Milly Staples opined "You should never expect a Windows shutdown to close
your programs, especially Outlook as its data file (.pst) can corrupt
easily with this kind of abuse."

This implies that ALL Outlook users MUST invest in a UPS, I suggest MS ship
one with every Outlook, they should get good bulk discounts.

A quick check shows a half decent UPS costs approx $US70, $AU120, £40 - I
know the AU price is about right 'cos I got one recently.

It further implies that all processes must be shut down "manually". I never
have less than 60 odd processes running, by the time I'd shut them all down
manually it would be time to turn the computer on again. Can Millie confirm
that she shuts down everything manually, including services!

Another program that does not like being closed via a Windows shutdown is
Firefox, if you do, then 2mora it will tell you that your last session
crashed.

As a programmer, I can't understand why things like firefox & outlook behave
differently if the shutdown message comes from Windows or a click on red
cross top right - but they do.





"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" what@ever wrote in message
...
You should never expect a Windows shutdown to close your programs,
especially Outlook as its data file (.pst) can corrupt easily with this
kind
of abuse.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, John Jeffrey asked:

| When I select "Turn Off", Win XP shuts down any program that happens
| to be running (with prompts to save any open files). This is
| convenient, but the exception is Outlook - if it's open, I am
| prompted to close it. Is this normal, or is there a setting I can
| alter?