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Old June 18th, 2009, 03:33 PM
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Talking Outlook Express 6.0

The last couple of weeks whenever I go to my Outlook Express 6.0 to check my email, all of a sudden it freezes up.

I click the [X] in the upper right-hand corner to Close the page and a little box appears on which I click END NOW. Nothing happens.

I then go down to the System Tray and click CLOSE. Nothing happens.

I then click Ctrl, Alt and Delete and Delete the top item. Nothing happens.

The only way I can get the page to disappear is to Shut Down my PC and Reboot it.

Sometimes this will work & other times it won't.

I am a Beginner & understand English real good but do not understand Computer Talk.

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How long do you wait to see if it comes back to responding?
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Old June 18th, 2009, 04:31 PM
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Was any piece of software installed close to the time you noticed this problem?

I would also suggest running CCleaner. The registry cleaner for this fixes quite a few problems I've encountered...

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Old June 18th, 2009, 05:03 PM
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How big is your message base?

If you've got 1000's of email messages taking up 100's of MB of disk space, then sure, it's going to take a while.

Patience while it processes them, then some serious pruning and archiving (start by deleting the spam and trash can).
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I've seen something similar but with Outlook. It was an I-Tunes add-on. Try disabling any add-ons that may be in use with Outlook Express (including anti-virus software).

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Outbreak Express, eek !

Does it happen every time you close down OE ? Sounds like your mail file is getting too big. Time to delete messages, archive and then compact the mail database.
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I've never used Internet Explorer before (because of all the bad things I heard about it) but as nothing else seems to be working for me I thought I would give it a try.

It Worked!!!!! There was the little "Reply Button" in the lower right-hand corner of your post and when I clicked on it here I am.

I've always used Firefox as my Browser but evidently it does not work for devshed forums.

Here are my answers to questions posed to me...

I have waited up to 11 minutes for Outlook Express to respond and then gave up, re-booted, & then it worked OK.

I run CCleaner every Sunday morning.

The most emails I think I have ever had when I first got on was about 40-45. I always go to my ISP web site and delete 99% of them before I ever open a single one.

I do not know how to disable any add-ons that might be on Outlook Express.

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So it works sometimes and others it doesn't ? Do you have a lot of mail sitting read in your inbox with attachments ?

What version of Windows are you running ?

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So it works sometimes and others it doesn't ? Do you have a lot of mail sitting read in your inbox with attachments ?

What version of Windows are you running ?


(1) Correct.

(2) No, I do not and very seldom do I get attachments.

(3) I use Windows XP SP2.

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Do you have any 'hung' mail lying in the outbox ?

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Do you have any 'hung' mail lying in the outbox ?


Yes, but after waiting 2-3 minutes for it to be sent I just delete it and use a 2nd E-Mail Server to either Reply or Forward by copying it and then pasting it.

It's a real pain but at least I'm able to Reply or Forward to a friend.

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I'm willing to try anything that will work.

How do I compact my E-Mail Folders?

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Right-click on a folder, then properties (IIRC).
Somewhere in that context menu (or things you can get from the context menu) is compact.

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The account you are having problems sending with, does it hang on receiving mail for that account too then pop-up an error code or does it receive fine ?

I'm guessing that you're using XP, if so, do you have the install cd ?

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The account you are having problems sending with, does it hang on receiving mail for that account too then pop-up an error code or does it receive fine ?

I'm guessing that you're using XP, if so, do you have the install cd ?


aitken325i.....You and I have been e-mailing back & forth since June 18 now and I don't want to take up any more of your time.

I've decided to just use my 2nd E-Mail Server and not try to Send or Reply with O.E. any longer.

I want you to know I really appreciate all the help/suggestions you have given me but I think it's time to end it now.

Again, my thanks.

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