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Microsoft Outlook Express Expert Advice
Microsoft Outlook Express 5 provides no option for deactivating the splash screen which is displayed while the program loads. However, this can be done by adding a
DWORD Registry Key named
NoSplash with value 1 to the
Outlook Express registry branch of the Windows Registry. You should be able to find the Registry Entries for
Outlook Express under
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Identities\{xxx}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{xxx}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
{xxx} usually contains a GUID (Globally Unique IDentifier), i.e. a rather lengthy string of hex numbers such as
{01234567-89AB-CDEF-0123-456789ABCDEF}.
Warning
The
Registry Editor (regedit.exe) can be used to add Windows registry entries. However, erroneous registry entries can cause serious problems. You should ask your system administrator or a more experienced user for assistance if you aren't familiar with the
Registry Editor.
This could be caused by a certain Email with a large recipient list to be displayed in the preview pane. I.e., the following conditions are probably true:
- you received an Email with a large recipient list
- the
option from the
-
-
dialog is activated
- the
option from the
-
-
dialog is activated
To overcome this problem, the
option from the
| View |  |
| Layout... | |
function should be deactivated. But how?
Outlook Express keeps crashing the PC immediately after being started! Here is the solution: Start
Outlook Express Newsreader. The easiest way to start the
Newsreader is probably through the
| Tools | |
| Mail and News -> | |
| Read News | |
function. Alternatively, the
Outlook Express startup executable
msimn.exe from the
Outlook Express programs directory (usually
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\) could be called with the
/outnews option from either the Windows
| Start | |
| Run... | |
function or from an MS-DOS Prompt as in
> "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe" /outnews 
Once the
Newsreader runs, the
dialog from
| View | |
| Layout... | |
should be used to deactivate the
option. Note that this option might not be changeable unless, e.g., a folder view is selected. Use
| View | |
| Go to folder... | |
| Local Folders | |
to select a folder view. After deactivating the
option, the
Outlook Express Mail program should start without problems. Delete the bogues Email from your
Inbox folder (and, subsequently, from your
Deleted Items folder) before reactivating the
option.
MSOE - Microsoft Outlook Express • © 2024 Manfred Baumeister • Updated: 29 October 2008, 14:15 [UTC]
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