Urgle!<g>
It's unlikely that reinstalling Office (which is what you did) would do
this - but it's possible.
Installing Office for a new user is not usually necessary for any Win9x
install, since all files are visible to all users - it's only necessary to
create a new identity for the Outlook client(and only then if you need to).
It's only when you get into secured NT installations that you may need to
reinstall - and then often the option is given on the initial install to
install for all users, or 'only this user'

I suspect that your problem is caused by a corrupted Folders.dbx file - so
let's try it.
Open OE, and go to Tools | Options - click on the Maintenance tab, and the
OE Storage button - make a note of the path to the storage folder
Close OE
Open Explorer, and navigate to the OE storage file, and find the Folders.dbx
file
RENAME it to Folders.OLD
Open OE
try your OE now - you'll have lost any folder structure you had, but with
luck your emails should open normally.
If the symptoms are not gone, then close OE, delete the newly-created
Folders.DBX file - and rename the .OLD file back to Folders.dbx

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"BrianZ" <beezer000@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Noel:
> Still no progress, but here are the answers to your
> questions/suggestions, as well as an added bit of intelligence(?).
>
> 1111. I have not reinstalled ME over itself. However, I did recently
> add MS Office 2000 Premium to my daughter's User Account. It had
> previously been installed to 3 other User Accounts on the WinME system
> (see below for info on this.)
>
> 2222. I did have Compacting in Background enabled. Check-offs
> (Chekhovs?) included (a) delete read messages and newsgroups; (b)
> delete news after 30 days; with (c) compact at 20%. I turned this off
> and ran manual compacting for all Users on the system.
>
> 3333. I was using default identity in OE. In fact, I deleted all
> identities in the user profile except one.
>
> 4444. I cannot open emails or news messages in folders other than
> Inbox, although I can move messages around in the folders easily.
>
> I did create a new identity, but had no better luck with its email.
> However, in setting up the OE account, I also encountered my *MS2000
> Problem* and wonder if this could be a root cause of both the Address
> Book and Create Mail Issues:
>
> I recently added MSWord, MSExcel, MCAccess and Powerpoint to my
> daughter's User account. I did this by installing MS2000 Premium from
> a CD into her user account. I had long ago loaded these programs onto
> the other 3 Users' accounts. My understanding is that running the
> install program for a new user is the proper way to add programs
> already installed for other Users. I believe that Outlook comes as a
> part of this install.
>
> When my daughter opened her User desktop, she dragged the Outlook Icon
> from the desktop to the trash.
>
> I now see what I believe to be a residual impact of this install when I
> launch OE on the newly established User account. My wife gets the same
> impact when she accesses OE in her User account: When we try to open
> OE in these accounts (but not in my old User account), the Windows
> Installer launches. It asks us to insert the MS2000 Premium disk. We
> cancel out of the installer, and OE then opens.
>
> As a corollary: When I set up the new User account, I saw that the
> system created both an "Outlook" and "Outlook Express" file in setting
> up the User account.
>
> Is it possible that Outlook files and settings are lurking in the
> computer and getting in the way of proper operation of OE?
>
> (More Info than you may want:
> 1)Outlook does not appear on the Start | Programs menu.
> 2)Under C:Program Files, I see both MSOffice and MSOffice2000 folders:
> *MSOffice->Office->Outlook->Backups->Windows is an empty folder.
> *MSOffice->Office->Outlook->Setup->Outlook folder has a series of
> files, many of which are .inf, as well as a setup.ini file.
> 3)MSOffice2000->Office fiolder has a Outlook.exe program.)
>
> Hope any of this helps.
>
> As always, I am appreciative and in awe of your understanding of this
> stuff.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving.
> Brian
>