removing Outlook 2000's envelope icon in system tray?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Adam White
  • Start date Start date
A

Adam White

I'm running Outlook 2000 on W2k. Once I start up Outlook, it leaves a
process running called OUTLOOK.EXE (visable from Task Manager) which,
I assume, is what causes Outlook to continue periodically checking for
new email -- even after I close Outlook. How can I prevent Outlook
from continueing to check email even after I close the program?

I suppose that I can change the "check for new messages every xxx
minutes" field so that it only checks for new messages when I tell it
to. But I'd rather it check automatically when Outlook is running,
and then stop checking automatically when I close outlook (that really
doesn't seem like too much to ask!)

Thanks,
Adam
 
you have to determine what is causing outlook to not unload - are you using
active sync, winfax, stamps.com or any other addins that use outlook data?
This includes sharing your address book with OE.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)


Search for answers: http://groups.google.com
Most recent posts to the Outlook newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_ugroup=microsoft.public.outlook.*&num=30
 
Try to File, Exit and Log OFF instead of clicking X or just Exit. Some
other programs may also keep Outlook open, such as Palm hotsync.

Outlook.exe is the application, btw. Mapisp32.exe is the actual thing
that is kept "on" by Outlook once Outlook closes. At least, as I've
understood and tried to troubleshoot that myself.

Also, if you have an open email message or calendar or note, even if
you've closed Outlook, Outlook is still running. If you Exit and Log
Off, it closes all those open windows as well, IIRC.
 
Well, I do have a palm-pilot hotsync manager installed on the system.
But I have it set so that it does not automatically load for this very
reason. I also use efax, which had a process loaded and which I also
disabled previously (trying to isolate the cause of my Outlook
problem). All of this was done several weeks ago and I still have the
problem.

Based on your note, though, I searched and found an excellent free
software tool called Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel, which shows you
what's being loaded automatically at Windows startup and which also
lets you disable/delete those items you don't want. Check it out:
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

Using this program I disabled a couple of processes that looked
useless to me, even though I didn't really think they would be locking
up my Outlook data. At any rate, I disabled the IPODwatcher, IE's
mobil synchronization manager (mobsync.exe), and RealPlayer's
automatic scheduler (realsched.exe). I'm crossing my fingers now,
thinking that one of these processes was indeed the cause of my
problem. At least it has not recurred since I disabled them!

Here's another link for anyone else following in my footsteps. It
lists a bunch of entries that one might find being loaded onto your PC
without your knowledge. I used it to check the process names I found
with the Startup Control Panel and also the names of processes I see
using plain old Windows Task Manager.

I think my problem is cured ... if it comes back I'll post again.
Thanks for your help.

Adam
 
Back
Top