My registry has NO KEYS AT ALL for Outlook Express 6. Well...I did
delete them all. I was getting that error 0x800ccc0f, and nothing else
worked, so I found this friendly Web page that told me how to remove
and reinstall Outlook Express. Rename a dozen files, DELETE A
HALF-DOZEN REGISTRY KEYS! I'm such a doo-doo head' any moron can start
a Web page!

I finally realized that I could just uninstall and reinstall Outlook
Express using Add/Remove Programs, but it was too late, I didn't
export those keys before I removed them, and System Restore just
refuses to take me back to an earlier time (Restoration
Incomplete...No changes were made to your computer.)

Now Outlook Express will run just fine, except that I get an error
message about it not being able to open the Address Book. It's
creating a blank address book every time I rename the old one, it just
can't open it. It also says that "Outlook Express is not configured
correctly, please re-install." Re-installing doesn't help.

What should I do? I can live without the Address Book, but those error
messages are annoying and make me feel like such an idiot.

Roy

Hi Roy,

Don't know if this will help, but it's worth a try.

In Add/Remove Program Control Panel | Set Program Access and Defaults

Choose Custom and select Outlook Express as the default mail app. This
might restore the correct Registry entries.

Also see the Microsoft KB for instructions.
How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in
Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp


--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"Roy Fenimore" wrote in message
...
My registry has NO KEYS AT ALL for Outlook Express 6. Well...I did
delete them all. I was getting that error 0x800ccc0f, and nothing else
worked, so I found this friendly Web page that told me how to remove
and reinstall Outlook Express. Rename a dozen files, DELETE A
HALF-DOZEN REGISTRY KEYS! I'm such a doo-doo head' any moron can start
a Web page!

I finally realized that I could just uninstall and reinstall Outlook
Express using Add/Remove Programs, but it was too late, I didn't
export those keys before I removed them, and System Restore just
refuses to take me back to an earlier time (Restoration
Incomplete...No changes were made to your computer.)

Now Outlook Express will run just fine, except that I get an error
message about it not being able to open the Address Book. It's
creating a blank address book every time I rename the old one, it just
can't open it. It also says that "Outlook Express is not configured
correctly, please re-install." Re-installing doesn't help.

What should I do? I can live without the Address Book, but those error
messages are annoying and make me feel like such an idiot.

Roy

OE 6 uses registry keys named "5.0". There never were any named 6.0 or
5.5 for that matter.

If you rename the address book, you have to also adjust the registry
How to Change the Location of the Windows Address Book
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156828

Also see:
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Roy Fenimore" wrote in message
...
My registry has NO KEYS AT ALL for Outlook Express 6. Well...I did
delete them all. I was getting that error 0x800ccc0f, and nothing else
worked, so I found this friendly Web page that told me how to remove
and reinstall Outlook Express. Rename a dozen files, DELETE A
HALF-DOZEN REGISTRY KEYS! I'm such a doo-doo head' any moron can start
a Web page!

I finally realized that I could just uninstall and reinstall Outlook
Express using Add/Remove Programs, but it was too late, I didn't
export those keys before I removed them, and System Restore just
refuses to take me back to an earlier time (Restoration
Incomplete...No changes were made to your computer.)

Now Outlook Express will run just fine, except that I get an error
message about it not being able to open the Address Book. It's
creating a blank address book every time I rename the old one, it just
can't open it. It also says that "Outlook Express is not configured
correctly, please re-install." Re-installing doesn't help.

What should I do? I can live without the Address Book, but those error
messages are annoying and make me feel like such an idiot.

Roy

Hi! Thanks for your suggestions, although they weren't very
useful--except for the one below. Since the WAB key was one of the
ones I deleted, I think I might need to replace it. It has the
location of the Address book, but according to some references it is
in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/Wab File Name/(Default)

that has to be changed, and in some it is

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/WAB4/Wab File
Name/(Default)

If anybody is using Windows XP and Outlook Express 6, can you take a
peek inside your registry and see which it is? I'd appreciate it.

Or better yet, just export the whole WAB key and attach the .reg file
to your reply. I promise I won't sell your registry secrets to the
Russians.

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:59:02 -0700, "Michael Santovec"
wrote:

OE 6 uses registry keys named "5.0". There never were any named 6.0 or
5.5 for that matter.

