OE 6 uses registry keys named "5.0". There never were any named 6.0 or
5.5 for that matter.

If you rename the address book, you have to also adjust the registry
How to Change the Location of the Windows Address Book
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156828

Also see:
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm


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


"Roy Fenimore" wrote in message
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My registry has NO KEYS AT ALL for Outlook Express 6. Well...I did
delete them all. I was getting that error 0x800ccc0f, and nothing else
worked, so I found this friendly Web page that told me how to remove
and reinstall Outlook Express. Rename a dozen files, DELETE A
HALF-DOZEN REGISTRY KEYS! I'm such a doo-doo head' any moron can start
a Web page!

I finally realized that I could just uninstall and reinstall Outlook
Express using Add/Remove Programs, but it was too late, I didn't
export those keys before I removed them, and System Restore just
refuses to take me back to an earlier time (Restoration
Incomplete...No changes were made to your computer.)

Now Outlook Express will run just fine, except that I get an error
message about it not being able to open the Address Book. It's
creating a blank address book every time I rename the old one, it just
can't open it. It also says that "Outlook Express is not configured
correctly, please re-install." Re-installing doesn't help.

What should I do? I can live without the Address Book, but those error
messages are annoying and make me feel like such an idiot.

Roy