I can't seem to find a place where I can change this.  I want to leave the
program open but it shuts down everytime I close an e-mail.

You are opening the msg, then clicking the cross (X) in the msg window?
Or are you simply viewing the msg & clicking X in the outlook window, which
means outlook will shutdown

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