Need to reinstall Outlook Express

[Guest]

Long story short, my Outlook Express porgram got corrupted and I had to
delete it. I need it back, does anyone know where I can download a copy? I
know it is bundled with the Internet Explorer download, but when I tried to
do that (IE 6) it kept saying my version was higher than the installer. Any
ideas? I just want Outlook back.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

It is not real easy to completely remove Outlook Express. It is, hoever,
fairly easy to remove access to Outlook Express.

Outlook Express is msimn.exe. MicroSoft Internet Mail and News.

Start | Run | Type: msimn | OK |

There should be a shortcut on the Start Menu.
Start | All Programs |

If not...
Right click the Start button | Properties | Start Menu tab |
Customize button | General tab | Show on Start menu |
Place a check in E-mail | Click the V and select Outlook Express | OK |
Apply | OK

Maybe access was removed in Add or Remove Programs.

Open Add or Remove Programs...
Start | Run | Type: appwiz.cpl | OK |
Add/Remove Windows Components | Scroll down to
Outlook Express and place a check in the box | Next button |
Finish button

How To Add or Remove a Windows Component in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307894

Should be here...
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Long story short, my Outlook Express porgram got corrupted and I had to
delete it. I need it back, does anyone know where I can download a copy? I
know it is bundled with the Internet Explorer download, but when I tried
to
do that (IE 6) it kept saying my version was higher than the installer.
Any
ideas? I just want Outlook back.

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.

If you are using WinXP/SP2, and it was not already on your computer from the
factory, you will have to remove SP2 first.

How to remove SP2:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;875350

Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

 

[pcbutts1]

Cut everything between the lines below and paste it into notepad. Save the
file as installoe.reg and save it to your desktop. Make sure when you save
it you change the save as.... drop down box to all files. Once it is saved
then double click on it to merge it into the registry. This will allow you
to reinstall OE. Get it here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&DisplayLang=en


====================================================================================

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed
Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}]
"IsInstalled"=dword: 00000000


====================================================================================

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[PA Bear]

Chris, reinstalling OE won't help if your identity's store is damaged or if
your settings are wrong.

I advise you *not* to follow this pcbutts1's suggestions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Cut everything between the lines below and paste it into notepad. Save the
file as installoe.reg and save it to your desktop. Make sure when you save
it you change the save as.... drop down box to all files. Once it is saved
then double click on it to merge it into the registry. This will allow you
to reinstall OE.

<snip>

 

[pcbutts1]

Well mister smart ass why don't you explain what is wrong with my advice and
how it will damage his already broken OE.

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[PA Bear]

Chris (who hasn't been heard from since his initial post) didn't say OE was
broken, he said he "had to delete it." How he did this is anybody's guess
(as is what "porgram [sic] got corrupted" means) but knowing the answer and
if he's running SP2 would be needed to be able to supply him with pertinent,
helpful suggestions and recommendations.

Not knowing any of the above, Chris should be able to make OE available
again via Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Outlook
Express. If not, he can follow the steps posted in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 to repair or reinstall IE/OE.
Then, if he runs into problems, the Registry edit you posted might be
helpful to him but I wouldn't recommend that anybody use an undocumented REG
file coming from an unknown, anonymous source posting it in an unmoderated
public newsgroup.

 

[pcbutts1]

The undocumented reg file is listed at the bottom of the link you posted,
had you bothered to read it you would have known that.

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Chris (who hasn't been heard from since his initial post) didn't say OE
was broken, he said he "had to delete it." How he did this is anybody's
guess (as is what "porgram [sic] got corrupted" means) but knowing the
answer and if he's running SP2 would be needed to be able to supply him
with pertinent, helpful suggestions and recommendations.

Not knowing any of the above, Chris should be able to make OE available
again via Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Outlook
Express. If not, he can follow the steps posted in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 to repair or reinstall IE/OE.
Then, if he runs into problems, the Registry edit you posted might be
helpful to him but I wouldn't recommend that anybody use an undocumented
REG file coming from an unknown, anonymous source posting it in an
unmoderated public newsgroup.
--
~PA Bear

Well mister smart ass why don't you explain what is wrong with my advice
and how it will damage his already broken OE.

 

[PA Bear]

The KB article lists a documented way to edit Registry allowing the current
version of IE/OE to be reinstalled. It is not a REG file or a suggestion to
use one.
--
~PA Bear

The undocumented reg file is listed at the bottom of the link you posted,
had you bothered to read it you would have known that.

Chris (who hasn't been heard from since his initial post) didn't say OE
was broken, he said he "had to delete it." How he did this is anybody's
guess (as is what "porgram [sic] got corrupted" means) but knowing the
answer and if he's running SP2 would be needed to be able to supply him
with pertinent, helpful suggestions and recommendations.

Not knowing any of the above, Chris should be able to make OE available
again via Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Outlook
Express. If not, he can follow the steps posted in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 to repair or reinstall IE/OE.
Then, if he runs into problems, the Registry edit you posted might be
helpful to him but I wouldn't recommend that anybody use an undocumented
REG file coming from an unknown, anonymous source posting it in an
unmoderated public newsgroup.
--
~PA Bear

Well mister smart ass why don't you explain what is wrong with my
advice and how it will damage his already broken OE.


Chris, reinstalling OE won't help if your identity's store is
damaged or
if your settings are wrong.

