If you turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) in Outlook Express you
can select and delete a message without OE trying to open it. For OE5+
you can add a button to the Tool Bar to toggle the Preview Pane off and
on.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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On my wife's XP machine, with OE, there are some messages that she
can't delete. This is a relatively new characteristic. I don't know
when it started but it has not always been that way. Some messages
are ok (normal), but many are not.

If she focuses (highlights) on a message, she can't click the DEL key,
the red X, right-click/delete or any other method of getting rid of
the message. She also cannot DRAG it to any other folder or
COPY/PASTE. When she tired that she gets an error dialogue box that
says "The selected message(s) could not be moved. An error has
occured."

But, if she does a Shift/Del, it does permanently get rid of the
message. That is not always suitable as she might like to Undelete
some messages in the future. She has XP SP2 and OE Version
6.00.2900.2180

Any help will be appreciated.

Tom