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-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Darren wrote:
thanks.
Have tried that fix re-entered all accounts.
it only fails to start when i first turn computer on .
then will start up no problem giving message that it did not shut down
correctly.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Start here.

When OE crashes or won't start:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Darren" wrote in message
...
My outlook express keeps shutting down with out any prompt when i start
it
up .