Microsoft Outlook is the most renowned email client among a vast number of active users. It provides you amazing features and astonishing performance. But, like any other software application, it also has some drawbacks. Being an Outlook user, you're possibly to receive error messages if there's an issue in Microsoft Outlook client. One of the most common error messages is, "Outlook Error 0x8000ffff ". You may come across this error message while adding a data file in the Mail applet in Outlook 2016.
Symptom
You're running Microsoft Outlook 2013 or 2016. You wish to add new Outlook data file to your Outlook profile. Visit to the Control Panel>Mail. On the Account Settings dialog box, hit the Data Files tab. Then, you tap Add... to add a new Outlook data file. But when you tap "Add", you receive this error message: An unknown error occurred, error code: 0x8000ffff.Steps to fix this Outlook error code 0x8000ffff:
It's very easy to resolve this error. To add the Outlook data file, you must follow these steps:- Open Microsoft Outlook 2013 or 2016.
- On the taskbar, tap the File tab >Account Settings>Account Settings.
- On the Account Settings dialog box, tap the Data Files tab >Add…
- Now add the Outlook data file, and later click OK.
- On the Account Settings dialog box, tap Close.