Any explanation as to why I'm greeted each morning
with "Outlook Express did not shut down properly"?
I always close OE before shutting down the computer
for the night, either via "Close" in the task-bar or by
clicking on "X".

See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 Very often 3rd party programs interfere.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
Any explanation as to why I'm greeted each morning
with "Outlook Express did not shut down properly"?
I always close OE before shutting down the computer
for the night, either via "Close" in the task-bar or by
clicking on "X".

Thanks Steve. If I had had anti-virus scanning of
I/O email, I would have shut that off before
posting my question, as your reference well points
out that the message store can get clobbered
rather easily by anti-virus software.

I do use a desktop shortcut to:
%windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe -s -t 00
to close up shop for the day, so I'll try using the standard
Windows process via START - Turn off computer,
etc. and see if the problem goes away.

I can't think of any 3rd party software that could be
interferring with OE shutting down.

Thanks for the tip.

Bill


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
news
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 Very often 3rd party programs interfere.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
Any explanation as to why I'm greeted each morning
with "Outlook Express did not shut down properly"?
I always close OE before shutting down the computer
for the night, either via "Close" in the task-bar or by
clicking on "X".

When you close OE, do a CTRL-SHIFT-ESC and check the processes and see if
MSIMN.EXE is still active. It shouldn't be.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
link.net...
Thanks Steve. If I had had anti-virus scanning of
I/O email, I would have shut that off before
posting my question, as your reference well points
out that the message store can get clobbered
rather easily by anti-virus software.

I do use a desktop shortcut to:
%windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe -s -t 00
to close up shop for the day, so I'll try using the standard
Windows process via START - Turn off computer,
etc. and see if the problem goes away.

I can't think of any 3rd party software that could be
interferring with OE shutting down.

Thanks for the tip.

Bill


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
news
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 Very often 3rd party programs
interfere.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
Any explanation as to why I'm greeted each morning
with "Outlook Express did not shut down properly"?
I always close OE before shutting down the computer
for the night, either via "Close" in the task-bar or by
clicking on "X".

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Bill wrote:
Any explanation as to why I'm greeted each morning
with "Outlook Express did not shut down properly"?
I always close OE before shutting down the computer
for the night, either via "Close" in the task-bar or by
clicking on "X".

Steve,
Same OE message this morning. I checked the Task Mgr last
night after closing OE and MSIMN.EXE was not active, nor
was anything else running.
Bill


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
When you close OE, do a CTRL-SHIFT-ESC and check the processes and see if
MSIMN.EXE is still active. It shouldn't be.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
link.net...
Thanks Steve. If I had had anti-virus scanning of
I/O email, I would have shut that off before
posting my question, as your reference well points
out that the message store can get clobbered
rather easily by anti-virus software.

I do use a desktop shortcut to:
%windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe -s -t 00
to close up shop for the day, so I'll try using the standard
Windows process via START - Turn off computer,
etc. and see if the problem goes away.

I can't think of any 3rd party software that could be
interferring with OE shutting down.

Thanks for the tip.

Bill


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
news
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 Very often 3rd party programs
interfere.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
Any explanation as to why I'm greeted each morning
with "Outlook Express did not shut down properly"?
I always close OE before shutting down the computer
for the night, either via "Close" in the task-bar or by
clicking on "X".

Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File
Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1) compact all
folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into
the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage
Identities).

To avoid such corruption in futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

Bill wrote:
Same OE message this morning. I checked the Task Mgr last
night after closing OE and MSIMN.EXE was not active, nor
was anything else running.
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
When you close OE, do a CTRL-SHIFT-ESC and check the processes and see if
MSIMN.EXE is still active. It shouldn't be.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
link.net...
Thanks Steve. If I had had anti-virus scanning of
I/O email, I would have shut that off before
posting my question, as your reference well points
out that the message store can get clobbered
rather easily by anti-virus software.

I do use a desktop shortcut to:
%windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe -s -t 00
to close up shop for the day, so I'll try using the standard
Windows process via START - Turn off computer,
etc. and see if the problem goes away.

I can't think of any 3rd party software that could be
interferring with OE shutting down.

Thanks for the tip.

Bill


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
news See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 Very often 3rd party programs
interfere.

steve

"Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
Any explanation as to why I'm greeted each morning
with "Outlook Express did not shut down properly"?
I always close OE before shutting down the computer
for the night, either via "Close" in the task-bar or by
clicking on "X".