Compacting Entourage Databases

[Lauren Frede]

Title: Compacting Entourage Databases

I just did a major clean-out of my Entourage and afterwards I tried to compact the files, however when I hold down the option key and start Entourage I get an error message that tells me to quit all Microsoft programs before I can begin.  I do not have any other MS programs open – or any other programs open, for that matter.  I even shut my computer down completely and then tried again.

Does anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks for your help.
Lauren