outlook express

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I have problem with outlook express...when I click mail
program icon I get error message...cannot start outlook
express because MSOE.dll cannot be loaded. This computer
is a few weeks old with w2k loaded. OE worked fine until I
tried to resolve problem with drivers on MB soundcard. Now
I either get sound to work or OE...because I must use
repair function on install cd to get rid of boot error
message associated with sound drivers. Also cannot load
new MS undates last few days...they fail and OS cannot
boot..must use repair function again to get
booted...figure they are connected in some obtuse way. Any
help appreciated. thanx
 
ken said:
I have problem with outlook express...when I click mail
program icon I get error message...cannot start outlook
express because MSOE.dll cannot be loaded. This computer
is a few weeks old with w2k loaded. OE worked fine until I
tried to resolve problem with drivers on MB soundcard. Now
I either get sound to work or OE...because I must use
repair function on install cd to get rid of boot error
message associated with sound drivers. Also cannot load
new MS undates last few days...they fail and OS cannot
boot..must use repair function again to get
booted...figure they are connected in some obtuse way. Any
help appreciated. thanx
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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. 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. 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 (free):
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.
 
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