If you ever come across a command line not valid error, then you must also have trouble accessing your account and all the data within it. While this issue may throw you off your work rhythm, there are ways to solve it. In this article we shall explore a few tried and tested methods that you could try at home to fix this issue.
Microsoft Outlook is one of the most popular email clients used by several users across the world. Apart from handling emails, Outlook can also be used to manage tasks, calendars, contacts, note-taking, journaling, and so on.
There are times during Outlook usage you might come across this error message:
“Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using.”
This issue occurs when you are using Windows Client to open .msg document object.
Let us check out possible solutions to this error:
Try this method in Outlook safe mode. It ensures that Outlook detects the problems.
To open Outlook in safe mode,
Scanpst.exe is Microsoft’s built-in repair tool to fix your corrupt PST files.
Now go to Folder Options, and switch to the View tab.
Under hidden files and folders, ensure the show hidden files and folders option is selected. Click Ok.
64-bit Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10
32-bit Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10
You can add .msg extension to the following registry setting:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Xerox\DocuShare Client\DsClient\Settings] “ShellExecuteTypes
The default data value is .eml; .zip; .cab
Change the data value to .eml; .zip; .cab; .msg
Steps to add .msg extension:
Some dll files have to be re-registered to bring normalcy.
regsvr32 OLE32.DLL
regsvr32 INETCOMM.DLL
Now open Outlook again.
If all the above solutions failed to solve this issue, you can reinstall your Outlook application.
Reinstall the Microsoft Office suite again. Open Outlook and check if the problem is gone.
Repair using Remo Repair Outlook
If your PST file is corrupted, Remo Repair Outlook is an excellent tool to repair it.
You can recover Outlook profile by following some simple steps enlisted by the repair tool.
PST repair software follows a non-destructive mechanism wherein the tool reads the corrupt PST file, extracts all the contents, and then creates a healthy file by fixing all the issues.
Remo Repair Outlook can repair oversized PST files as well as password-protected or compressed PST files.
Since the software uses an extremely simple user interface, your quest for repairing Outlook is fairly easy.