Data file didn’t close properly

Now whenever I open Outlook I get the following message;
“The data file was not closed properly. This file is being checked for problems.”

Now an icon of two gears has appeared in the lower right hand corner for three days now.

What’s in the vcf-file?

I created a .vcf and tested sending it to myself. When I did so and clicked on the Activities tab, every email, task, etc was listed! Is that because I’m opening it up on my own computer? Is this information going to appear to everyone I send this .vcf to?

Attachments show up in body

For most users when they attached a document it showed up in the new line as Attachment. But for at least one user the attachment is added to the mailbody. Is there a way to toggle the location?

Message window size and location not remembered

Whenever I create a new message the associated window is really small and in an inconvenient location (half off of my Desktop).
How do I change the default size and position of the new message window such that all of it is visible on my desktop?