I have my E-Mail program set to Hotmail, because I never planned or wanted
to use Outlook for my E-Mail. In fact, the only reason that I am installing
Outlook on my computer is so that I can synchronize my Pocket PC with my
Hotmail Contacts and Calendar, which requires ActiveSync and Outlook. Before
I purchased Microsoft Office, I had Outlook and ActiveSync installed on my
machine, and I was able to synchronize with no problem. However, after I
purchased and installed the other components of Office, I started recieving
the error mentioned in this thread when I try to open Outlook. Why am I
having this problem? Thanks.
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Nathan Sokalski
http://www.nathansokalski.com/
"Mary" wrote in message
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You default email is set in Internet Expolorer, Tools, Internet options,
Programs, not in Outlook. If you have Vista, just type Default Programs in
the start box.
"Nathan Sokalski" wrote:
Not only do I not want to use Outlook for my email, but I can't change
that
(or any other Outlook settings) because like I stated in my original
message, I see the error message (which is a modal dialog) before I even
try
to do anything. When I click the OK button in the dialog, Outlook closes,
so
I never really have a chance to do anything in Outlook. The only time the
Outlook window is visible is when the error message is being displayed,
and
because it is a modal dialog, I cannot use Outlook during that time.
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Nathan Sokalski
http://www.nathansokalski.com/
"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote in message
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Try a new mail profile.
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, Nathan Sokalski asked:
| I have Microsoft Office 2003 installed on my computer, including
| Outlook. Outlook stopped working for some unknown reason one day.
| Whenever I try to open Outlook, I see an error that says:
|
| Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Unable to open the Outlook
| window. The set of folders could not be opened.
|
|
|
| This message shows up before I even try to do anything, so I have no
| idea what set of folders it is referring to. I have tried
| uninstalling and reinstalling Office, but it did not make any
| difference. All the other Office 2003 components (Word, Excel,
| Powerpoint, etc.) work with no problem, so why isn't Outlook working
| correctly, and what can I do to fix it?