Shutdown issues with Outlook are usually caused by add-ins or applications
that use the outlook.exe process.
Which version of Outlook are you using?
Also see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntclose.htm
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"Chas" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Everytime I open Outlook it says checking Personal Files Folder which was
> not
> closed properly. This take 30 seconds plus of wasted time.
> What am I doing wrong or is the program not closing it correctly?