View | Layout. Uncheck the Preview Pane. Best choice is to right click on
the Toolbar | Customize and add the Preview Pane button so you can switch
back and forth easily.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Nev." wrote in message
...
I have just reinstalled Win XP.
It is so long since I set up outlook express, that I have forgotten
how to set it up so that messages do not open themselves. They
do not unless I open them. That way I can delete them without
even opening them.

TIA,

Nev.