Hi msaltz,

There could be corruption in the OE message store folder. The top suspect
would be the Deleted Items.dbx file, but may include the Inbox.dbx or
Folders.dbx (master indexing) files. The easiest place to start would be to
delete the Deleted Items.dbx file. Any messages in the folder will be lost.
This folder will be re-created when OE starts.

Close OE before deleting any of the message store files. Default folders
will be re-created if deleted when OE starts.

If the problem persist you could try deleting the Inbox.dbx and Folders.dbx
files.

Move messages to be saved in the Inbox to another (user created) OE folder.
Note: Deleting the Folders.dbx file will effect the folder hierarchy and the
list of subscribed newsgroups (if any) will be lost.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"msaltz" wrote in message
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I have a new Windows XP computer. When I get a message in OE6 and try to do
anything with it - delete it, for example - OE closes spontaneously. It
doesn't matter if I try to do it with the delete key, with the delete button
in OE or Ctl-d on the keyboard. Any suggestions?