I have two identities, one for me and one for my wift. OE hangs up at least
once a day while changing identities. I then must restart to get OE working
again.
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RayB

Hi Ray,

There have been some "bugs" involved with identity switching. At least one
has reportedly been fixed by an OE update. It is difficult to say if a bug
might be causing the issue. It is also possible that an OE identity, likely
the default main identity, is corrupted. Replacing the identity might be
useful.

It may help to always log off the current identity in use.

File, Exit and then Log off Identity

Some have found Force Identity Logon beneficial in avoiding identity
switching problems.

Force Identity Logon: http://insideoe.com/tips/forceid.htm

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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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I have two identities, one for me and one for my wift. OE hangs up at least
once a day while changing identities. I then must restart to get OE working
again.
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RayB

Windows version? Is the machine fully up-to-date at Windows Update?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

RayB wrote:
I have two identities, one for me and one for my wift. OE hangs up at
least once a day while changing identities. I then must restart to get
OE working again.

I'm having this same assenine problem all the time now. I also had this
problem 2 or 3 years ago on a different computer and hired a guy to fix it,
and he couldn't.

Anytime I try to switch identities now, it is totally non-responsive. It
just closes and ignores me like my kids do when I tell them to get dressed.
Oftem after awhile goes by, a window with the blue border on the top saying
Outlook Express pops up and it says: "Outlook Express could not be
started because another instance of it is still running on your computer.
Please log off of Windows, then restart Outlook Express. If the problem
persists, save your work, and then restart your computer."

WTH is this? I have done this 25 times already today and last night, and it
keeps happening. I have about 5 important email accounts here via Comcast and
I need to check them all, and now switching leads to be having to restart my
computer each time.

Any idea how I can fix this? I don't think it has anything to do with
spyware as I seem to be clean as I just did full runs. I sense, as this
happened a few years ago, that as my computer gets fuller, this happens.

Windows version? Is the machine fully up-to-date at Windows Update?

One or more of your current Identities may be damaged (especially likely:
the default Main Identity). Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named
Identity (File Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1)
compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old
identity into the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File
Identities Manage Identities).

To avoid such corruption in futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown
your machine if Automatic Compacting is taking place.

- WinXP SP2 only: If your machine is fully up-to-date at Windows Update,
installing the following patch (KB918766) will help to avoid such data loss
in the futu
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...2-98af2256ccc3

This patch will be included in the next Cumulative Update for Outlook
Express/WinXP SP2.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Brian Murphy wrote:
I'm having this same assenine problem all the time now. I also had this
problem 2 or 3 years ago on a different computer and hired a guy to fix
it, and he couldn't.

Anytime I try to switch identities now, it is totally non-responsive. It
just closes and ignores me like my kids do when I tell them to get
dressed. Oftem after awhile goes by, a window with the blue border on the
top saying Outlook Express pops up and it says: "Outlook Express
could not be started because another instance of it is still running on
your computer. Please log off of Windows, then restart Outlook Express.
If the problem persists, save your work, and then restart your computer."

WTH is this? I have done this 25 times already today and last night, and
it keeps happening. I have about 5 important email accounts here via
Comcast and I need to check them all, and now switching leads to be
having to restart my computer each time.

Any idea how I can fix this? I don't think it has anything to do with
spyware as I seem to be clean as I just did full runs. I sense, as this
happened a few years ago, that as my computer gets fuller, this happens.