My outlook only opens in safe mode

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I am not sure why this was ticked in the first place - this was there by default. Untick the box next to 'Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows 7 Service Pack 1'. Right click on the Outlook 2016 shortcut and select the Compatibility tab.

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Completely uninstall and reinstall Office 2016.Run both 'quick' and 'full' repairs of Office 2016.Add registry key to DisableHardwareAcceleration.Delete and re-create the Outlook profile.Windows 7 Pro SP1 (brand new installation) with Office 2016 (brand new installation) connecting to local Exchange 2013 server mailbox. Throughout troubleshooting, other symptoms that occurred were: Outlook would load and error immediately with 'Could not open information store'.