Friday, 14 November 2014

Microsoft Outlook 2010!!! "Microsoft outlook exited without properly closing your Outlook data file"


The above shot is another error message encountered by one of my customers while trying to launch Outlook from his workstation this morning.

I checked Windows 7 task manager to see if Outlook process is currently running but none was found and the error message still persists.

Solution:

  • Goto my Computer
  • Open C drive
  • Click on Organize tab
  • Click on Folder and search options
  • Click View tab then goto Advanced settings;
  • Select Show hidden files, folders, and drives
  • Navigate to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook
  • Delete username@domain.ost file
  • Launch Outlook again