Don't close Outlook when X button is pressed

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In outlook when you close an email, you can click on the "X" button in the
upper right hand corner of the application bar (the bar at the top of all
Windows applications) and the email will close and still be saved wherever it
was (inbox, etc.). However when you push that button on the main Outlook
window, it closes the application.

Sometimes when I am quickly closing email messages, I inadvertently push the
X for the Entire Outlook program. Well this starts a long process that I
didn't want to go into: saving messages I haven't finished, saving the .pst
files, determining if I want changes saved to attachments, etc. Some software
programs, when you close them, they ask "Are you sure you want to exit?" I
think Outlook should have this extra step when you push the "X" button to
make sure that's what the user intended.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

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After furious head scratching, Unwittingly asked:

| In outlook when you close an email, you can click on the "X" button
| in the upper right hand corner of the application bar (the bar at the
| top of all Windows applications) and the email will close and still
| be saved wherever it was (inbox, etc.). However when you push that
| button on the main Outlook window, it closes the application.
|
| Sometimes when I am quickly closing email messages, I inadvertently
| push the X for the Entire Outlook program. Well this starts a long
| process that I didn't want to go into: saving messages I haven't
| finished, saving the .pst files, determining if I want changes saved
| to attachments, etc. Some software programs, when you close them,
| they ask "Are you sure you want to exit?" I think Outlook should have
| this extra step when you push the "X" button to make sure that's what
| the user intended.
|
| ----------------
| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
| suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click
| the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the
| button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
|
|
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