When you close any program manually it has time to shut things down
correctly. When Windows is shutting down it sends a close message to every
running application. The application has a finite amount of time to shut
down before Windows takes over and forces a shutdown, much as if you forced
a process close in Task Manager. That may not give the application
sufficient time to correctly shut down.

Windows will force Outlook to shut down but your data files and cache may
not be correctly written out and closed. Services are different animals in
how they're supposed to be written so you shouldn't need to force a shutdown
of a service before shutting down Windows.

Use this information as you will, but since Milly is a volunteer just as we
all are, you shouldn't really blame her for providing you with the best
information we have available.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Urbane Tiger" wrote in message
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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.