OE6 not responding

Outlook express 6 is not responding. It opens and displays but if I click on
anything such as send/receive the 'working' hourglass appears and shortly
afterward the computer begins a "whirring ' sound similar to when it starts
to activate a cd.
then I get the message "not responding".
Now what do I do?
Thanks
Ena

OLEXP: Outlook Express Stops Responding and Your Pointer Appears as an
Hourglass:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259927
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Ena" wrote in message
...
Outlook express 6 is not responding. It opens and displays but if I click
on
anything such as send/receive the 'working' hourglass appears and shortly
afterward the computer begins a "whirring ' sound similar to when it
starts
to activate a cd.
then I get the message "not responding".
Now what do I do?
Thanks
Ena

Start he http://www.insideoe.com/problems/errors.htm#crash

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP


Ena wrote:
Outlook express 6 is not responding. It opens and displays but if I click
on anything such as send/receive the 'working' hourglass appears and
shortly
afterward the computer begins a "whirring ' sound similar to when it
starts
to activate a cd.
then I get the message "not responding".
Now what do I do?
Thanks
Ena