I advise you *not* to follow this pcbutts1's suggestions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

pcbutts1 wrote:
Cut everything between the lines below and paste it into notepad.
Save
the
file as installoe.reg and save it to your desktop. Make sure when
you save
it you change the save as.... drop down box to all files. Once it
is saved
then double click on it to merge it into the registry. This will
allow
you
to reinstall OE.
<snip>

 

[pcbutts1]

Sheeeeeeesh! how did you ever become a MVP.You have got a lot to learn.

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The KB article lists a documented way to edit Registry allowing the
current version of IE/OE to be reinstalled. It is not a REG file or a
suggestion to use one.
--
~PA Bear

The undocumented reg file is listed at the bottom of the link you posted,
had you bothered to read it you would have known that.

Chris (who hasn't been heard from since his initial post) didn't say OE
was broken, he said he "had to delete it." How he did this is
anybody's
guess (as is what "porgram [sic] got corrupted" means) but knowing the
answer and if he's running SP2 would be needed to be able to supply him
with pertinent, helpful suggestions and recommendations.

Not knowing any of the above, Chris should be able to make OE available
again via Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components > Outlook
Express. If not, he can follow the steps posted in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378 to repair or reinstall IE/OE.
Then, if he runs into problems, the Registry edit you posted might be
helpful to him but I wouldn't recommend that anybody use an
undocumented
REG file coming from an unknown, anonymous source posting it in an
unmoderated public newsgroup.
--
~PA Bear

pcbutts1 wrote:
Well mister smart ass why don't you explain what is wrong with my
advice and how it will damage his already broken OE.


Chris, reinstalling OE won't help if your identity's store is
damaged or
if your settings are wrong.

I advise you *not* to follow this pcbutts1's suggestions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

pcbutts1 wrote:
Cut everything between the lines below and paste it into notepad.
Save
the
file as installoe.reg and save it to your desktop. Make sure when
you save
it you change the save as.... drop down box to all files. Once it
is saved
then double click on it to merge it into the registry. This will
allow
you
to reinstall OE.
<snip>

 

[kurttrail]

Sheeeeeeesh! how did you ever become a MVP.You have got a lot to
learn.

Why? Because he has reason not to trust you? You have a bad rep here,
and your advise should be avoided like the plague, and the noobs here
need to be warned about you.

PA Bear's rep is beyond reproach, especially by the likes of you.

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[Guest]

<<<--- Original Poster

Wow sorry I wasn't around to read this I had to run. Let me explain more
indepth...

I am running Windows XP Home Sp1

My problem, is that everytime I open Outlook, It hangs on the logo for a
good 4-5 minutes. Then, the program opens, but it seems to be frozen. I
waited it out for another good 5 minutes, and it runs, but pretty slowly. I
thought that reinstalling it might help, only because I see how my friends
use outlook, and it opens right away, no hanging or anything. Is there a way
to solve it? Thanks for you help.

 

[pcbutts1]

You must be his lover.

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[kurttrail]

You must be his lover.

And if I was . . . . so what?

Looks like got us a homophobic buttboy here, and his name is pcbuttwipe!

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[kurttrail]

<<<--- Original Poster

Wow sorry I wasn't around to read this I had to run. Let me explain
more indepth...

I am running Windows XP Home Sp1

My problem, is that everytime I open Outlook, It hangs on the logo
for a good 4-5 minutes. Then, the program opens, but it seems to be
frozen. I waited it out for another good 5 minutes, and it runs, but
pretty slowly. I thought that reinstalling it might help, only
because I see how my friends use outlook, and it opens right away, no
hanging or anything. Is there a way to solve it? Thanks for you help.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378

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[Kerry Brown]

<<<--- Original Poster

Wow sorry I wasn't around to read this I had to run. Let me explain more
indepth...

I am running Windows XP Home Sp1

My problem, is that everytime I open Outlook, It hangs on the logo for a
good 4-5 minutes. Then, the program opens, but it seems to be frozen. I
waited it out for another good 5 minutes, and it runs, but pretty slowly.
I
thought that reinstalling it might help, only because I see how my friends
use outlook, and it opens right away, no hanging or anything. Is there a
way
to solve it? Thanks for you help.

Are you using Outlook or Outlook Express? They are very different programs.
If it's Outlook Express there's a lot of good information at:

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/

and some general repair procedures here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/oerepair.mspx

Kerry

 

[Shane]

And if I was . . . . so what?

Looks like got us a homophobic buttboy here, and his name is
pcbuttwipe!

But, Kurt, you *know* homophobia is *always* an attempt by someone -
secretly afraid that they themselves are homosexual - to try to prevent the
rest of the world from suspecting the same, by making the idea seem too
fantastic to contemplate! Why else would it be so funny when, in their
ignorance, they do it for the whole world to see! I think pcbuttkiss
deserves a little more respect!


Shane

 

[Shane]

But, Kurt, you *know* homophobia is *always* an attempt by someone -
secretly afraid that they themselves are homosexual - to try to
prevent the rest of the world from suspecting the same, by making the
idea seem too fantastic to contemplate! Why else would it be so funny
when, in their ignorance, they do it for the whole world to see! I
think pcbuttkiss deserves a little more respect!

Sorry, typo.......should've been pcbutkus!


Shane

 

[PA Bear]

Outlook or Outlook Express, Chris?

Assuming the latter, it does sound like a damaged store, something
reinstalling OE won't help. See
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash.
--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
OL General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security, AH-VSOP

 

[kurttrail]

Sorry, typo.......should've been pcbutkus!


Shane

Either way works for me. ;-)

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