Personal Folder not closed properly

[PanMan]

I have an Outlook 2003 installation that is generating the “The data file
‘Personal Folders’ was not closed properly. The file is being checked for
problems.†error dialog when Outlook is launched for the first time after
booting up. It consistently occurs on first launch after bootup, goes through
the check routine and then functions OK. After the first time I can shut down
and restart Outlook without getting the error. Most other threads on this
error relate to having the PST file on a networkdrive, however in this case
both the main and archive PST's are on the local C drive. Any help would be
appreciated!

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP Outlook/OneNote]

I have an Outlook 2003 installation that is generating the “The data
file ‘Personal Folders’ was not closed properly. The file is
being checked for problems.†error dialog when Outlook is launched
for the first time after booting up. It consistently occurs on first
launch after bootup, goes through the check routine and then functions
OK. After the first time I can shut down and restart Outlook without
getting the error. Most other threads on this error relate to having
the PST file on a networkdrive, however in this case both the main and
archive PST's are on the local C drive. Any help would be appreciated!

How are you shutting down Outlook at the end of the day?

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**I apologize but I am unable to respond to direct requests for assistance.
Please post questions and replies here in the newsgroup. Mahalo!

 

[PanMan]

Yes, Outlook is always shut down before the PC is shutdown. The behavior is
duplicated each time the PC is booted up and Outlook is launched. After it
happens the first time, Outlook can be started and stopped repeatedly without
the error, but whenever the PC has just booted up, the first time you run
Outlook the error occurs again.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Yes, Outlook is always shut down before the PC is shutdown. The
behavior is duplicated each time the PC is booted up and Outlook is
launched. After it happens the first time, Outlook can be started and
stopped repeatedly without the error, but whenever the PC has just
booted up, the first time you run Outlook the error occurs again.

This seems to indicate that, in fact, Outlook may still be running. After
closing the Outlook windows, use the Task Manager to verify there are no
more instances of the OUTLOOK.EXE process running.