Thanks for the info. The link added this newsgroup to OE which is really
helpful. I couldn't find the proper news server anywhere. There is no
error code.

To PA Bear: I've compacted the folder under maintenance. There is 7MB file
usage. In the store folder my sent items total 21MB even though I've
deleted most of the messages now.

My store folder also registers 5mb for deleted messages even though the
folder in OE is empty. I think the store folder is corrupted or processes
that use it are.

Is there any way to have what appears in OE properly reflected in the store
folder?

If I move the store folder or delete a file in it sometimes no error message
appears and when I reboot and start up OE for the first time sometimes no
error message appears.

I've compacted my messages.

I've turned off my mail protection which is by Kaspersky anti virus. I have
Stopzilla installed for anti spyware, and maybe I've quarantined a file that
affected outlook express. So I restored those files but still receiving the
same error msg. I did run a scan around the time the problems started but
it may have been a day later.

I've read
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Thats all I can think of at the moment.

Tim

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
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It's important to know the Details. When you get "encountered a problem"
message, there is usually a "click here" link to see the error report.
When you click on the link, it will give a message that will list the
Appname XXXX and Modname YYYY. The XXXX and YYYY are important to
identify the cause and solution. You can ignore the rest of the message.

For further help

Use the following newsgroup for questions or problems with OE6
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlooke xpress

You will find out information about issues affecting Outlook Express 5/6
at:
http://www.oehelp.com/
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVall...E_ng_notes.htm
http://home.attbi.com/~jimpickering/
http://www.insideoe.com/
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm

For best results, use the "msnews.microsoft.com" news server for reading
and posting messages regarding help with Microsoft products. This is the
news server that most of the regulars use. You'll get more timely
messages, and miss fewer of them. News messages often take days to wander
from server to server, and often get lost.

To set up an account for MSnews in OE
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/co...tm#setupmsnews



--

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


"Tim" nospam wrote in message
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Hi,

I have got an issue with Outlook Express 6. It brings up an error
message when I open the program, but the program functions as normal, but
with a error box in the way.

The following message is in the error box. "Outlook Express has
encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
inconvenience." There is no error code with the message.

I first encountered the problem on the 7th of Dec, and seemed to solve it
by deleting some of the many messages in the inbox. But it resurfaced on
the 12th and deleting the messages have not helped.

I've been around the net trying to find a solution but have found nothing
relevant short of uninstalling and reinstalling. I've been on newsgroups
but can't find one dedicated to OE from my ISP for Win XP.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Tim