From: Gerard Dagnall Gerard on
Start > Run > outlook.exe /resetnavpane

worked for me!

"Naf3tS" wrote:

> When this happened to me I used procmon to trace the error to the file:
>
> \Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.xml
>
> This file contained binary junk. I had just recovered from a HDD crash and
> had to use CHKDSK /F to repair the damage.