outlook keeps scanning its folders and claiming it wasnt closed properly?

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Does anyone have any idea why Outlook keeps claiming it wasn't closed
properly and scanning all its folders each time I open it?

It has started giving me this error message when it is actually running and
just started the scan all by itself now when i pressed FIND!

I have tried compacting, deleting excess files and running a full scanpst on
all folders with Outlook closed but this didn't help.

 

[Guest]

Wish I knew the answer, it has been doing it to me for ages also!

 

[Patrick Schmid]

Outlook does this when it doesn't close properly. Some add-in might be
preventing it from closing properly, so the first step is to disable
them all. If you have a PocketPC, Palm, etc and sync it with Outlook,
then the syncing software might keep Outlook open (with no UI displayed)
while the device is in the cradle/connected to the PC. I know that
ActiveSync (PocketPC) does this.

Patrick Schmid

 

[Guest]

In my case I always close Outlook correctly but still get the error at
startup.

 

[Brian Tillman]

In my case I always close Outlook correctly but still get the error at
startup.

Then it didn't really close. Did Task Manager verify that there was no
longer any OUTLOOK.EXE processes?

 

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Then it didn't really close. Did Task Manager verify that there was no
longer any OUTLOOK.EXE processes?

Yes, and there arent any add-ins on my system AND it often does it after a
complete hard reboot!