Password on personal folder problem

[Dan]

I created a personal folder with password in Outlook 2000. Whenever I open
Outlook, it prompts for that password. If I don't enter the password when
prompted, later I can't open my personal folder unless I shut down and
restart Outlook. If I enter the password, I need to enter again later when I
try to open my personal folder. It's annoying. Why does Outlook ask the
password at startup when I don't need to access the personal folder, and why
does it ask twice in order for me to access the personal folder? Can I fix
it? Thanks.