If you just installed Shutdown Addin you should reboot your computer first. If you already rebooted then from within Outlook select Tools->Options from the Outlook file menu. Then select the Shutdown tab. Set the time given to Outlook for shutdown to 0.

If you are registering Shutdown Addin on Windows Vista you will need to run Outlook as an Administrator. The reason is due of the new access control feature of Vista which blocks Shutdown Addin from storing your registration key to the windows registry when running Outlook with non-administrative access. To work around this  issue follow these steps..

• Click My Computer
• Go to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office[10|11|12]\"
  10 = Outlook 2002/XP
  11 = Outlook 2003
  12 = Outlook 2007
• Select "outlook.exe" and right-click it to open the context menu.
• Select "Run as Administrator."
• Once prompted to register, enter your registration code.

 

This happens when the addin is not properly installed or is disabled by Outlook. To correct this issue either reinstall Shutdown Addin or perform the following steps..

1. Exit Outlook
2. Click Start on the Windows taskbar
3. Run "regedit"
4. Location the following key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Resiliency\DisabledItems
5. Delete any items contained within this key on the right panel
6. Exit regedit
7. Start Outlook

Select Tools->Options from the Outlook file menu. Then select the Shutdown tab. Set the time given to Outlook for shutdown to 0.

Shutdown Addin only exits a single instance of Outlook at a time. If you are running other products that use their own instance of Outlook then they will need to be closed separately. Shutdown Addin only assists each individual process with its shutdown sequence.

This is caused when Shutdown Addin forces a termination (after safer attempts fail) of the Outlook.exe process while some other addin or component of Outlook was still performing its shutdown logic. It's likely that you need to give Outlook more time to shutdown before Shutdown Addin forces Outlook to exit. Select Tools->Options from the Outlook file menu. Then select the Shutdown tab. Set the time given to Outlook for shutdown from 30 (default) to 120 seconds and see if this helps.

This issue affects mainly installations within a network domain. The account used to install Shutdown Addin _must_ have administrative rights to the computer. This is because the Shutdown Addin install needs to store/write information to the local machine hive of the registry and requires Administrative rights to do so.

Click Start->Run on the Windows taskbar, type the following, and click ok:

regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\OutlookShutdown\OutlookShutdown.dll"

Now Restart Outlook.

Either via Add/Remove programs in your control panel (look for Shutdown Addin) or via the Shutdown Addin group in your Start->Programs menu.

After installing the addin and rebooting your computer the Shutdown Addin's evaluation dialog will appear when Outlook is started. This indicates that the addin has been successfully loaded by Outlook. 

It's very important to reboot after installation to make sure that all instances of Outlook (OUTLOOK.EXE) are not running prior to the addin being loaded and so that the install can complete its tasks.

Run "outlook /cleanviews" at the command line.

After installing the addin and rebooting your computer the Shutdown Addin's evaluation dialog will appear when Outlook is started. This indicates that the addin has been successfully loaded by Outlook. 

Do to Vista's new security model you'll need to run Outlook.exe with Administrative rights so that Shutdown Addin can write an entry to the registry.

No. Per purchase you will get a single license key that will be encoded with the number of licenses that you have purchased.

Registered codes are currently valid for all v1.x releases. For example, if you've registered v1.0 then your registration code will work for v1.2, v1.3, etc ...

No, you don't need to register the addin to use it. However, at some point, YES, you need to register it. The addin is designed to be trial-ware with no time restrictions. The addin is provided to you as a fully functional application that you can evaluate for as long as you'd like. Once you've determine that the addin is of value to you and has addressed your shutdown issues then you must register the application. Registration will remove that annoying evaluation dialog that appears when the addin is loaded by Outlook.

If Outlook is in the process of synchronizing with Exchange Server or performing a send/receive then the addin will take longer than usual to shutdown. Outlook will not shutdown until the send/receive process is 100% complete or fails. Another installed addin may also be taking a long time to shutdown.

Shutdown Addin is design specifically for Microsoft Outlook and works with Outlook 2000, XP, and 2003. It is not known to conflict with other  standard office applications (i.e Microsoft Office and Microsoft Exchange). Shutdown Addin does however present an issue with addins that perform logic when Outlook exits (i.e. Microsoft Backup for Outlook). In these instances Shutdown Addin will inadvertently terminate Outlook when these addins are working accordingly and appear to hold up the Outlook.exe process.

As a short-term solution I recommend increasing the shutdown delay accordingly to provide the needed time for these addins to function.

Shutdown Addin, as a last resort, will force Outlook to exit by terminating the OUTLOOK.exe process. This _may_ cause your .pst file to not close correctly and thus will result in Outlook alerting you that Outlook was not closed properly and will attempt to repair your .pst. In general it will not harm the .pst file.

Shutdown Addin is more of a fix than a solution since it addresses issues with other addins that do no fully release themselves from Outlook thus causing Outlook experience shutdown issues.