Problems with IE6

[Guest]

I am having a serious problem with IE6. For some reason, OE will not launch.
I get an error message stating that MSOE.DLL could not launch. I have
followed the repair information provided on the MS support page to the letter
with absolutely no results. I have uninstalled IE6 via the REGEDIT feature
and now can't re-install it. I keep getting a message stating that a newer
version of the program has been found and that installation will be
cancelled.

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Hellbent

It is very important that we know the version of IE and Windows you are
using before we can advise you properly of a solution for this issue.
Please post back with this information.

Jan
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[Guest]

Jan,

I am using XP SP2 and the version of IE is IE6.

 

[Guest]

Jan,

I am using XP SP2 and trying to install IE6.

 

[oops!!]

See if this helps:

Error Message: Outlook Express Could Not Be Started Because Msoe.dll Could Not Be Loaded
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296512

Zee

 

[oops!!]

Also:

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378

May help.

Zee

 

[Guest]

These are the instructions I followed to the letter. No help

 

[Guest]

I'll try that.

See if this helps:

Error Message: Outlook Express Could Not Be Started Because Msoe.dll Could Not Be Loaded
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296512

Zee

 

[oops!!]

OK. I feel my previous post may help you.

Good luck.

Zee

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Hellbent

Thank you for the OS inforamtion

In addition to the information Zee posted, your current Identity may be
damaged, especially, if its the default Main Identity. Try one or more of
your accounts in a new Named Identity (File>Identities>Add new identity).
Assuming all is well, import messages from the old Identity before deleting
it (File>Identities>Manage Identities).

also....

How to Compact for XP
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm#compact



or.......


Disable Background Compacting and frequently perform a manual compact of all
OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.


If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the above,
please post back to this thread with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
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[Guest]

I'll give it all a try. Thanks!

Hi Hellbent

Thank you for the OS inforamtion

In addition to the information Zee posted, your current Identity may be
damaged, especially, if its the default Main Identity. Try one or more of
your accounts in a new Named Identity (File>Identities>Add new identity).
Assuming all is well, import messages from the old Identity before deleting
it (File>Identities>Manage Identities).

also....

How to Compact for XP
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm#compact



or.......


Disable Background Compacting and frequently perform a manual compact of all
OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.


If these steps do not resolve your problem, or you need help with the above,
please post back to this thread with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan
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[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I am having a serious problem with IE6. For some reason, OE will not
launch. I get an error message stating that MSOE.DLL could not
launch. I have followed the repair information provided on the MS
support page to the letter with absolutely no results. I have
uninstalled IE6 via the REGEDIT feature and now can't re-install it.
I keep getting a message stating that a newer version of the program
has been found and that installation will be cancelled.

I assume your problem is with Outlook Express, not IE. IE does not use
MSOE.DLL.

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store.
Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder (with OE closed).
Note: the DBX files are hidden in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3. You will lose
your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news servers, but
it might get you into OE.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx (again with OE closed). You should now get into OE. Try
importing the messages from
the folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use this tool
to extract the messages:

DBXtract ($5):
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
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[Guest]

Frank,

Thanks for the info. Nothing else I've tried has worked. I wish my wife
would just let me go ahead and install Mozilla Thunderbird on her profile so
I could move on to something else. This is taking up waaay too much time.