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Robert Miles
After running WMUtil.exe on my 64-bit Windows Vista
computer, I now get these two error messages every
time I try starting Windows Mail:
Windows Mail could not be started. The application
was unable to open the Windows Mail message store.
Your Windows Mail mailbox data is currently being
used by another program, such as a virus scanner.
Close the program or wait for it to complete its
operation, then open Windows Mail again.
(0x800C0155)
Windows Mail could not be started because MSOE.DLL
could not be initialized.
The WMUtil.exe program was able to find a few
hundred zero-length files and delete them on this
machine, but it may require more than a reboot
to tell Windows Mail the database is closed.
I've installed Windows Live Mail on the 64-bit
computer, but it was unable to import the
Windows Mail database while Windows Mail was
unable to start. Also, I can no longer get
Windows Live Mail to start, or even show me an
error message saying why it won't start.
On my 32-bit Windows Vista computer, it found
and deleted at least 28000 zero-length files but
it was unable to find a few thousand more where the
folders contain pointers to message files which
are unreachable - not clear whether this is
because the file actually doesn't exist or
because it isn't where the pointer says it is.
I decided to try WMUtil.exe after Windows Mail on
the 32-bit machine became unable to complete
database compactions normally, probably partly
due to the very large database of news messages I
have on that machine - about 770,000 files as
counted by WMUtil.exe, mostly unread or the same
messages downloaded from more than one newsgroups
server.
Robert Miles
computer, I now get these two error messages every
time I try starting Windows Mail:
Windows Mail could not be started. The application
was unable to open the Windows Mail message store.
Your Windows Mail mailbox data is currently being
used by another program, such as a virus scanner.
Close the program or wait for it to complete its
operation, then open Windows Mail again.
(0x800C0155)
Windows Mail could not be started because MSOE.DLL
could not be initialized.
The WMUtil.exe program was able to find a few
hundred zero-length files and delete them on this
machine, but it may require more than a reboot
to tell Windows Mail the database is closed.
I've installed Windows Live Mail on the 64-bit
computer, but it was unable to import the
Windows Mail database while Windows Mail was
unable to start. Also, I can no longer get
Windows Live Mail to start, or even show me an
error message saying why it won't start.
On my 32-bit Windows Vista computer, it found
and deleted at least 28000 zero-length files but
it was unable to find a few thousand more where the
folders contain pointers to message files which
are unreachable - not clear whether this is
because the file actually doesn't exist or
because it isn't where the pointer says it is.
I decided to try WMUtil.exe after Windows Mail on
the 32-bit machine became unable to complete
database compactions normally, probably partly
due to the very large database of news messages I
have on that machine - about 770,000 files as
counted by WMUtil.exe, mostly unread or the same
messages downloaded from more than one newsgroups
server.
Robert Miles