Addins could still be your issue here when they "crash" their lock on the
pst-file instead of nicely terminating it.
Another way to go would be to create a new mail profile but instead of
directly reattaching your original pst-file, leave if it with the newly
created empty one. When you close and restart Outlook do you still get the
notification?
If not, you can reattach your old pst-file by File-> Open-> Outlook Data
File...
Then move (don't use import) all your items from the original pst-file to
the newly created one. Once you've moved everything you can detach the
original pst-file by File-> Data File Management.
--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
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Real World Questions, Real World Answers
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"John Sandu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B4161D1B-1A64-4B1D-AF56-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Roady!
>
> I think Outlook quits completely; when I tried to repair using SCANPST
> this
> one warned me that Outlook must be close and waited me to do so; I closed
> Outlook as I described and SCANPST continued to work.
>
> Once I checked if Outlook closed (when I was searching the forums),
> looking
> for it using the Rask Manager and I didn't find it in the Applications
> tab,
> nor in the Processes tab.
>
> "Roady [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> So when you close Outlook, does the outlook.exe process actually quits as
>> well? It could very well be that an (incompatible) addin keeps your
>> Outlook
>> session running.
>>
>> See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntclose.htm
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> http://www.msoutlook.info/
>> Real World Questions, Real World Answers
>>
>> -----
>>
>> "John Sandu" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:AF14D2B8-C5BF-4EFD-B3FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I've installed MS Office 2007 Professional some days ago (eight or
>> > more).
>> > Before installing, I've saved personal folders of MS Outlook 2003
>> > (which I
>> > was using before) and uninstalled MS Office 2003.
>> > Well, I start MS Word and I activate the product. Then I start MS
>> > Outlook
>> > 2007 and I have a pleasant surprise: MS Outlook 2007 retrives my
>> > folders
>> > in
>> > the appropriate Application Data, so I have no need to restore what I
>> > saved.
>> > But the first time I've started MS Outlook 2007 and every time I did it
>> > after I get for first a ballon message saying:
>> >
>> > "A data file did not close properly the last time it was used and is
>> > being
>> > checked for problems. Performance might be affected while the check is
>> > in
>> > progress."
>> >
>> > The check finished, I got a balloon message saying me the check is
>> > complete,
>> > but the next time I start Outlook 2007 I get the same balloon error
>> > message.
>> > I close MS Outlook 2007 every time before I shut down the system, using
>> > the
>> > close button (x in the right upper corner) or the File/Exit command.
>> >
>> > Searching the forums, I've seen how to repair personal folders and I
>> > used
>> > SCANPST command, which found "minor inconsistencies" and did not create
>> > Recovered Personal Folders, so I think Outlook entirely recovered all
>> > the
>> > content of .pst. But... this didn't solve my problem.
>> >
>> > I tried to create an additional personal folder file, thinking that the
>> > old
>> > PST reached some size limit, but the problem still exist.
>> >
>> > I don't understand what's happening. It is right I didn't make a
>> > conversion
>> > of personal folders from the Outlook 2003 status to the Outlook 2007
>> > status,
>> > but there was no any question about, so I think Outlook 2007 recognized
>> > the
>> > personal folders and passed them to the Outlook 2007 format (if there
>> > is
>> > some
>> > difference...). Now is a little late to - let's say - import messages
>> > from
>> > the saved PST, because I have many new messages I kept in my folders.
>> >
>> > I mention my system: HP dc7100, with 2 GB of RAM, 2 HDD of more than
>> > 150
>> > GB
>> > each (I have enough free space), Windows XP Professional SP2 with all
>> > the
>> > updates up-to-date.
>> >
>> > Every other component of MS Office 2007 works fine, without any error
>> > message or warning.
>> >
>> > I'll be grateful if anyone can give me an explanation and a "how to
>> > solve"
>> > this annoying behaviour of my new Outlook 2007.
>> >
>> > TIA,
>> > John
>>