Yesterday I started my OE as I have normally done in the past many years, I
suddenly receive three errors in a row upon starting it.

The first alert error says:
"The identity login could not be started. Some components are either missing
or incorrectly configured."

The immediate second error alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started. It may not be installed correctly.
Make sure that your disk is not full or that you are not out of memory.
Contact Microsoft support for further assistance. (0x8007045A)"

I have more than enough memory, and I nearly have a gig of disk space
available.

The third alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be
initialized. Outlook Express may not be installed correctly."

This all occurred out of the blue. I haven't downloaded anything, nor
deleted any files prior to all this error business.

I did the Add/Remove Windows Components proceedure as described in the tech
support page on fixing any issues. Unfortunately I still keep getting the
error.

Any assistance to resolve this matter is greatly appreciated. A great many
thanks in advance!

Psyberwolf

Psyberwolf wrote:

I have more than enough memory, and I nearly have a gig of disk space
available.

How big is the hard drive? One gig is not much nowadays. Can you even
defrag your hard drive?

Alias

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

And from:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K03.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Psyberwolf" wrote in message
...
Yesterday I started my OE as I have normally done in the past many years,
I
suddenly receive three errors in a row upon starting it.

The first alert error says:
"The identity login could not be started. Some components are either
missing
or incorrectly configured."

The immediate second error alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started. It may not be installed correctly.
Make sure that your disk is not full or that you are not out of memory.
Contact Microsoft support for further assistance. (0x8007045A)"

I have more than enough memory, and I nearly have a gig of disk space
available.

The third alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be
initialized. Outlook Express may not be installed correctly."

This all occurred out of the blue. I haven't downloaded anything, nor
deleted any files prior to all this error business.

I did the Add/Remove Windows Components proceedure as described in the
tech
support page on fixing any issues. Unfortunately I still keep getting the
error.

Any assistance to resolve this matter is greatly appreciated. A great many
thanks in advance!

Psyberwolf

I tried both suggestions you offered Bruce, but unfortunately I keep getting
the same errors everytime I start OE.

Psyberwolf



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

And from:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K03.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

I have a 40gig drive and my drive was defragged about a month ago.

Psyberwolf


"Alias" wrote:

Psyberwolf wrote:

I have more than enough memory, and I nearly have a gig of disk space
available.

How big is the hard drive? One gig is not much nowadays. Can you even
defrag your hard drive?

Alias

249893 - OLEXP: Error Message: The Identity Login Could Not Be Started:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q249893
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.




"Psyberwolf" wrote in message
...
I tried both suggestions you offered Bruce, but unfortunately I keep
getting
the same errors everytime I start OE.

Psyberwolf



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

And from:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder.
You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden
files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K03.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder
as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from
the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a
folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

You could try a reinstall outlined below, but I would give this thread some
more time and see if someone else has an idea. A reinstall sometimes, but
seldom fixes problems.

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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Psyberwolf" wrote in message
...
I tried both suggestions you offered Bruce, but unfortunately I keep
getting
the same errors everytime I start OE.

Psyberwolf



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

And from:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder.
You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden
files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K03.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder
as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from
the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a
folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

If the other suggestions don't work, then delete this key in the registry
which will reset OE.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities

See if that works. If it does, then see here to recovery your messages:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve


"Psyberwolf" wrote in message
...
I tried both suggestions you offered Bruce, but unfortunately I keep
getting
the same errors everytime I start OE.

Psyberwolf



"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

And from:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder.
You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden
files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K03.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder
as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from
the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a
folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

Psyberwolf wrote:
I have a 40gig drive and my drive was defragged about a month ago.

Psyberwolf

If you have only 1 gig out of 40 free, you need to free up some space so
that at least 15% of your hard drive is free.

Alias


"Alias" wrote:

Psyberwolf wrote:
I have more than enough memory, and I nearly have a gig of disk space
available.
How big is the hard drive? One gig is not much nowadays. Can you even
defrag your hard drive?

Alias

I have the same 3 error messages in sequence as "psyberwolf", excpept for the
error code in the 2nd, middle message is "0x80070005". Tried to follow your
directions, but cannot locate any DBX files, even after allowing showing of
hidden files -including protected system files (used both search and windows
explorer methods). System is XP. Frustrated and losing hope. If can't
solve, how can I uninstall and reinstall OE by itself, or it is part of a
larger program that must be acted on?

Question Man

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

And from:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K03.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Psyberwolf" wrote in message
...
Yesterday I started my OE as I have normally done in the past many years,
I
suddenly receive three errors in a row upon starting it.

The first alert error says:
"The identity login could not be started. Some components are either
missing
or incorrectly configured."

The immediate second error alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started. It may not be installed correctly.
Make sure that your disk is not full or that you are not out of memory.
Contact Microsoft support for further assistance. (0x8007045A)"

I have more than enough memory, and I nearly have a gig of disk space
available.

The third alert says:
"Outlook Express could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be
initialized. Outlook Express may not be installed correctly."

This all occurred out of the blue. I haven't downloaded anything, nor
deleted any files prior to all this error business.

I did the Add/Remove Windows Components proceedure as described in the
tech
support page on fixing any issues. Unfortunately I still keep getting the
error.

Any assistance to resolve this matter is greatly appreciated. A great many
thanks in advance!

Psyberwolf