I can't open Outlook, because it doesn't recognize Outlook Express is
installed (I have the often reported, but apparently rarely solved,
msoe.dll problem).

Is there a way to pull the mountains of data (calendar, tasks,
contacts and saved messages) out of my Outlook data file from another
PIM program? I'm willing to go with any other program to get away from
buggy Outlook, and figure one of the third-party sync programs will
handle the issue of how to sync with my Pocket PC.