Hello
I have the following problem: some of my customers work with Outlook + POP3 (no Exchange Server) and from time to time an employee forgets to close Outlook after working hour. Because of the open PST-File I have problems with the backup (the open PST-File is in use and therfore the backup fails). Now I have wrote a small script to kill the outlook process on every machine at 10 p.m. But the next day when the employee starts Outlook he gets an annoying message about the PST-File was not closed properly and he has to wait up to 10 Minutes until Outlook starts. So my question: is there a tool or a script to close outlook properly?
Btw: I have already found some sripts to close outlook in a decent way BUT: if the user has an open New E-Mail Window open all the scripts I found where not able to handle this situation - this is because in that case Outlook asks whether you want to save the open New Massage to Drafts or not (and Outlooks does not close until you press the YES, NO or CANCEL Button.
Here is one of the Script I found (AutoHotKey Script):
*************
SetTitleMatchMode RegEx
IfWinExist .*Microsoft\sOutlook
{
WinClose .*Microsoft\sOutlook
}
ExitApp
*************
This script works perfectly when no additional Outlook Item Window is open - Outlooks then closes properly and no problem arises with the PST-File. But as already mentioned when the user has a open New Item Window (e.g. new Mail he just started to compose) Outlook does not close but asks the user what to do. What I need is a script or a program that answers automatically to the Outlook question dialog box "Do you want to save changes?" YES and then closes Outlook properly. The next Day the user will find his new / unfinished Mail item in the drafts folder.
I have also found a small program called "Close Outlook" by Douglas J. Nakakihara. But this tool also fails when an open (new) Message Windows exists.
Any ideas?
Markus
I have the following problem: some of my customers work with Outlook + POP3 (no Exchange Server) and from time to time an employee forgets to close Outlook after working hour. Because of the open PST-File I have problems with the backup (the open PST-File is in use and therfore the backup fails). Now I have wrote a small script to kill the outlook process on every machine at 10 p.m. But the next day when the employee starts Outlook he gets an annoying message about the PST-File was not closed properly and he has to wait up to 10 Minutes until Outlook starts. So my question: is there a tool or a script to close outlook properly?
Btw: I have already found some sripts to close outlook in a decent way BUT: if the user has an open New E-Mail Window open all the scripts I found where not able to handle this situation - this is because in that case Outlook asks whether you want to save the open New Massage to Drafts or not (and Outlooks does not close until you press the YES, NO or CANCEL Button.
Here is one of the Script I found (AutoHotKey Script):
*************
SetTitleMatchMode RegEx
IfWinExist .*Microsoft\sOutlook
{
WinClose .*Microsoft\sOutlook
}
ExitApp
*************
This script works perfectly when no additional Outlook Item Window is open - Outlooks then closes properly and no problem arises with the PST-File. But as already mentioned when the user has a open New Item Window (e.g. new Mail he just started to compose) Outlook does not close but asks the user what to do. What I need is a script or a program that answers automatically to the Outlook question dialog box "Do you want to save changes?" YES and then closes Outlook properly. The next Day the user will find his new / unfinished Mail item in the drafts folder.
I have also found a small program called "Close Outlook" by Douglas J. Nakakihara. But this tool also fails when an open (new) Message Windows exists.
Any ideas?
Markus