Improper closing of .pst files

[Jim]

I'm using Outlook 2003 and having occasional problems where on startup I get
a message that one of my .pst files was not closed propery and Outlook is
checking it for damage. One time I had to run scanpst.exe to fix that. Just
now I started Outlook and I got the message, "Can't open this item. Another
application closed unexpectedly while using your Personal Folders file
'C:\Documents and Settings\[my name]\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Microsoft\Outlook\Personal Folders.pst'. To prevent
potential damage to your Personal Folders file, it will not be available
until you close all applications currently using it." I suspect that these
problems are related. How can I find out what the program is causing this
problem. No application (other than Outlook) is running that I would have
reason to believe is using my .pst folder and I don't recall installing any
new software in a time frame the would be associated with this problem.

Thanks.

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

I'm using Outlook 2003 and having occasional problems where on
startup I get
a message that one of my .pst files was not closed propery and
Outlook is
checking it for damage. One time I had to run scanpst.exe to fix
that. Just
now I started Outlook and I got the message, "Can't open this item.
Another
application closed unexpectedly while using your Personal Folders
file
'C:\Documents and Settings\[my name]\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Microsoft\Outlook\Personal Folders.pst'. To
prevent
potential damage to your Personal Folders file, it will not be
available
until you close all applications currently using it." I suspect
that these
problems are related. How can I find out what the program is
causing this
problem. No application (other than Outlook) is running that I
would have
reason to believe is using my .pst folder and I don't recall
installing any
new software in a time frame the would be associated with this
problem.

Is the .pst file on a different host than where you run Outlook?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm using Outlook 2003 and having occasional problems where on
startup I get a message that one of my .pst files was not closed
propery and Outlook is checking it for damage. One time I had to run
scanpst.exe to fix that. Just now I started Outlook and I got the
message, "Can't open this item. Another application closed
unexpectedly while using your Personal Folders file 'C:\Documents and
Settings\[my name]\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Microsoft\Outlook\Personal Folders.pst'.

Do you have any desktop search applications?