I am in the same boat. I had the problem a while ago... found a fix
and can't remember it either. Did any one sort this out?

did you happen to post it here using the same email address or display name?
If so, you can search for it easily.

It's not uncommon for the reading pane to be turned off when outlook
crashes - turn it back on (View menu). Detect and Repair (Office Diagnostics
in 2007) should be used if it does it often.

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On Mar 25, 1:24 am, Michael wrote:
Brian,

Your negative remarks are unnecessary. I too am having the exact same
problem. If you bothered to research you would see that others are
having
this problem as well. There is clearly a bug here.

"Brian Tillman" wrote:
Sven wrote:

There was no error message. I started downloading a bunch of mails
and then Outlook closed automatically!
After a restart of my entire PC (Windows), Outlook didn't show the
reading pane. I tried to reinstall Outlook, but there was no
changing. The reading pane is always off. I can't activate it!

I had that problem about 6 months ago yet. I found a solution that
solved the problem, but I cannot remember!

I'd say, then, that you'd better duplicate your earlier research.

So I know, that it is a
common problem of Outlook 2007!

If it were a common problem, there'd be more that just your report of
it in
these newsgroups, and I don't recall seeing any but yours.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

I am in the same boat. I had the problem a while ago... found a fix
and can't remember it either. Did any one sort this out?

Brian.. how did you get that MVP with that attitude/lack of knowledge?