Mar 21, 2014

Outlook leaves a bacground task running when shut down

When writing programs, I like to turn off Outlook so I would not be distracted by new coming emails, however recently I found a problem with Outlook:
Even I closed Outlook, it is still running in a background. You can launch windows task manager and see OUTLOOK.exe process there. Yes, when there are new emails it still alert me which is a little annoying.

I searched and found out that this problem has a big chance to be caused by Outlook plugin. You can try the solution below which is from Microsoft:

1. Close Outlook and kill OUTLOOK.exe in windows task manager
·         Press the windows key+R on the keyboard to open the Run window.
·         In Run window and type outlook /safe
Note: There is a space between 'outlook' and '/'.

2. If you are able to work with Outlook without any problem then the issue might be due to add-ins. In order to disable the add-ins follow the steps given below:
·         In Outlook, click on File< Options< Add-ins.
·         Under Manage select COM Add-ins.
·         Click on GO options beside Manage, uncheck all the add-ins and click Ok. (You you can uncheck the add-ins you don't think you need most of the time)
·         Try to open Outlook and check if it works fine.

I now can have it Outlook cleanly closed. 

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