G
Gary Watson
On Outlook 2007 on Vista I get the following message every hour or so:
"Microsoft Office Outlook: A data file did not close properly the last time
it was used and is being checked for problems. Performance might be
affected while the check is in progress."
After a while, a message pops up which says "Microsoft Outlook / Data File
Check Complete". No errors are reported on the screen (does anybody know if
this scan process has an error log on disk someplace?)
This is a new Sony Vaio which came with Outlook2007 and Vista pre-loaded.
The problem started when I ran archive on my inbox and sent mailbox
(something like 10,000 emails in each). I got some mild looking warnings
that some messages couldn't be archived (I didn't write down the exact text;
I thought it was bitching about emails flagged for follow up or something
like that).
I then ran the Compact Now function on the PST box, which is in (97-2002)
format. It is after this process that I noticed the problem.
I tried restarting Outlook, rebooting, and even un-installed the crappy
Symantec anti-virus which comes with the Sony, and nothing helped.
My next idea is to have Outlook create a new mailbox, and then try to import
this PST file into it, unless I hear a better idea.
A general compliant I have is that the Outlook error pop up should have a
hyperlink taking me to a page on Microsoft's support site for further
information. If no information was available, at least the development team
would know this box was popping up in the field. There are a lot of
deficiencies of this kind in Vista. At the very least, there should be an
error number on the pop up and a way to copy the text onto the clipboard.
At any rate, I didn't find any information at all about my error on the
Microsoft site, after manually typing in the error message.
"Microsoft Office Outlook: A data file did not close properly the last time
it was used and is being checked for problems. Performance might be
affected while the check is in progress."
After a while, a message pops up which says "Microsoft Outlook / Data File
Check Complete". No errors are reported on the screen (does anybody know if
this scan process has an error log on disk someplace?)
This is a new Sony Vaio which came with Outlook2007 and Vista pre-loaded.
The problem started when I ran archive on my inbox and sent mailbox
(something like 10,000 emails in each). I got some mild looking warnings
that some messages couldn't be archived (I didn't write down the exact text;
I thought it was bitching about emails flagged for follow up or something
like that).
I then ran the Compact Now function on the PST box, which is in (97-2002)
format. It is after this process that I noticed the problem.
I tried restarting Outlook, rebooting, and even un-installed the crappy
Symantec anti-virus which comes with the Sony, and nothing helped.
My next idea is to have Outlook create a new mailbox, and then try to import
this PST file into it, unless I hear a better idea.
A general compliant I have is that the Outlook error pop up should have a
hyperlink taking me to a page on Microsoft's support site for further
information. If no information was available, at least the development team
would know this box was popping up in the field. There are a lot of
deficiencies of this kind in Vista. At the very least, there should be an
error number on the pop up and a way to copy the text onto the clipboard.
At any rate, I didn't find any information at all about my error on the
Microsoft site, after manually typing in the error message.