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Multiple processes of closed program [Outlook] still running

Zone: Windows XP Operating System

Tags: still, outlook, process, running

"Outlook continues to run and appears in the Task Manager Process box after you quit Outlook." I found a similar item [where I got the previous statement] in the FAQ re:OL98; I'm using OL2002 on a WinXPPRO machine. Sometimes, I get one or two (or more) additional instances of OLXP after closing the one I was using.
I've made sure that no other users have anything open. They do close when I terminate the process from the Task Manager, but sometimes when I reopen OL I get a message that it wasn't closed correctly and offers to open in safe mode- not consistently though, maybe 20% of the time. It seems to not be happening as much since I've stopped allowing Mailwasher to turn on OL after it processes mail on the ISP server(s), but it does still happen.
The reason that this is a problem (other than the loss of memory resources) is that when my AVG updates and restarts overnight, if there is an instance of OL running, it stops until I close it/them. This morning, without having OL running, there were 4 instances of OUTLOOK.EXE in the Task Manager processes list.
There are a few other processes that seem to be running when they're not, but I'm not sure if they are normal. Right now, with Outlook, IE6 and Mailwasher on my taskbar I also have WINWORD and 5 instances of svchost.exe [3x System, 1 Local and 1 Network service]. They don't seem to be causing any trouble, just noticing.
Any help appreciated.
Trident

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Zone: OS

Question Asked By: BRGTrident

Solution Provided By: jonnyz0109

Participating Experts: 6

Solution Grade: B

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