Thanks for that and I've checked it but that isn't the issue. It started
around 6wks after I started with windows mail.

<robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> "Geoff Oborne" <geoff@oborne27.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>> Whenever I shut down windows mail I get a 'windows mail will restart' and
>> then it will restart and I have to shut it down again. This time it will
>> shut down correctly.
>> Does anyone know how to resolve this.
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> It sometimes helps to click on Tools, then Options, then Send. If there
> is
> no check mark in the box before Send messages immediately, click on
> this box and then Apply. Click on OK.
>
> When it asks if it can compact the mail database, it also helps to let
> it do this, but can take a minute or two.
>> Incidentally, anyone that has a stuck mail that will not delete then use
>> the KB941090 update - it worked for me.
>> Regards
>> Geoff Oborne MI Hort
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