FileWork Offline & ViewLayout - Uncheck the Preview Pane. See if you can
delete it now.

Was OE closed when you deleted the Outbox.dbx file? Won't help if it wasn't.

ToolsOptionsMaintenanceStore folder will reveal the location of your
Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder location,
then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then StartRunCtrl+V will put the location in the
box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location
down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WindowsXP & 2K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as
hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files
and Folders under StartControl PanelFolder OptionsView.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Outbox.dbx}
and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE and
the problem message will be gone.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status
Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the
compacting is completed.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"maeve" wrote in message
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Hi, I have a message in my outbox that is stopping all mail, send and
receive, from working. I have tried to delete it many times, in safe mode
also, and it just gives me the message that the program is not responding.
My outbox had 7 messages in but when it gets to 5 it freezes and does not
respond. How do I get rid of this message? It is one that I am
forwarding and the original is OK, checked for viruses, and a WMA
attachment. I have also tried deleting the whole outbox folder, with no
success. Hope I can send this! Thanks