outlook 2016 crashing problems

after force quit it's probably best if you reboot the entire system to clean out the cache

What OS are you using? did you recently install Sierra and this happened? If so you will need to either downgrade using Time Machine if you made a backup of your system when the OS and Outlook worked as expected. If not you will need to see if Microsoft addresss this issue as it is a Microsoft issue, not an Apple issue.

Microsoft Office will allow patches from the application. An update may or may not address this issue but the system should be kept up to date when possible, also not posting what version you are running will only permit me to guess what you have or have not done so here's the link if you need it or not, it also describes further troubleshooting suggestions from Microsoft including uninstalling and reinstalling the application.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Install-Office-updates-2ab296f3-7f03-43 a2-8e50-46de917611c5

if it's preparing the main profile are you letting it finish or stopping it?

have you tried to delete the main profile using the profile manager in the application content package to recreate the account*? This will destroy the current profile, you should back up before proceeding.

If you would like to provide further details please include the information from the crash log for further investigation.

1. Open a Finder window and go to the Applications folder

2. Hold down the Control key on your keyboard and click on the Microsoft Outlook icon and pick "Show Package Contents" from the pop-up menu

3. Go to the Contents/SharedSupport folder and open the "Outlook Profile Manager" app

4. Delete the Main Profile: Select it once it shows up and then click the minus sign

5. If you have a previous backup of the Profile it will re-create a new one or you will have to re-enter your account info

6. Start Outlook normally

before proceeding you should make a backup of the mail folder in the event something is not restored

Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj984224(v=office.16).aspx

Sierra is the current release of OS X, it is the 12 version of OS X and may or may not be installed.

Depending on your current OS it can factor into many issues with compatibility and if you can include it in your signature it can help determining the cause of problems in future posts.

go to

>About this mac

and you will be shown something similar to the following:

You don't need to post yours, you can simply say "I have OS 10.11.6 El Capitan" or "Sierra 10.12" or whatever, but if you want toscreen shot it there no reason to include the serial # (just below the graphics) which I have cut from mine as an example.