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The outlook pst hangs tag covers issues where Microsoft Outlook freezes or becomes unresponsive, often linked to Windows updates. Recent threads discuss how the January 2026 Patch Tuesday update (KB5074109) caused Outlook hangs, lingering processes, and lost Sent Items on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2. Microsoft released out-of-band updates and Known Issue Rollbacks to mitigate these problems. Another thread covers the KB5078132 OOB update for Windows 11 23H2, which fixes Outlook PST issues related to cloud-synced storage. These discussions highlight recurring themes of update-induced instability, file I/O problems, and Microsoft's response through targeted fixes.
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    KB5074109 Outlook Hang After January 2026 Patch Tuesday

    A routine January Patch Tuesday rollup (KB5074109) accidentally left parts of Microsoft’s classic Outlook experience unstable for a measurable number of users, triggering freezes, lingering OUTLOOK.EXE processes, lost Sent Items and a rapid sequence of follow‑up fixes and mitigations from...
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    • boot failure cloud file i o emergency update january 2026 january 2026 updates kb5074109 kb5078127 known issue rollback onedrive onedrive pst out of band updates outlook outlook classic outlook pop outlook pst hangs patch tuesday rollback unmountable boot volume update regressions windows 11 windows 11 boot failures windows 11 boot issues windows 11 issues windows 11 updates windows update winre recovery
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    Windows 11 23H2 KB5078132 OOB Update Fixes Cloud Storage and Outlook PST Issues

    Microsoft released an out‑of‑band cumulative update for Windows 11, version 23H2—KB5078132 (OS Build 22631.6495)—on January 24, 2026 to address a set of post‑Patch‑Tuesday regressions and to roll together prior January fixes into a single package for affected systems. The package is explicitly...
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    • cloud file i o cloud storage cloud sync cloud synchronization emergency out of band emergency update enterprise it kb5078127 one drive pst issues onedrive oob update outlook outlook classic hang outlook hangs outlook issues outlook pst outlook pst hangs outlook stability patch tuesday patch tuesday regression pst files update regressions windows 11 windows 11 23h2 windows 11 updates windows eleven updates windows update
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Windows News
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