Outlook mail minimises on Open

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I have already posted this on several other groups but failed to resolve
this so thought I'd try here too. On one of the other groups, I also found
a similar query (which had no resolution) so am assuming this IS a bug??

I double-click on an email to open (or right-click and chose Open) and the
email immediately minimses on the Taskbar. I then have to either open it
from the Taskbar or double-click again.

Even if I have an email open already and choose the 'Next Item' or 'Previous
Item' arrows, each one is minimised. So I then again have to go back to the
Taskbar to open and read them.

It was intermittent but now appears to be a permanent problem.

Has anyone else experienced this? If so, how did you resolve it?

Many thanks
 
Forgot to mention - I am using Outlook 2003 and have only recently installed
it. Previous version was Outlook XP. I installed the full version of 2003
but chose the Upgrade option on installation.
 
I'm still looking for an answer to this. Trawled the MS site and other
sites to see if I can get any clues - but nothing. the closest I got was
reading a similar post from someone else - but they don't appear to have got
any answers either.

It's so frustrating having to double-click twice to open an email - or click
on the minimised one. And it appears to be a permanent error now.

I reinstalled Outlook - but it didn't sort it.

Anyone else out there suffering with this 'bug'?
 
See if you get eh same behaviour using a new Windows profile. There are some
reports of similar happening when your current profile is damaged.
 
I just tried to set up a new User (Administrator) but somehow lost the
original Administrator and had a minor panic about it before I did a System
Restore!

I am working under the Administrator User (possibly not the best thing) and
not sure of the best way to go about this.

Would appreciate some advice on how to easily set up a new profile without
having to reinstall everything.

Many thanks
 
Sorry to bombard you with emails which may now be getting a little off-topic
but something else weird is happening.

When I try to create a New User - I am told that I must create at least one
Administrator Account before I can create other accounts. But I am already
an Administraor - it is the only Account I have.

I would assume this does mean my profile is confused but not sure how to
deal with it before sorting out the email issue?
 
This is Windows XP? Home or Pro?
YOU usually log in with Administrator privileges instead of the actual
Administrator account. It's basically the same thing but leaves the (usually
hidden) Administrator account for rescue purposes.
you log in under what account name?
 
Sorry - WindowsXP Professional. I realise I shouldn't be using Admin
Account but I am set up on this now. What would be the best steps to undo
this and get Outlook working properly (hopefully) again?

Many thanks
 
.... or point me in the right direction to somewhere I can seek help? The
windows newsgroup is an unpleasant place to hang out...
 
Try a Windows group re the Admin issue. I'm not to sure on your Outlook
issue. I was responding knowing another user had a similar problem and found
it was due to the Windows profile. It worked for them with another profile
so I was seeing we could test the same.
 
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