Jan Groshan wrote:
OK. I downloaded KnockOut. It said both Outlook and Word were closed. But lo
and behold, I just signed back in to Outlook and ooops, there's that "A data
file did not close properly the last time it was used and is being checked
for problems....." message again.

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I'm not sure if this would be adding insult to injury, but have a look at:

http://daveswebsite.com/software/olshutdown/index.shtml

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Notan