Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File
Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1) compact all
folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into
the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage
Identities).

To avoid such corruption in futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
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leoliver wrote:
When I start Outlook Express 6 (Win XP Pro SP2), "task manger" shows 2
instances of Outlook Express 6 in the non-responding mode. Then one
Outlook
Express disappears and the other is running fine.
Also, I found 2- sets of .dbx folders, one is in "application data ( local
settings)" that contains nothing but empty folders, the other in
"application data" which contains the folder information and also is
linked
to Outlook Express as the "store folder" .

When I ran msimn.exe in the "Process Explorer" utility, it translated
several possible error messages about missing .dll files , libraries
failing
to initialize and two instances of Outlook Express running. I checked and
all of the .dll files are in the Outlook Express program files folder. Of
course some maybe corrupted ?
I think the problem maybe Outlook Express trying start it's self twice.
Because after just one program starts running Outlook Express runs OK.
Would it be safe to delete the empty .dbx folders ? Could duplicate .dbx
folders cause Outlook Express to try and start two programs at once?
Your feedback will be appreciated. Many of the on line Outlook Express
trouble shooting guides are for Outlook Express 5.
Thanks!