Thanks, Bruce. I'm even worse of than before. Now that I've followed the
backup/clone procedure, the corrupted key(s) is being exported to the new
identities when I create them.
Can oe be thoroughly uninstalled and reinstalled? ie, totally clean out
the registry of all related keys?
-Lew

I know this is a lot of work, but try a third identity and manually enter
the account settings. If you are successful, you can delete the old
Identities in Regedit as well as File | Identities | Manage Identities.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"lew" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce. I'm even worse of than before. Now that I've followed
the backup/clone procedure, the corrupted key(s) is being exported to the
new identities when I create them.
Can oe be thoroughly uninstalled and reinstalled? ie, totally clean out
the registry of all related keys?
-Lew

Any idea of what would happen if I delete "main identity"?
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I know this is a lot of work, but try a third identity and manually enter
the account settings. If you are successful, you can delete the old
Identities in Regedit as well as File | Identities | Manage Identities.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"lew" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce. I'm even worse of than before. Now that I've followed
the backup/clone procedure, the corrupted key(s) is being exported to the
new identities when I create them.
Can oe be thoroughly uninstalled and reinstalled? ie, totally clean
out the registry of all related keys?
-Lew

As long as you have another created, and your messages moved, you can delete
the Main Identity.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"lew" wrote in message
...
Any idea of what would happen if I delete "main identity"?
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
I know this is a lot of work, but try a third identity and manually enter
the account settings. If you are successful, you can delete the old
Identities in Regedit as well as File | Identities | Manage Identities.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"lew" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce. I'm even worse of than before. Now that I've followed
the backup/clone procedure, the corrupted key(s) is being exported to
the new identities when I create them.
Can oe be thoroughly uninstalled and reinstalled? ie, totally clean
out the registry of all related keys?
-Lew

Success!!!! Here's the sequence that fixes it. Note that my messages were
previously backed up to an off site imap server.
1. Create a new identity with *no* news server subscriptions. Chose the name
wisely, you can't change it later.
2. Delete *all* other identities, including "main identity."
3. Shut down outlook express.
4. Restart the machine.
5. Restart oe
6. *Manually* add mail and newss server accounts.

-Lew

Glad it's fixed, and thanks for posting your results.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lew" wrote in message
...
Success!!!! Here's the sequence that fixes it. Note that my messages were
previously backed up to an off site imap server.
1. Create a new identity with *no* news server subscriptions. Chose the
name wisely, you can't change it later.
2. Delete *all* other identities, including "main identity."
3. Shut down outlook express.
4. Restart the machine.
5. Restart oe
6. *Manually* add mail and newss server accounts.

-Lew