Outlook 2003 opens to the wrong profile

[aero4000]

I have two profiles, one for business, and one for home. The business
one
uses MS Exchange, but until a few months ago, neither profile was on
Exchange
and I still had the same problem. The problem is this:

I have the Mail Setup profile preferences set to "prompt for a profile
to be used." Every now and then, I lose the prompt, and Outlook starts
to open to the same profile every time, even if I go back to Mail Setup
and try to open the other profile by overriding with the "always use
this profile" option. A reboot always fixes the problem for a while.

The problem occurs on both my desktop and laptop. Both computers use
XP
pro, SP2. The desktop uses Outlook 2003, SP 1, and the laptop SP 2.

I'm at my wit's end with this problem, and I haven't been able to find
it
in any of the knowledge bases. I would truly appreciate some
assistance.
Thank you in advance.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

something is preventing outlook from closing properly and it's opening with
the current profile. use task manager to force outlook closed.

http://www.slipstick.com/problems/close.htm

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have two profiles, one for business, and one for home.

Please don't multipost.

 

[aero4000]

Please don't multipost.

I wasn't aware that this was the same group. They came up different on
my group searches.

George Herman

 

[Brian Tillman]

I wasn't aware that this was the same group. They came up different
on my group searches.

Multiposting is posting the exact same message as separate posts to more
than one newsgroup. A newsreader can't tell they're the same message and
will show them as the read visits each group. If you must post to multiple
groups, use crossposting, not multiposting. Crossposting puts the same
message into multiple groups and newsreaders can tell it's the same message
and will mark it as read in all groups simultaneously so that it is read
only once.

 

[aero4000]

Diane,

Yes, Outlook frequently remains open, but closing it via Task Manager
does not make any difference.

I've also tried opening the profile I want directly via Run, i. e.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /profile xxxxx

Sometimes the above fixes the problem, sometimes it doesn't. I simply
can't nail it down.

George