Hi Anon,

I can only help a little. Is the folders pane not showing? For this you
might try View, Layout..and select Folders List. The real item of interest
is the Front Page and what caused the change. The change can be accomplished
by adding a string value in the registry.

Using Regedit (Start, Run box - enter regedit) locate this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID} \Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0]



Is there an entry named: "FrontPagePath" ? This is one way the Front Page
could have been changed. If the value is present double-clicking on it might
reveal the path to the page now being used.



Someone should be able to provide more assistance. You might be seeing the
normal opening page.


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Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MVP - (IE/OE)
Lynnwood, WA
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hi,

i've logged on to my outlook express today, but the front
mail page that is normally there has disappeared and is
now in place by a kind of web page. I am unable to access
my messages and i wondered if anyone knew how to return
the outlook page back to normal.