Outlook Express 2000 (part of Office) DLL Problem

[owlsnesttoo]

I recently reinstalled Windows 98 in a new Windows folder. I previously had 98SE which had a total meltdown, but didn't have setup.exe or a key for SE. I upgraded from IE4 to IE6 and didn't have any problems until I reinstalled MS Office 2000 Professional. It didn't recognize some of my DLL files. and upon reboot, it told me that the following files were missing or corrupted. They exist in the proper folders, but are files from 2002.

C:\Progra~1\Common~1\System\wab32.dll

C:\Outlook~1\msoe.dll

C:\Outlook~1\oeimport. dll

Now Outlook Express won't open claiming that oobe is missing. Is there a way to fix this problem or should I just uninstall it? I don't use the program anyway and lost all of my addresses and old e-mail during the crash of 98se making Yahoo mail that much more attractive.

Edited April 8, 2008 by owlsnesttoo

[RetroOS]

Hi,

Those files you mention are from Outlook Express 6 that is part of Internet Explorer 6.

Office 2000 comes with the full Outlook 2000. This does interact with OE and the install may have changed files.

You will need to reinstall IE including Outlook Express.

See my recent post on this: http://www.msfn.org/board/can-t-view-files...681#entry752681

Also, install latest OE updates: http://www.mdgx.com/files/OE923694.EXE