Harold Drabkin wrote:

The program opens (I can even see my folder
structure load in the background", and the message that the OLE
registration failed, and I need to reinstall Outlook 2000.
Which I do, with the same results/

What you do is to look the error up in the Microsoft Knowledgebase
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318653/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224876/en-us

You can also open a command prompt window and enter

C:\Windows\System\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\System\ole32.dll

or possibly

C:\Windows\System\regsvr32.exe C:\Windows\System32\ole32.dll

Depending on where ole32.dll resides.
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Brian Tillman