Bruce Hagen wrote:
I am not familiar with the program you used, so I can't speak to that.
If you had asked about moving OE to a new machine, I would have
suggested this:

Backup & Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/clone.htm

If you are transferring to another PC, and have access to a Windows XP
setup CD, or if both computers are running Windows XP, see:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA

As far as your current problem goes, I don't know if a reinstall of OE
will help, or not, but here is the method.

How to Reinstall or Repair IE6 and OE6:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

Although written for WinXP, it works for all Windows operating systems
98 or newer.

And, if I double click on a message, I get this error:

The was an error opening this message.
An error has occurred.

That's helpful. How do I fix it?

Since the computer is 1000 miles away, and since I'm working through
pcAnywhere, there is no way for me to reinstall the operating system
without the computer being returned to me physically.