Outlook 2002 hangs

[~~Alan~~]

Something happened the other day to my Outlook 2002 (xp) environment that
now when I start Outlook, it hangs. I have to use task manager to end the
process.

I've deinstalled and reinstalled but to no avail. I've also, after
deinstalling, deleted my outlook.pst and other files in the folder, but
still nothing.

I feel the problem may lie in my registry settings that do not get wiped
with the deinstallation.

What can I do to deinstall Outllook as if it never existed on my system and
start from scratch? This installation is part of OfficeXP and not a
separate installation. I'm currently using Outlook Express so I would like
to reinstall Outlook and have it recognize my OE profile and import it.

Thanks,
~alan

 

[Guest]

I was having lots of problems, couldn't send and receive
mail, until I went to microsoft.com and downloaded the
current Office update. Good luck!

 

[~~Alan~~]

Yup, did that too.

I ended up creating a new WindowsXP profile and copying various things from
my oringinal profile, including my Outlook.pst file, basically starting from
scratch. Then when everything was all set, about 45 minutes later, I
deleted my original WindowsXP account and all is they way I like it.

~alan