Outlook checking the outlook file due to shutdown

[dingdongdingding]

Previously, I can shutdown my PC with Outlook (Outlook 2002) running.
When I restart my PC, Outlook does not show a pop up saying that
Outlook was not shutdown properly and it needs to check the file.

Now I'm using Outlook 2002. It always show this popup.

Should I let it check or just click cancel ? Is there anyway to
switch off this checking ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Bob I]

What has changed? You say Outlook 2002 in both instances. How are you
shutting down, and what operating system?

 

[dingdongdingding]

No... Outlook 2000 does not have this problem. Only my Outlook 2002.

I leave Outlook running and use the start->shutdown. Win2k.

My

 

[Bob I]

I would suggest shutting down Outlook first. I would surmise that your
W2K is not waiting till Outlook closes before shutting down. What is
taking Outlook longer to close? Maybe the PST file is very large?

 

[dingdongdingding]

Similar size PST file on both Outlook 2000 and 2002. So I guess it's
not due to the file size. Actually, if I were to bring up Task
Manager and then terminate 2000, this does not happen. But it would
happen if I terminate 2002. So I think it's the behaviours on Outlook
2002. But I don't know if this is perculiar to my setup or is it the
same case on other machines.