Outlook express error message

[Carol Roth]

After downloading a microsoft update, my computer turned
off. Unfortunately Outlook Express was still active.
Now, each time I go to OE I get the message "Outlook
Express did not shut down correctly. OE has encountered a
problem and needs to close." How do I get rid of the
window with this message and get back to using my mail?

 

[Jose Francisco]

Greetings Carol Roth,

Try the following stesps:

1.. Click Start, point to Search, and then click All Files and Folders.
2.. In the Named box, type *.dbx, in the Look in box, click Local hard
drives (C, and then click Search Now.
3.. For each *.dbx file that is found, right-click the file, click
Properties, and then clear the Read-only check box.
4.. Click Apply, and then click Close.
Regards,
Jose Francisco

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[PA Bear]

OE won't even start
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/performance.htm#nostart

Address the complications of having Background Compacting enabled:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm#auto

All running proceseses (including your anti-virus application) should be
closed before downloading/installing updates, Carol.
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HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Sa]

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After downloading a microsoft update, my computer turned
off. Unfortunately Outlook Express was still active.
Now, each time I go to OE I get the message "Outlook
Express did not shut down correctly. OE has encountered a
problem and needs to close." How do I get rid of the
window with this message and get back to using my mail?

Try moving "folders.dbx" to a new folder, for example in an empty folder in
"my documents" of that doesn't fix the problem, mo e all of the dbx files to
there "folders.dbx" is. Make sure you do the steps above with OE closed.