Microsoft outlook does not exit

Sophia Crossley. Please enter a different account" [see photo] I tried the "other" option in adding a mail account, but that didn't work either. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Various add-ins hook into Outlook in such a way that closing Outlook on its own has been made impossible.

To find out if your issue is being caused by an add-in, disable them all and see if the issue goes away. If Outlook now closes properly, you can enable your add-ins one-by-one restarting Outlook after each one to find out which add-in prevents Outlook from closing. If you get a permissions error when trying to disable an add-in see the Quick Tip; Cannot disable add-in.

Disabling troublesome add-ins can solve Outlook losing the AutoComplete cache. Applications which integrate with Outlook are not always shown as an add-in as well. See the documentation of that application on how to disable it. If the integration is the key of the application like it is with synchronization software make sure you close that application after or before closing Outlook or it will keep Outlook open.

The on-access scanner of the virus scanner will suffice. For more info also see the Quick Tip; Disable virus scanner integration? If you use synchronization software for your smartphone or tablet, in most cases disconnecting its USB cable or Bluetooth connection before you close Outlook will suffice to let Outlook close successfully.

If you decide that you no longer want to have that add-in or application installed, you can uninstall it in the usual way;. As the Outlook icon displays in the closed status at the task bar. See screenshot:. Actually, Outlook is not closed in this status, but the icon is hided in the task bar when minimized.

Indeed the icon status showing in the task bar might cause confusion of this problem. In this article, we will show you how to stop Outlook getting closed when minimized. In general, it is about how to prevent Outlook icon being hided in the task bar when minimizing. Stop Outlook getting closed when minimized by unchecking the Hide when Minimized Stop Outlook getting closed when Closed with only one click. In the Task bar, click the Show hidden icon button to display the icons box.

Find and right click the Outlook icon, uncheck Hide When Minimized option from the list. From now on, when you minimizing the Outlook, the icon still be highlighted in the task bar and cause no confusion of closing for you anymore. With the Close To Minimize utility of Kutools for Outlook , you can prevent Outlook from closing with only one click when clicking on the Close button. Kutools for Outlook : with more than handy Outlook add-ins, free to try with no limitation in 60 days.

From now on, when clicking on the Close button, Outlook will be minimized instead of closing. If you want to have a free trial of this utility, please go to free download the software first, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.

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