"Elmo Watson" wrote in message
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Sorry - it's 2003
and it's still running in Task Manager
it's not showing in the Taskbar - or in the other one over on the right
(WinXP) - sorry but I forgot what that one's called.



Do you have some sort of blackberry-type device attached to your computer?
That seems to be a very common reason for Outlook not closing properly...