I fixed the problem by manually removing and reinstalling outlook express
thanks for your suggestions

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test
"Richard" wrote in message
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Hope this helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287683/EN-US
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Richard


"test" wrote:

Hello,
Everytime when I try to open outlook 2002 I get an error "Outlook
requires outlook express 4.01 or greater. You can install outlook express
by running ie5setup.exe from the ie5 folder located on your cd or through
the windows update site"
Please help
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test