OK -- here's what happened. I had OE open, one hand on my mouse and reached
up to wipe off my monitor screen. Big zap from static build up on monitor
through the mouse and of couse, it's gone. I reboot the computer and mouse
now seems fine, but when I click the delete button to delete an email,
Outlook Express freezes up completely. IF it begins responding again (which
it is doing less and less frequently), it won't even let me move the email to
the deleted file folder.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but that did not work either.

Is there any hope beyond a total reformat?

Thanks!

Margaret