Our Outlook 2000's at the office do something similar. If you look at the task manager, Outlook is still running but there is nothing on the taskbar. The workarounds are the reboot and the one we use is to endtask Outlook.
This bug survives to this day with no fix I can find. Since it's well known to us we just endtask it and move along.
Bob
Ok here goes...I'm going to try and explain this in the most detail possible...I'm going to try and give you guys a scenario of what I do when I get problems...
So I decide to get on my computer...I turn it on and log in (I have XP Professional). I log into my McAfee profile. Then I want to get into my outlook...I click it, it prompts me to choose my name (both me and my wife have our own email). So I do what I have to do on my email...I leave it open for a while.
Then my wife wants to check her email...she closes Outlook, waits a bit then re-opens it so she can check her email...She clicks on her name and then gets this error message
''Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. The file C:\Documents and Settings\Edgar & Jess\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook2.pst is in use and cannot be accessed. Close any application that is using this file and try again.''
Not until I restart the computer can I get into the email again. Its pretty weird because sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't (works just fine between users).
I'm thinking I should re-install MS Office? Will I lose all the emails we have in our inboxes? HEEEELLLP! Thanks.

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