"blackredgold1964" wrote in
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Outlook Express (6) does not start at all. I only see the eggtimer for 10
seconds and then nothing happens. No error msg.

I select it via
Start – Outlook Express or
Start – All Programs – Outlook Express or
Win Explorer, - C:\Program Files - MSIMN.EXE.

I checked in Add Programs – Windows components – “OE” is ticked.

In Outlook Express I often got messages like
“Outlook Express: An unknown error has occurred.
Details:
Configuration:
Account: Hotmail
Server: http://services.msn.com/svcs/hotmail/httpmail.asp
User name:
Protocol: HTTPMail
Port: 0
Secure(SSL): 0
Code: 800c013e”

Would this indicate some corruption?

Yesterday some long Windows Update ran. I cannot remember if I was able to
open OE before the Update. So maybe the update of whatever programs caused
this problem. Additionally some long upgrade for Adobe Reader 7.0 ran.

2 weeks ago I installed IE7 and afterwards I noticed Outlook 2003 appeared
in the START bar. Maybe it was on the computer before but I never
realised. I
tried it today and can see mails on Outlook 2003.

Would I better be using Outlook 2003 now?
I still would like to solve the mystery around OE6, though.

I have WinXP 2nd version,
Trend Micro, PC-cillin Internet security 2005.

Any ideas?

Regards
Blackredgold1964


From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/defaultl.htm

Go to Start | Run and type this command, with the double quotes and spaces:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /reg

and then make sure that OE is selected as the default mail program in both
IE and OE.

If that isn't enough, see this article:
"Send To" and E-mail Links Do Not Work Using Outlook Express as Default:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=306098

You might also want to try this:

Restores OE to the E-mail clients list in Internet Options
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/oe_client.htm

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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