Outlook Express gone mad!

[leedogg]

Uninstalling and reinstalling may not necessarily work. This could simply be a corrupted OE mail database (.dbx)

These are located in

C:\Documents and Settings\#Your User Name#\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\#Identity number assigned to you#\Microsoft\Outlook Express

I would have copied them and then deleted the folder. Oh, this is where your mail/folders are stored btw.

 

[Eve]

if they are corrupted what is the point of copying them?

 

[leedogg]

they might not all be corrupted and you can try to import from them later if you want to recover any mail (you only need to do this if you have local folders that you store mail on, not if all your mail is on the server)

 

[Eve]

nope, only the downloaded mail and that was mostly funnies, nothing serious.

 

[zalood]

Tried this ??
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q318378&

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Yes that was one of the first things Eve tried. Eve I detest Outlook as well. At one stage it started overtaking OE. This might be a pain but why not try removing Outlook using the office cd then see how OE goes. Reinstall OE again if necessary just to make sure outlook is not somehow causing the problem.

 

[Eve]

UPDATE: I tried to do a repair of XP but it didn't give me the option. Anyone know how to get into it? I've done it before, but I can't remember how. Anyway, I reinstalled via upgrade, sat there for bloody ages watching it go and yet still no fecking Outlook Express. Am bloody pissed off now. Have to keep using crappy Microsfot Outlook, is not fair!