if google calendar sync is opening multiple copies of outlook, the problem
is not with outlook - its with google not calling outlook correctly or
releasing the outlook object at the end of the sync. Its probably also
trying to sync before you open outlook - then keeping a copy running without
a UI.
What other apps do you use that are calling outlook? If sync tools - as long
as the device remains connected, copies of outlook may run without a UI.
Especially if the device tries to sync before you load outlook. Vista's
Outlook gadgets can also cause these hidden copies.
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"Rick Altman"
NOSPAMaltman.com> wrote in message
news:ebYKRIdDJHA.4436@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...> Thanks, Milly --
>
> I have downloaded it, but I am not terribly optimistic. Mine grow like a
> colony of amoeba and yet they do not seem to affect Outlook's basic
> behavior. In fact, the only reason that I would care is because they
> inhibit Outlook's abilty to be called by other programs in a script or a
> Send Mail command.
>
> And yes, I diligently use the /recycle parameter when I start Outlook.
> This too does not seem entirely relevant, b/c the issue is not one of
> Outlook starting second and third instances of itself when I start it;
> these instances appear while Outlook is already running.
>
> Sigh...
>
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>
> "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
> news:uKcoSgUDJHA.4724@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> One more thing, look at the shortcut you use to start Outlook. Add the
> /recycle to the end of it to ensure that Outlook re-uses its windows.
>
> --ВЃ
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> After furious head scratching, Rick Altman asked:
>
> | I appreciate both of the replies to this dilemma.
> |
> | To Kathleen's point: This is not a question of Outlook not closing
> | properly; it happens when Outlook is running. Syncing software asks
> | for a second (and sometimes third, fourth, fifth, sixteenth) instance
> | of Outlook to start and Outlook apparently complies. Then they just
> | accumulate.
> |
> | To Diane's point (below): I am pretty sure that the culprit is Google
> | Calendar sync. I don't need a utility that would close down the rogue
> | instances without closing all of Outlook -- I would be quite
> | satisfied with a utility that shut down anything that looks and
> | smells like Outlook. As of now, I must close Outlook, head to Task
> | Manager, and then close all of the outlook.exe instances that are
> | stashed there. Today, after the long weekend, there were 23 of them...
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> |
> | "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" msn.com> wrote in message
> | news:ek5Yi3hCJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> || There should only be one per each outlook window open although
> || sometimes sync software causes extras to open. I'm not aware of any
> || utility that would be able to close them without closing all outlook.
> ||
> || --
> || Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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> ||
> || "Rick Altman" NOSPAMaltman.com> wrote in message
> || news:#w#AuuhCJHA.1816@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> ||| I know that there is a program that will automatically shut down
> ||| Outlook, for sync and backup purposes. I would like to know if
> ||| there is any utility that will go one step further and inspect the
> ||| Processes that are running and eliminate all of the instances of
> ||| Outlook.exe that love to take up residence there. I swear the
> ||| number of instances of Outlook that hibernate there are like the
> ||| coat hangers in a closet...
> |||
> |||
> |||
> |||
> ||| --
> ||| Rick A.
> ||| Pleasanton CA
> 
