Outlook express stopped responding

[Bill E]

Clicking the Icon has worked fine for 3 weeks but stopped
responding this morning. Hourglass comes on for 5 seconds
or so and disappears without opening Outlook Express. Any
suggestions?

 

[Wesley VogelX]

Bill;
Have a look here:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/performance.htm#nostart
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Bill,

Open Windows explorer to C:\Windows\Inf, locate the msoe50.inf file and
right-click it, choose install. This will reinstall Outlook Express and
should correct the problem.
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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[PA Bear]

Both of these apply to OE6 in all Windows versions including WinXP:

Outlook Express Stops Responding and Your Pointer Appears as an Hourglass
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=259927

Outlook Express Stops Responding or Does Not Start
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=274017

In WinXP, the OE user files, including *.wab and *.dbx files, are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable 'Show
Hidden Files and Folders' under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options |
View.
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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
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