{"id":249,"date":"2015-12-16T13:57:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2015-12-16T13:57:29","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T13:57:29","slug":"outlook-will-only-open-in-safe-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/outlook-will-only-open-in-safe-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlook Will Only Open In Safe Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Problem: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting December 9, 2015, Outlook opens only in Safe Mode.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(h\/t LP)<\/p>\n

In Outlook 2010, all of my options were reset to their defaults and when I change them, the changes don’t stick. As soon as I close Outlook and restart it, everything is back to its default.<\/p>\n

This is caused by installing KB3114409 <\/a>– it causes Outlook to run in Safe mode, which uses the default settings. Your customizations aren’t lost, they just aren’t being used when Outlook is in Safe mode.<\/p>\n

Microsoft removed the update, so users who haven’t installed the December updates yet won’t be affected. Users who are affected have two choices to fix this: uninstall KB3114409 or set a registry key to disable Safe mode.<\/p>\n

To set the registry key:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Open the Registry editor by pressing Windows key + R. Type regedit in the Open: field. Then click Ok.<\/li>\n
  2. Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\\u200bSoftware\\\u200bMicrosoft\\\u200bOffice\\\u200b14.0\\\u200bOutlook\\\u200bSecurity\\<\/li>\n
  3. If any key in the path is missing, you’ll need to create it. Right click on the last key, choose New, then Key<\/strong> and type the key name.<\/li>\n
  4. Right click on Security <\/strong>key and choose New<\/strong>, and then DWORD <\/strong>Value.<\/li>\n
  5. Type DisableSafeMode<\/strong>, and then press Enter.<\/li>\n
  6. Right-click on DisableSafeMode<\/strong>, and then click Modify.<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a0In the Value <\/strong>data box, type 1, and then click OK.\"set-key\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. If you have 64bit Windows and 32bit Office, also add DisableSafeMode<\/strong>, Value: 1 to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\\u200bSOFTWARE\\\u200bWow6432Node\\\u200bMicrosoft\\\u200bOffice\\\u200b14.0\\\u200bOutlook\\\u200bSecurity\\<\/li>\n
  9. Restart Outlook or reboot the computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you don’t want to edit the registry, you can use this reg file: DisableSafeMode.reg <\/a>DisableSafeMode.reg for Outlook 32 bit on Windows 64-bit <\/a><\/p>\n

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    Problem: Starting December 9, 2015, Outlook opens only in Safe Mode. Solution: (h\/t LP) In Outlook 2010, all of my options were reset to their defaults and when I change them, the changes don’t stick. As soon as I close Continue reading Outlook Will Only Open In Safe Mode<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[103,102,101],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-office","tag-microsoft","tag-outlook","tag-outlook-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.torontohelpdesk.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}