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theconrodkid - 10/4/05 at 02:02 PM

my outlook has died,cant open/send/delete any mails,says its not accesable,any ideas?


phelpsa - 10/4/05 at 03:39 PM

Mozilla Thunderbird??


britishtrident - 10/4/05 at 04:34 PM

Outlaw or Outlaw Express ? either way when they go wrong they can be a pig to reinstall.
Get Thunderbird --- you know it make sense


theconrodkid - 10/4/05 at 06:33 PM

thunderbird was as usefull as a chocolate teapot,wont import my old mail or addy book,any other ideas


flak monkey - 10/4/05 at 07:48 PM

Uninstall outlook express (go to control panel, add remove programs, windows components). The reinstall.

Probably wont work, but worth a try.

Alternatively, do a system restore (running xp?) back to before it stopped working.

David

PS...dont you love microshaft...


theconrodkid - 10/4/05 at 09:27 PM

if i un-install will i loose all my love letters/addys?


theconrodkid - 10/4/05 at 10:14 PM

got error 0x80040116 coming up,looks complicated to repair


zenarcher - 11/4/05 at 08:07 PM

How about trying Opera, version 8 ,then go to edit-import mail-Outlook Express, its worth a try.


JamJah - 12/4/05 at 12:34 PM

You can always copy the outlook.pst and archive.pst file usually c:/data and settings/<loginname>/microsoft/office.outlook from my head, but just do a search on c: for *.pst.
Place them in my docs then when you have it running again file import select outlook.pst and bobs your uncle. Or do what i did last time round, copy them back then open outlook for the first time in a new os and let it get confused... what i have data? but ive not run before? error error error etc etc etc.


theconrodkid - 12/4/05 at 04:22 PM

too confusing for poor moi i,m afraid,ill wait till someone pops round,ta for your ideas chaps


britishtrident - 13/4/05 at 12:28 PM

It looks like Outlook file directories are rodgered this will be why Outlaw isn't working and Thunderbird can't import. Unless you have backups u r stuffed.

Start from scratch use Thunderbird for mail and keep it backed up with Mozbackup ( http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ )

When exposed to the internet Windows is just another name for trouble.

[Edited on 13/4/05 by britishtrident]

[Edited on 13/4/05 by britishtrident]


flak monkey - 13/4/05 at 12:40 PM

quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
When exposed to the internet Windows is just another name for trouble.



And when you expose linux to pretty much anything its another name for compatability issues


theconrodkid - 13/4/05 at 02:10 PM

trident gets the biscit,someone is coming round to give my compo some gbh at the week end


theconrodkid - 17/4/05 at 08:07 AM

tried thunderbird,it cant/wont connect to bt internet for some reason,tried to delete/reload outlook ,what are the in/out message settings?pop/smt or whatever its called?


britishtrident - 17/4/05 at 05:36 PM

Just a case of entering your mail server, user name and passwords normally Thunderbird would copy this from Outlooks settings but for obvious reasons it can't.
Your ISP sign up details should have this info.