Re: Internet Explorer 7 and Outlook Express have died

My bad, Peter. The post Bruce replied to originated in WinXP Help and
Support:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...62b5677a2b5476


PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> [Well, Bruce crossposted his reply to the OP to OE General...]
>
> Peter Foldes wrote:
>> Multiposted and answered in the outlookexpress.general newsgroup
>>
>>
>> "Blackbeard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:796FA4EA-560D-4571-BF61-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> All of a sudden, when I tried to open Outlook Express, the programme
>>> simply
>>> would not open. I have tried a system restore; I tried downloading
>>> Internet Explorer 8; I bought and ran system registry repair tool; I
>>> uninistalled IE8 then went back to IE7, then uninstalled that and
>>> re-downloaded it. At this stage both IE7 and OE failed to open. Well,
>>> IE
>>> 7 starts to open then shuts down. I have backed up my OE messages, of
>>> course, but now have no access to them. I have tried to import them
>>> into
>>> Outlook, but ti won't work, presumably because the OE programme isn't
>>> functioning. My lap top runs Vista which of course has Windows Mail
>>> which
>>> is not compatible with OE messages so I can't just shift my messages to
>>> my
>>> laptop and view them there. Can anyone please tell me how I can restore
>>> IE7 and OE, or how I can import
>>> my OE messages into Outlook? Other ideas also very welcome. Many
>>> thanks.