The Shutdown Addin Property SheetIf you're a heavy-duty user of Microsoft Outlook, then you may have noticed that occasionally Outlook doesn't seem to want to close properly, forcing you to resort to Task Manager to shutdown Outlook manually. Turns out that it's a common problem caused by Outlook plug-ins that don't properly respect an API call to shutdown Outlook. I use six Outlook plug-ins, so the problem was particularly acute for me -- at least until I found a solution...
David A. Levinson has developed a nice little tool called the Shutdown Addin for Outlook. Once installed it simply monitors API calls to shutdown Outlook, then watches to see if Outlook actually shuts down. If not, it takes the necessary actions based on settings you specify. It works very well.
Although it's a free download and isn't crippled in any way, it does display a minor nag dialog. For a minor $5 donation, the licensed version is completely transparent.