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Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: Stan Kay
Date: Mar 31, 2007 03:27

I have Office 2007 Ultimate running under my Vista Ultimate operating
system. Ever since Office 2007 was installed, whenever I open Outlook 2007
up pops an error message telling me that:_

"A data file did not close properly the last it was used and is being
checked for problems. Performance might be affected while the check is in
progress"

Since I always close down Outlook correctly and have run Scanpst.exe to
correct any errors (in fact every time I run scanpst.exe it finds and
corrects errors!) then cannot understand why there should be a problem with
data files.

Can anyone please offer any assistance?
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Re: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: Tom
Date: Mar 31, 2007 07:46

I also have Outlook 2007 as part of Office 2007 Business, and get the same
error message. Only difference with me is I'm running XP Pro. I also would
like to find a solution to this problem. Being that you are running Vista
and I'm running XP it appears to be a problem with Outlook 2007 and not the
OS.
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Re: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Date: Apr 1, 2007 11:11

Many times it is Adobe PDF Maker that is the problem in Outlook, as well as other add-ins.

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RE: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: funnybroad
Date: Apr 24, 2007 11:10

Early adopters of Office 2007 at my company are having the same problem.

We're just now testing the newly release "update" for Outlook to see if it
resolves the issue, so more on that as we get the test results.

Some of our internal technical gurus are suggesting lately that Office
Communicator may be the culprit, and may be holding certain Outlook program
files open, even though you exit Outlook.

Does that ring a familiar bell for any of you?
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RE: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: Flatch U. Lance
Date: Jun 2, 2007 08:25

I too have been having the same problem and have been collecting data about
this issue for the past three days.

The most common answer is "The mostly likely explanation is that some add-in
or external application is holding Outlook open so that it can't close
completely."

Several of these add-in's are Microsoft products, which should NOT be
causing this problem. Also, I never had this problem with Outlook 2003 nor
has anyone else from what I've read.

Opening and closing an application is a fundamental task that should be no
more complicated than that. We should not have to consider anything else
beyond that except opening Outlook immedietly after closing it.

Bottom line. This is a flaw or a bug within Outlook 2007 itself. Microsoft,
as usual, throws out every explanation BUT that.

I hope they are working on a fix. I still think 2007 is a great product and
a major improvement over pervious versions.
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Re: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: Patrick J
Date: Aug 7, 2007 22:58

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> I usually do it by making a shortcut to the Outlook.exe program, then adding the /safe switch to the shortcut command line. If that works, then start Outlook normally, but use the Tools | Trust Center...
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Re: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: Patrick J
Date: Aug 7, 2007 23:04

Dear Sue,
I really appreciate your problem solving capabilities with Outlook. I have
been having the same issue with Outlook saying files have not closed
properly. A good solution for MS might be to add a few lines of code that
would ensure everything closes properly, or if not, to have a pop up window
ask the user to close an appication or a file so Outlook can exit. I have now
run scanpst on everything many times, and still get the problem. Just now, I
tried to start in safe mode as you suggest, but it took an awful long time to
come up, and again, could not access my main pst file. I did not have such
problems with Outlook in office XP; is there a way to reuinstall Outlook XP
only and keep my rules etc and also access my pst files as usual?
Thanks for any help
PJ

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
> I usually do it by making a shortcut to the Outlook.exe program, then adding the /safe switch to the shortcut command line. If that works, then start Outlook normally, but use the Tools | Trust Center...
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Re: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: TJ
Date: Jul 31, 2008 11:23

I have been encountering this the last 2 days and decided to look into it after reading other posts in this feed.

I went to "Help" within Outlook 2007 and clicked "Check For Updates" and updated the software. This resolved the issue for me.

I'm running Windows XP - Media Center Edition 2005 with MS Office Professional 2007.

Hope this helps some of you.
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RE: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: Parhelion
Date: Aug 17, 2008 10:17

I had the same problem as Stan Kay and others describe with Outlook 2007 on
new Dell PC running Windows Vista SP1.

The problem can, among other possibilities, be caused by Microsoft "Office
Communicator 2007" ... here's the official Microsoft Knowledge Base article
on that:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954642/en-us

Regards,
SJ

"Stan Kay" wrote:
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RE: Outllok 2007 - Data file not closed properly!!!!         


Author: reikka
Date: Aug 25, 2008 21:08

Well I would like to add my $.02 into the pot and say that I was having
similar problems with the infamous file.
I began to think what I had installed recently that could cause the problem
and found out the it was the antivirus with the "scan email" function.
As soon as I cancelled that part of the antivirus I would be able to open an
dclose without any problemo.
So I am going to have to email the creators of this free antivirus program
and inform them of their bug.

hector

"Parhelion" wrote:
> I had the same problem as Stan Kay and others describe with Outlook 2007 on
> new Dell PC running Windows Vista SP1.
>
> The problem can, among other possibilities, be caused by Microsoft "Office ...
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