Bizarre problem with Outlook Express due to own stupidity :-)?

Question

Hello. I have a really bizarre problem with Outlook Express, and it may be a long story...First of all, I received an email from a firm which supposedly contained an ad of their Christmas campaign. When I opened the message it would not open, but my hard drive began to work, stalling all other programs. Nothing could be done, except to shut down by unplugging the computer. Next I tried to remove the message, but that immediately stalled the system, or rather, overdrove the system. My computer would work and crunch and keep at SOMETHING, but nothing else could be opened. So again it had to be unplugged.I don't know what the problem with the message was, since my virus program didn't find anything there, but the feeling you get when you try to remove a message and your computer jams and just keeps on crunching away, is that there's a program scanning your computer's memory.Anyway, I could think of no other way of removing the annoying message, than to find the physical location of the

Answer 1

Here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Answer 2

If you can, you should scan for viruses and spyware since it obviously installed something to your computer. Whatever it was should be eliminated first or it will just keep messing up your system. Then concentrate on restoring your Outlook Express.



If you have a backup of your .dbx files then you can restore them.

-see 1st link below for steps-



If not, then try compacting all your Outlook Express folders.



1. On the File menu, click Work Offline so that no new messages will be arriving.



2. In the Folder list, click on Outlook Express so that no e-mail or news folder is open.



3. Close the Folder list by clicking the X in the upper right-hand corner of the list panel. Alternatively you can click Layout on the View menu, and then clear the checkbox for "Folder List".



4. On the File menu, point to Folder, and then click Compact All Folders. Do not use your computer until the process is complete, which might take several minutes.



5. If an error occurs, close Outlook Express, re-open it, and begin the process again from the top. If the same error occurs again, close Outlook Express, restart your computer (or log off and then log on again), open Outlook Express and then begin the whole process again.



If compacting does not correct the corruption, you will need to move all messages out of the damaged folder (if possible), close Outlook Express, and then delete the associated DBX file for that folder. If you cannot open the folder, move the damaged DBX file out of the Store Folder into a new folder you create.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

After you get your computer cleaned of whatever caused the problem, think of installing an email program like Thunderbird. It's good, it's free and it's well-supported.