I have a problem with Outlook express. It happened just after I tried to get
it to work with Gmail POP3 using their utility . There is a manual option
too .

However now it shows the splash screen and there is an error saying that it
cannot start because it could not start the "Internet Account manager" then
there is another saying MSOE.dll (I think) could not initialize.
I have solved this by creating a new user account. BUT here IE6 starts
misbehaving . Some links get activated but an equal number dont.
For example in Yahoo Mail the initial screen opens up, but when I try to go
to the Inbox nothing happens.
Many impossible problems of mine have got solved here so I hoping this one
will get a solution too.
The above problem has been around for at least 1 month. I tried a reinstall
of Win98 but that does not complete.

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Anil Bhattacharji, Meerut,India



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Anil Bhattacharji, Meerut,India

"Anil Bhattacharji" wrote in message

I have a problem with Outlook express. It happened just after I tried
to get it to work with Gmail POP3 using their utility . There is a
manual option too .

However now it shows the splash screen and there is an error saying
that it cannot start because it could not start the "Internet Account
manager" then there is another saying MSOE.dll (I think) could not
initialize.
I have solved this by creating a new user account. BUT here IE6 starts
misbehaving . Some links get activated but an equal number dont.
For example in Yahoo Mail the initial screen opens up, but when I try
to go to the Inbox nothing happens.
Many impossible problems of mine have got solved here so I hoping
this one will get a solution too.
The above problem has been around for at least 1 month. I tried a
reinstall of Win98 but that does not complete.

--
Anil Bhattacharji, Meerut,India

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store.
Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder (with OE closed).
Note: the DBX files are hidden in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3. You will lose
your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news servers, but
it might get you into OE.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx (again with OE closed). You should now get into OE. Try
importing the messages from
the folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use this tool
to extract the messages:

DBXtract ($5):
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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That was fast . I just posted it.
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It seems those very SAME dbx files ARE being opened under another identity
which I created as advised .
I am using the Outlook express right now for this news group but under a
different identity .
I actually delete the folders to see what would happen . I restored them
from the recycled bin . But exactly the same error appears. The files you
mention maybe used under the different identity too.

"Anil Bhattacharji" wrote in message

That was fast . I just posted it.

Unless you have jumped through a few hoops, a different identity does not
use the same files, but different files by the same name bt in a different
location.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/