outlook express hangs

Hello Friends,

- Find your wives inbox.dbx (that's a Windows file, use My Computer or Windows Explorer
- Rename it to oldinbox.dbx)
- Open Outlook Express. It will create a new empty inbox. Don't panic.
- Create a new (empty) folder inbox2.
- Close Outlook Express.
- Back to My Computer.
- Delete inbox2.dbx
- Copy oldinbox.dbx to inbox2.dbx (don't move, it will stay intact then until you're done)
- Open Outlook Express. You'll see all of her old inbox in the new inbox2.
- Carefully (!) move ALL BUT ONE message from inbox2 to inbox (drag and drop). Don't touch this special one.
- When all messages are safely back in the inbox, delete inbox2 with this one message you want to get rid of.
- From My Computer, delete oldinbox.dll to the recycle bin.
- Done.
Carefully read this recipe before doing anything, so you'll understand what I mean and what you're doing. It's easy to do something wrong. And if it's VERY wrong your wife will lose her whole inbox.

Thanks and Regards,
Duncan Jones

Hello Community,

Though Outlook Express is probably the most popular email program in the world, it is full of security holes that are frequently exploited by hackers. And that it connects to the internet often only makes it worse. The causes of Outlook Express crashes can be varied so please bear in mind that there is no single solution. You also need to take into account whether Outlook Express is unresponsive once in a while or the crashes are very frequent. Thus, occasional problem can be attributed to a bad email message or a program clash.

Best Regards,
Tony Mccallum