Well it seems you hit the nail on the head. I looked in the notification area
and it was checked as "hide when minimized". I unchecked it and 4 copies of
outlook opened up. Thanks for your reply.
Larry

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

Are you sure it closes or does it minimize to the system notification area
by your clock?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, larry00663 asked:

| I recently installed Office 2007. When I have Outlook 2007 open and I
| want to minimize it, I press the minimize button, Outlook starts to
| minimize then closes. What can I do to correct this?