"DaveP72" <DaveP72@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I also tried running 'scanpst.exe' program against the 'outlook.pst' file.
> I
> left it running through the night as the .pst file is over 2GB in size.

This is most likely your problem. Outlooks prior to 2003 can't have their
PSTs exceed about 1.8 GB without problems. Outlook 2002 will warn you when
you're approaching that limit, but I don't remember if Outlook 2000 would.
You should investigate this:
http://www.slipstick.com/problems/repair2gbpst.asp
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
08 Sep 2008Outlook 2000 'hungapp' error.DaveP72
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