OK, I do use Google desktop search and the problem started after I installed
this so it looks like the cause of the problem.


"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
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pda's or other applications that use calendar or contact data or utilities
like google desktop search are the common culprits. Storing the pst on a
network drive can also cause this.

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"Jan" jan@hotmail wrote in message
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Only Outlook uses the data file, no other program that I know of.

"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote in message
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do you have any programs accessing outlook data?

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"Jan" jan@hotmail wrote in message
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Outlook is open and working fine, I go to do something else on the
computer and when I return to Outlook I can see the pane showing all
the folders on the left, Inbox with message headers in the middle but
the display pane shows:

"Cannot display the folder. Exited without properly closing your
Outlook data file ......\....\Outlook.pst"

I have to shut down the program and restart it and all is ok for a
while then back to above.

This has happening frequently for the last 3 days or so. I've not done
anything different than normal in Outlook - I wouldn't know how to exit
Outlook without properly closing the data file.

Anything I can do to correct this?

Jan