I don't know if this the place to ask this. I've googled it to death and
cannot find a solution although I have seen others ask this question.
Here it is:

When I shutdown Windows, I get a "cannot stop Outlook" message. I have
to choose "stop now" for shutdown to progress.

Specs:
Toshiba Satellite L305 laptop
WinXP/SP3
IE8
Office 2003, SP3

Outlook is set to minimize to the system tray and my outlook profile is
stored on a secondary partition of the main harddrive. This is because I
clone the primary partition weekly to guard against burnouts. Since
Outlook calendar (and sometimes contacts) change more than once a week,
I store the .pst file on a separate partition which is backed up daily.
I am wondering if it is this that prevents WinXP from shutting down
Outlook. Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

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