Windows Mail can not be started

[Guest]

I get an error message like this...........Windows Mail can not be started.
The application was unable to initialize the store directory. Your computer
may be out of memory or your disc is full (0x8007005, 5) ??
my disc is not full and i have a lot of memory left, so why cant i open my
mail?
I am getting to hate this windows mail, B.s., i never had so many problems
with this,. outlook express worked with no problems

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Are you running McAfee or Norton antivirus? Those will need to be
uninstalled because they are incompatible with Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

no have another virus, but i think it was becasue my spy sweeper was running,
i turned it off restarted the computer and all works fine
Thanks

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Good to hear it's working now.

Gary VanderMolen

no have another virus, but i think it was becasue my spy sweeper was running,
i turned it off restarted the computer and all works fine
Thanks

 

[Rosita Player]

Hi I am having trouble opening my webmail
What do I have to work out of this program.
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Webmail is not a program. You go to the webmail site with your
web browser.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

I've given up with Windows Mail on my existing account and reverted to
Outlook. Can anyone provide advice on how I can get my IE Favourites across
to a new user account where I can get WM working?

In addition, if I stick with Outlook, how can get it to send and receive on
opening?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

In IE: Click File (if you don't see File, press Alt), Import & Export.

Outlook questions should be referred to the Outlook newsgroup:
microsoft.public.outlook.general

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

try start the winmail direct from the folder it locate. i did and it works.

regards,
richard yuen

 

[Guest]

I have the same message, problem as bgjon, but after the first sentence, it
reads "initialize junk filtering." When I cancel out that dialogue box,
there's on more box, which reads "Windows Mail could not be started because
MDOE.DLL could not be initiated."

Also, I have McAfee Virus. Why the heck did they put it in my Gateway Laptop
that I bought six months ago with Vista if Windows Mail it isn't compatible
with McAfee!?!? They put in a program that they knew didn't work with the
mail program that comes with the system?!?!

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Gateway and other computer sellers include a trial copy of
McAfee or Norton AV because the AV vendor pays (bribes)
them to do so. The incompatibility problem is not widely known
outside of this cadre of Windows Mail experts.

 

[Guest]

Gary, I just uninstalled McAfee, restarted, and tried to open Windows Mail
again, with the exact same result. What's my next step? Thanks.

Gateway and other computer sellers include a trial copy of
McAfee or Norton AV because the AV vendor pays (bribes)
them to do so. The incompatibility problem is not widely known
outside of this cadre of Windows Mail experts.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

I have the same message, problem as bgjon, but after the first sentence, it
reads "initialize junk filtering." When I cancel out that dialogue box,
there's on more box, which reads "Windows Mail could not be started because
MDOE.DLL could not be initiated."

Also, I have McAfee Virus. Why the heck did they put it in my Gateway Laptop
that I bought six months ago with Vista if Windows Mail it isn't compatible
with McAfee!?!? They put in a program that they knew didn't work with the
mail program that comes with the system?!?!

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Something in your Windows Mail is corrupted. Hopefully it is
just the mail account, so delete that mail account, restart Windows
Mail, then recreate that account. If no improvement, the
corruption is more widespread.

When all else fails, there are two drastic solutions:

You can try a repair install of Vista:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html
This will replace system files, but is not supposed to affect data.

Another option is to abandon Windows Mail and switch to Windows
Live Mail. It will automatically import your WM accounts, settings,
folders and emails.
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

Gary, I just uninstalled McAfee, restarted, and tried to open Windows Mail
again, with the exact same result. What's my next step? Thanks.

Gateway and other computer sellers include a trial copy of
McAfee or Norton AV because the AV vendor pays (bribes)
them to do so. The incompatibility problem is not widely known
outside of this cadre of Windows Mail experts.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

I have the same message, problem as bgjon, but after the first sentence, it
reads "initialize junk filtering." When I cancel out that dialogue box,
there's on more box, which reads "Windows Mail could not be started because
MDOE.DLL could not be initiated."

Also, I have McAfee Virus. Why the heck did they put it in my Gateway Laptop
that I bought six months ago with Vista if Windows Mail it isn't compatible
with McAfee!?!? They put in a program that they knew didn't work with the
mail program that comes with the system?!?!

:

Are you running McAfee or Norton antivirus? Those will need to be
uninstalled because they are incompatible with Windows Mail.

Gary VanderMolen


I get an error message like this...........Windows Mail can not be started.
The application was unable to initialize the store directory. Your computer
may be out of memory or your disc is full (0x8007005, 5) ??
my disc is not full and i have a lot of memory left, so why cant i open my
mail?
I am getting to hate this windows mail, B.s., i never had so many problems
with this,. outlook express worked with no problems

 

[Guest]

Why did Microsoft abandon Microsoft Outlook Express. It was a perfectly
functional email program and it worked pretty good. I would prefer to work
with Outlook Express again. Anyway of getting that loaded in Vista? The
problems with program compatibility in Vista are just terrible. NOT
impressed.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

No, Outlook Express won't install in Vista.

I haven't seen an explanation as to why OE was abandoned.
Perhaps its program code just wasn't secure enough for Vista.

 

[Tyson]

I am still having this problem, too, and it is extremely aggravating. I have
memory and my disk isn't full. Why can't a solution be found, Microsoft?

 

[Joe Tinney]

Last night I patched my system with the following patches (system
configuration has not changed in any way other than that):

KB905866
KB941644
KB890830
KB943302
KB943899
KB943411

I am running Avast Antivirus Home Edition and have from day one since June
with no trouble with Windows Mail. I connect to POP clients and send mail
with SMTP. I cannot view the update history easily in Avast Antivirus to see
if it was updated.
-------
On a side note regarding the 'known' incompatibility with Windows Mail and
AV Programs:

How can an application that requires you to run no antivirus program (at
least not the professional one) possibly claim to better secure your
computer? If you are using the a per application metric then you will see
some results but you trade one for another. Instead of Mail being taken
advantage of (despite the shared vulnerabilities that have been publicly
patched with Mail and Outlook Express, so some code base must be similar) now
your entire system can be taken over with a virus through another point of
entry because YOUR ENTIRE COMPUTER LACKS PROTECTION. Now, Windows Vista may
claim to be more secure than the previous Windows OS's before it, but this
'incompatibility' (broken) that Windows Mail exhibits is entirely
unacceptable. I'll have to go back to Mozilla Thunderbird (my free mail
client of choice before trying out Windows Mail).

 

[Guest]

If you used the standard installation of avast!, it sometimes helps to
uninstall it and then do a custom install where you tell it to leave out
the part that scans email.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

There are plenty of "professional" antivirus programs that work fine
with Windows Mail: NOD32 and Kaspersky for starters.

Also, it is not fair to classify the free antivirus programs (by inference)
as non-professional.

 

[The application was unable to initializ]

I get an error message like this...........Windows Mail can not be started.
The application was unable to initialize the store directory. Your computer
may be out of memory or your disc is full (0x8007005, 5) ??
my disc is not full and i have a lot of memory left, so why cant i open my
mail?
I am getting to hate this windows mail, B.s., i never had so many problems
with this,. outlook express worked with no problems