I am using the Outlook 2000 version on my PC.

Initially I had an issue with a corrupted PST file, probably becuase it got
too big. I purchased a program to recover it (since Microsoft file repair
didn't work) but that program couldn't get the pst to save correctly since
Outlook kept starting invisibly in the background.

So I thought... I'll uninstall Outlook while the PST recovery program runs,
save the recovered PST and then re-enable Outlook afterwards. No dice.
Outlook had to be enabled on the PC for the recovery program to save. I
proceeded to re-enable/re-install Outlook and gave up on the PST file - I had
an uncorrupted version from my old PC which I am using - But since my
un-install/re-install of Outlook the 'Accounts' option isn't on the tools tab
and I can't seem to get it to show up there. I have 'services' instead and
that shows "the following information services are set up for this profile:"
"Archive Folders" and there is an option to add internet mail services. Upon
attempting to add my accounts I recieve a message stating that "An Account
already exists with thtis name. Please enter a unique friendly name." So it
seems the accounts are there but I cannot for the life of me figure out how
to get outlook to function just with the Internet Mail option for sending and
receiving. Please ask me any questions that may clarify as I would dearly
like to resume functionality of my Outlook. My deepest thanks to anyone who
can assist!