, you wrote on 23 Mar 2007 14:57:55 -0700:

I can't open Outlook, because it doesn't recognize Outlook Express is
installed (I have the often reported, but apparently rarely solved,
msoe.dll problem).

Go to

C:\Windows\inf

There you will find the file "msoe50.inf". Click it right and choose the
"Install" option.

Note, that the folder "inf" is a hidden folder. If you cannot see it in
the Windows directory you have to enable the option that all files and
folders will be shown:

Control Panel | Folderoptions | View

Is there a way to pull the mountains of data (calendar, tasks,
contacts and saved messages) out of my Outlook data file from another
PIM program?

As far as I know there is no other program that can open pst-files.

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Best Regards
Christian Goeller
http://www.outlookfaq.net