I recently had to reformat my c: drive and to reinstall WinXP and my
applications, including Outlook 2002. Since then, I’ve had a number
of problems, most of which have been solved, often with help from
people on these forums. One problem has not.

When I am entering a date through a drop-down in the Calendar or
Tasks, although the month calendar with left and right arrows for
moving forward and back appears when I click my mouse on the drop-own
arrow, the moment I move the mouse pointer away from the drop-own
arrow, the entry calendar disappears. This makes it impossible for me
to use that drop-down for entering dates.

I tried uninstalling Outlook 2002, deleting my Outlook.pst file (after
backing it up to another location) and then reinstalling Outlook 2002
without immediately replacing my former Outlook.pst file or copying
its contents into the new Personal Folders. Nevertheless the problem
persists and I don’t know what else to try.

I see that the same question was posed by "Paul D"
on this forum on December 2, 2005 (subject line - "Drop down calendar
menus disappear"), but that nobody responded.

Can anybody offer a considered suggestion?

Musawwir Spiegel