In At The Bleep End

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Outlook 2000 hanging on exit

If you are still using Outlook 2000 and it forever shows "Please wait while Microsoft Outlook exits" when exiting, first try running Office updates. If that doesn't crack it, you could follow the suggestions at http://www.experts-exchange.com/Applications/MS_Office/Outlook/Q_20886730.html

...particularly...

"a)You may want to open outlook in safe mode (start --> run --> outlook.exe /safe)

b)Open outlook .Go to help menu and click "Detect and repair"

c)you may also want to delete the email account and recreate it going to accounts

d) Repair PST : http://www.slipstick.com/problems/scanpst.htm

e)Also take a backup of all emails and go to control panel ---> mail --> delete the profile and recreate one again

f)Check for spywares and virus

g)If nothing works out repair or reinstall office
go to control panel --> add/remove programs --> scroll down to office
click on "change" and repair or reinstall "

In the end, what worked for me was the fix available here...
http://www.adminnotes.com/hotfix/2004/04/outlook_2000_ha.html
and to install it follow the instruction by kharmin half way down the comments...

First install o2kSP3
Then extract the files to a folder on the desktop
RUN: msiexec /p "c:\documents and settings\%username%\desktop\outlookpatchfolder\Outlookff.msp"

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