This means that something is preventing Outlook to close properly. Most
likely caused by an add-in. See;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/outlookdoesntclose.htm
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Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
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How do I get Outlook to stop running in background, and how do i get it
to
stop downloading messages when it's not opened?