Impossible Drag 'n Drop from Outlook Express

I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag & drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the symbol +
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the e-mail I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no. 318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
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You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages from the old identity and
delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag & drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no. 318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

Hi Bruce, thanks for your answer.
I've just tried, unfortunately your suggestion didn't solve this problem -
It's quite the same with other identities.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Bruce Hagen" ha scritto:

You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages from the old identity and
delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag & drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no. 318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

Does File, Save As to an EML file work?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
Hi Bruce, thanks for your answer.
I've just tried, unfortunately your suggestion didn't solve this
problem -
It's quite the same with other identities.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Bruce Hagen" ha scritto:

You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and
test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages from the old identity
and
delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag
& drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the
symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the
e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook
Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to
terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no.
318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has
detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this
system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB
SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series
Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

Yes, it does, but's too uncomfortable for many files, you know.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Michael Santovec" ha scritto:

Does File, Save As to an EML file work?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
Hi Bruce, thanks for your answer.
I've just tried, unfortunately your suggestion didn't solve this
problem -
It's quite the same with other identities.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Bruce Hagen" ha scritto:

You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and
test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages from the old identity
and
delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag
& drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the
symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the
e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook
Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to
terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no.
318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has
detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this
system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB
SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series
Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

Try system file checker.

Start | Run and

SFC /scannow

Also disable any programs running in the background (especially antivirus
stuff) to see if they could be screwing things up.

steve

"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag & drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no. 318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

At least that indicates that it's not likely a security issue that
something is blocking the writing to disk. So it's something specific
to dragging.

If you start a new message, can you drag a message into the new message
(it should become an EML attachment)?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
Yes, it does, but's too uncomfortable for many files, you know.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Michael Santovec" ha scritto:

Does File, Save As to an EML file work?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
Hi Bruce, thanks for your answer.
I've just tried, unfortunately your suggestion didn't solve this
problem -
It's quite the same with other identities.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB
SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series
Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Bruce Hagen" ha scritto:

You may have a damaged identity especially if it is the default
Main
Identity. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and
test it.
If all is well, you can import your messages from the old identity
and
delete it.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to
drag
& drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work
(the
symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the
e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook
Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to
terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article
no.
318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has
detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this
system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D.
320GB
SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series
Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

to Michael Santovec [If you start a new message, can you drag a message into
the new message (it should become an EML attachment)?]: yes, it works, the
attachment appears..
--

"Steve Cochran" ha scritto:

Try system file checker.
Start | Run and SFC /scannow
Also disable any programs running in the background (especially antivirus
stuff) to see if they could be screwing things up.

I've already tried it, unfortunately no results (I mean every Windows file
seemed to be OK), but I'll try again.

"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag & drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no. 318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

Tried again SFC, problem's still here.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Puppybarf" ha scritto:

I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag & drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the symbol +
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the e-mail I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no. 318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has detected a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system. Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97

Do you have the Preview Pane enabled? If so, try dragging the messages from
where they are now (external folder) into the Preview Pane and see if that
works. I think it will since you've stated a similar method works to
drag/drop into a new composition window.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Puppybarf" wrote in message
...
Tried again SFC, problem's still here.
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97


"Puppybarf" ha scritto:

I've got a strange problem with Outlook Express: when I try to drag &
drop
e-mails from it to an external folder, the copy seems to work (the symbol
+
appears), but as I release left button there isn't a copy of the e-mail
I've
dragged.
This trouble appeared suddenly; it happens only with Outlook Express.
I tried a System Restore but it didn't work (it's impossible to terminate
the whole process after rebooting).
I followed the procedure of Microsoft Knowledge Base (article no. 318378)
but I can't reinstall Internet Explorer (the message "Setup has detected
a
newer version of Internet Explorer already installed on this system.
Setup
cannot continue." still appears).
What can I do to get rid of this problem?

Thanks to all (sorry for bad English).
--
WinXP Pro SP2-AMD Athlon64 3500+-Kingston DDRAM 2048MB-W.D. 320GB SATA
HD-NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A-NEC DVD_RW ND-1300A-RADEON X700 Series Sec.ry
256MB-FlyTV Prime 30-Realtek AC97