The data file Folders not closed properly

[Guest]

I continually get the message "The data file 'Personal
Folders" was not closed properly." even when I know that I
actually have closed things properly. Does anyone kno what
causes this?

I have created a new .pst and the problem remains, I ran SCANPST, that did
not help, I ran "detect and repair" also did not help.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

are you using a PDA or something that uses outlook's data? If so, close the
program (uncradle the PDA) before closing outlook.

FWIW, the error message you see happens when outlook runs scanpst, so you
really don't need to do it again.

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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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[Jim]

are you using a PDA or something that uses outlook's data? If so, close the
program (uncradle the PDA) before closing outlook.

FWIW, the error message you see happens when outlook runs scanpst, so you
really don't need to do it again.

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



Join OneNote Tips mailing list: http://www.onenote-tips.net/

I continually get the message "The data file 'Personal
Folders" was not closed properly." even when I know that I
actually have closed things properly. Does anyone kno what
causes this?

I have created a new .pst and the problem remains, I ran SCANPST, that did
not help, I ran "detect and repair" also did not help.

 

[Jim]

I have this problem also. Nothing fixes it (including Microsoft who is
aware of it). It has to do with the last SP, either Windows XP or
Office XP. I think it was a feature added in the Windows SP which has
gone awry and is reporting problems that don't exist. Does anyone have
current information on this problem?