Microsoft Outlook 2016 hangs on the splash screen

When starting outlook the splash screen displays “starting”, but Outlook never starts.

1. Close Outlook
2. Start the “Run” command
3. Type: outlook.exe /safe
4. You may be prompted for your user credentials.  If so, enter them.
5. Outlook should start fairly quickly.  It may take a minute or two to sync to the server.
6. Close Outlook
7. Start Outlook as you normally would.

By: Timothy Conrad