headers-only).

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amol (@guest_219106)
Reply to  eva
January 24, 2022 6:23 am
#219106

its working thanks

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Kasper Mannsverk (@guest_188064)
December 9, 2014 7:22 am
#188064

Problem was with the Internet Calendars in Account Settings. I had an unknown calendar. I removed it and it now works fine!

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Vanesss (@guest_182612)
March 20, 2014 8:18 am
#182612

Most recent download off Microsoft 365 so it is up to date. Crashes on my other computer running 2010 too, a fully installed version.

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Diane Poremsky (@guest_182626)
Reply to  Vanesss
March 20, 2014 2:31 pm
#182626

if it crashes on two systems, something is seriously wrong. The files that could cause a crash are not normally shared between installations. Does it happen in Safe mode on both computers?

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Vanesss (@guest_182587)
March 19, 2014 7:35 am
#182587

I have not tried in safe mode. It crashed only when I hit send.

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Diane Poremsky (@guest_182607)
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March 20, 2014 1:09 am
#182607

That often means a problem with the SRS file. What version of Outlook do you use?

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Vanessa (@guest_182329)
March 4, 2014 10:09 am
#182329

I'm having the same issues, have been for months. I paid a service to help me, they told me my laptop was old. I have a brand new laptop and SURPRISE my desktop outlook continues to crash when I try to send emails. Doesn't even save the message so I have to re-type all over again. I tried to log in to Microsoft Support and it won't accept my username and password. Beyond frustrated. As a small business owner I do not have time for this to keep happening. AT least 6 months here... yeah, do not buy.

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Diane Poremsky (@guest_182584)
Reply to  Vanessa
March 19, 2014 1:39 am
#182584

Does it crash in Safe mode? Does it crash when you are composing the message or after you hit Send?

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Greg (@guest_181954)
February 14, 2014 11:57 am
#181954

Useless!!! I regret the day I ever upgraded by Office to 2013!!!!!!!

If you haven't, DON'T!

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Diane Poremsky (@guest_181957)
Reply to  Greg
February 14, 2014 12:27 pm
#181957

What exactly is the problem? What type of email account do you have configured in Outlook?
does it work if you restart outlook in Safe mode?

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