See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

And from:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K03.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Psyberwolf" wrote in message
...
Yesterday I started my OE as I have normally done in the past many years,
I
suddenly receive three errors in a row upon starting it.

The first alert error says:
"The identity login could not be started. Some components are either
missing
or incorrectly configured."

The immediate second error alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started. It may not be installed correctly.
Make sure that your disk is not full or that you are not out of memory.
Contact Microsoft support for further assistance. (0x8007045A)"

I have more than enough memory, and I nearly have a gig of disk space
available.

The third alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be
initialized. Outlook Express may not be installed correctly."

This all occurred out of the blue. I haven't downloaded anything, nor
deleted any files prior to all this error business.

I did the Add/Remove Windows Components proceedure as described in the
tech
support page on fixing any issues. Unfortunately I still keep getting the
error.

Any assistance to resolve this matter is greatly appreciated. A great many
thanks in advance!

Psyberwolf