How do I reinstall MS Outlook Express?

[RichTJ99]

Hi,

I am having a MS Outlook Express problem. How do I go about reinstalling the program? Do I need to reinstall IE as well? Any step by step on what to do?

Thanks,

Rich

[Jeremy]

Message the user FDV about the file he modified called oe.inf. It allows you to reinstall OE without reinstalling Windows.

[horsecharles]

edit: had already started this before last answer...

Here's MS article, scroll to bottom solution: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378

As you install IE, you can select custom or manual, and you will then be able to select/install only OEXpress.

It's overkill, but i would use XPLITE to thoroughly remove OE, and BECAUSE it's useful for other things: http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html

AND for the same reasons, if you run the autopatcher, which just got released a day ago, it will reinstall IE/OE for you(accept when it asks that some components are already installed, do you still want to proceed): http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-...atcher-XP.shtml

I have also repaired/reinstalled a buggy IE without doing anything else, simply by running an earlier release of autopatcher(allowing it to overinstall already-installed modules when it prompts), then hitting windows update-- or in this case, installing this latest autopatcher.

Sometimes the particular OE problem is due to some damaged file dealing with windows Explorer or IE(maybe some real-time file protector or spam scanner altered something)... so that seemingly overkill procedure would take care of the problem.

Just in case, have you tried these repair resources:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/performance.htm

among these tools: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/tools.htm there is this one: http://www.oehelp.com/dbxtract/DBXtract.zip (there are more complex, paid versions too) where you can extract any messages you need to. Then, for peace of mind(you don't really need to) you could export your folders or use this tool:

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx and afterwards delete all these:

INBOX

OUTBOX

SENT ITEMS

DELETED ITEMS

DRAFTS

POP3UIDL

FOLDERS

located i believe in: C:Documents&Settings\WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\IDENTITIES\XXXXXXXXXXX\MICROSOFT\OUTLOOK EXPRESS\xxxxx.DBX, etc.

Upon re-start OE will rebuild them.

Good luck.