If you rename the address book, you have to also adjust the registry
How to Change the Location of the Windows Address Book
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156828

Also see:
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

Success!!! In case you're interested, what I needed was to create the
key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WAB\DLLPath

and set it's default value to the location of wab32.dll.

Everything's cool now! Still if someone could export their
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WAB key (the whole thing, and e-mail me the .reg
file, I would be super grateful. No telling what other stuff should be
in their. (That's one of the keys I was told to delete!)

Thanks a heap, everybody. It's nice to know I'm not struggling alone!

Roy

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:18:12 -0500, Roy Fenimore
wrote:

Hi! Thanks for your suggestions, although they weren't very
useful--except for the one below. Since the WAB key was one of the
ones I deleted, I think I might need to replace it. It has the
location of the Address book, but according to some references it is
in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/Wab File Name/(Default)

that has to be changed, and in some it is

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/WAB4/Wab File
Name/(Default)

If anybody is using Windows XP and Outlook Express 6, can you take a
peek inside your registry and see which it is? I'd appreciate it.

Or better yet, just export the whole WAB key and attach the .reg file
to your reply. I promise I won't sell your registry secrets to the
Russians.

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:59:02 -0700, "Michael Santovec"
wrote:

OE 6 uses registry keys named "5.0". There never were any named 6.0 or
5.5 for that matter.

If you rename the address book, you have to also adjust the registry
How to Change the Location of the Windows Address Book
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156828

Also see:
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

I've attached the WAB reg file renamed to a txt file.

Actually the path starts:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WAB

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Roy Fenimore" wrote in message
...
Success!!! In case you're interested, what I needed was to create the
key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WAB\DLLPath

and set it's default value to the location of wab32.dll.

Everything's cool now! Still if someone could export their
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WAB key (the whole thing, and e-mail me the .reg
file, I would be super grateful. No telling what other stuff should be
in their. (That's one of the keys I was told to delete!)

Thanks a heap, everybody. It's nice to know I'm not struggling alone!

Roy

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:18:12 -0500, Roy Fenimore
wrote:

Hi! Thanks for your suggestions, although they weren't very
useful--except for the one below. Since the WAB key was one of the
ones I deleted, I think I might need to replace it. It has the
location of the Address book, but according to some references it is
in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/Wab File Name/(Default)

that has to be changed, and in some it is

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/WAB4/Wab File
Name/(Default)

If anybody is using Windows XP and Outlook Express 6, can you take a
peek inside your registry and see which it is? I'd appreciate it.

Or better yet, just export the whole WAB key and attach the .reg file
to your reply. I promise I won't sell your registry secrets to the
Russians.

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:59:02 -0700, "Michael Santovec"
wrote:

OE 6 uses registry keys named "5.0". There never were any named 6.0
or
5.5 for that matter.

If you rename the address book, you have to also adjust the registry
How to Change the Location of the Windows Address Book
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156828

Also see:
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm

???? ????? "Roy Fenimore" ?? ?????
...
Success!!! In case you're interested, what I needed was to create the
key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WAB\DLLPath

and set it's default value to the location of wab32.dll.

Everything's cool now! Still if someone could export their
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\WAB key (the whole thing, and e-mail me the .reg
file, I would be super grateful. No telling what other stuff should be
in their. (That's one of the keys I was told to delete!)

Thanks a heap, everybody. It's nice to know I'm not struggling alone!

Roy

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:18:12 -0500, Roy Fenimore
wrote:

Hi! Thanks for your suggestions, although they weren't very
useful--except for the one below. Since the WAB key was one of the
ones I deleted, I think I might need to replace it. It has the
location of the Address book, but according to some references it is
in

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/Wab File Name/(Default)

that has to be changed, and in some it is

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Microsoft/WAB/WAB4/Wab File
Name/(Default)

If anybody is using Windows XP and Outlook Express 6, can you take a
peek inside your registry and see which it is? I'd appreciate it.

Or better yet, just export the whole WAB key and attach the .reg file
to your reply. I promise I won't sell your registry secrets to the
Russians.

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:59:02 -0700, "Michael Santovec"
wrote:

OE 6 uses registry keys named "5.0". There never were any named 6.0 or
5.5 for that matter.

If you rename the address book, you have to also adjust the registry
How to Change the Location of the Windows Address Book
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=156828

Also see:
The Windows Address Book (WAB)
http://www.insideoe.com/files/wab.htm