Office outlook icon in the task bar is continuously flashing

[Alexb]

The office icon in the task bar is continuously flashing after an auto send
and receive and displays the same message Microsoft Office Outlook is
synchronizing with folders, how do I stop this please?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Version of Outlook?
Type of mail account?
What setting is your automatic send/receive interval set to?

 

[Alexb]

Outlook 2007 (12.0.6212.100) SP1 MSO (12.0.6213.1000)
POP/SMTP
5 minutes
when i send and receive it performs the task continuously - at a fast rate!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Try setting it to a longer interval like 10 minutes. If you have more than
one account configured you should set it even longer.
Also, if you have a virus scanner that integrates with Outlook, disable this
integration and try again.

 

[Alexb]

tried these but no luck.
i forgot to tell you when i open outlook it says "A data file did not close
down properly the last itme it was used and is being checked for problems.
Performance might be affected while the check is in progress"
this happens everytime.
i will try and disable the whole of the anti virus software next (Norton).
i have being using Norton before with no problems.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

In that case use scanpst.exe to scan your pst-file for errors.
Also make sure you close Outlook and that the outlook.exe process actually
quits before shutting down your computer.

 

[Alexb]

Still no luck it took me a while to scan my files (finding them was the
hardest)! but it hasn't changed anything it still is trying to sync files

 

[Alexb]

it is also telling me "There are unsent messages in your outlook. To send
messages, Outlook must remain..." when exit out of outlook

 

[iguerry]

it is also telling me "There are unsent messages in your outlook. To send
messages, Outlook must remain..." when exit out of outlook

In that case use scanpst.exe to scan your pst-file for errors.
Also make sure you close Outlook and that the outlook.exe process actually
quits before shutting down your computer.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
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tried these but no luck.
i forgot to tell you when i open outlook it says "A data file did not
close
down properly the last itme it was used and is being checked for problems.
Performance might be affected while the check is in progress"
this happens everytime.
i will try and disable the whole of the anti virus software next (Norton).
i have being using Norton before with no problems.
:
Try setting it to a longer interval like 10 minutes. If you have more
than
one account configured you should set it even longer.
Also, if you have a virus scanner that integrates with Outlook, disable
this
integration and try again.
--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers
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Outlook 2007 (12.0.6212.100) SP1 MSO (12.0.6213.1000)
POP/SMTP
5 minutes
when i send and receive it performs the task continuously - at a fast
rate!
:
Version of Outlook?
Type of mail account?
What setting is your automatic send/receive interval set to?
--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
http://www.msoutlook.info/
Real World Questions, Real World Answers
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The office icon in the task bar is continuously flashing after an
auto
send
and receive and displays the same message Microsoft Office Outlook
is
synchronizing with folders, how do I stop this please?- Hide quoted text -

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Alexb, I am having all of these same symptoms. The flashing icon, the
error messages, the continous "send/receive" message that will say
"750 out of 1000 tasks completed" and won't stop until I shut down
outlook. Also, it won't send certain messages and they remain in my
outbox. Can't figure it out