Outlook Express won't load after installing XP SR3

After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I click on
the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps. Only OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet address. The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.
--
Don

What is SR3? Which OE icon? If you try to open OE via Start | All Programs,
what are the results?

I don't understand this:

My Internet cable access is available by IE

That makes no sense at all.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I click
on
the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps. Only
OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet address.
The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the
network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.
--
Don

Assuming "XP sr3" means WinXP SP3...

Was OE working OK before you installed SP3? ...before you installed IE8?

Why wasn't SP3 installed over a year ago?


Don wrote:
After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I click
on the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps. Only
OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet address.
The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the
network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.

Thank you for your reply Bruce. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clearer. By
SR3 I was referring to XP System Release 3. The OE icon is the one which I
get by Start | left column contains an Internet Explorer ican and a Mail
icon. On my system I don't have an Outlook Express with Start | All Programs.
Therre is an Outlook, but no Outlook Express.

My "Internet cable access...." sentence was attempting to explain that I do
have Internet access through my cable connection using Internet Explorer,
Quicken and other Internet applications. Seemingly the only application that
was harmed by the windows upgrade was Outlook Express.

I hope this makes more sense. Thanks for your help.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

What is SR3? Which OE icon? If you try to open OE via Start | All Programs,
what are the results?

I don't understand this:

My Internet cable access is available by IE

That makes no sense at all.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I click
on
the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps. Only
OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet address.
The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the
network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.
--
Don

Still not sure. Does XP System Release 3 actually mean Service Pack 3?
Service Pack 3 was released in April, 2008. Did you just now install it?

So, you are going to Internet Explorer and from there to Outlook Express? OE
is a Pop3 account so accessing IE first is irrelevant.

Put a real OE icon on your Desktop. Reboot and see if OE opens from there.

Right click on the Desktop | New | Shortcut. Browse to *C:\Program
Files\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE* Click Next | Click Finish. A new shortcut
will be on the desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your reply Bruce. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clearer. By
SR3 I was referring to XP System Release 3. The OE icon is the one which I
get by Start | left column contains an Internet Explorer ican and a Mail
icon. On my system I don't have an Outlook Express with Start | All
Programs.
Therre is an Outlook, but no Outlook Express.

My "Internet cable access...." sentence was attempting to explain that I
do
have Internet access through my cable connection using Internet Explorer,
Quicken and other Internet applications. Seemingly the only application
that
was harmed by the windows upgrade was Outlook Express.

I hope this makes more sense. Thanks for your help.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

What is SR3? Which OE icon? If you try to open OE via Start | All
Programs,
what are the results?

I don't understand this:

My Internet cable access is available by IE

That makes no sense at all.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I
click
on
the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps.
Only
OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet address.
The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the
network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.
--
Don

"Don" wrote in message

After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I
click on the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps.
Only OE seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the
internet address. The Connections page is set-up the same as the
other 2 computers on the network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.

This might help if it's not just an icon botched, etc..
There are a few caveats to the install, not a lot of them:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

HTH,

Twayne`

Thanks Twayne, I didn't find anything here that was applicable.

btw: It is SP3 instead of SR3. Sorry, my mistake.
--
Don


"Twayne" wrote:

"Don" wrote in message

After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I
click on the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps.
Only OE seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the
internet address. The Connections page is set-up the same as the
other 2 computers on the network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.

This might help if it's not just an icon botched, etc..
There are a few caveats to the install, not a lot of them:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950717

HTH,

Twayne`

On Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:33:01 -0700, Don wrote:

After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I click on
the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps. Only OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet address. The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.

There is no such thing as a "System Release" only a "Service Pack". I would
assume you are referring to, "SP3".

Internet access is not through a browser, or any other application. The only
application that I know of used to access the Internet is a dialer
application. Most are used with dialup modems, but DSL can use one called,
"PPPoE". But cable doesn't need an application; Internet access is
controlled by the modem, and is "always on". You just use those various
applications to access the Internet connection, which already exists because
of the cable modem.

If you are using a desktop shortcut, check the properties. The "Target"
should be:

"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"

There may also be an entry in the "Start in" field. Mine is:

%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

If not, you may need to recreate the shortcut.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

I wasn't able to create a shortcut, but I did a Search for Outlook Express.
The search found it, I clicked on it and it opened OE with the message "OE is
not your default mail client. Do you want to make it default?" Apparantly sP3
(not sR3, my mistake) changed the default mail.

Problem solved. Thank you Bruce, and everyone else who replied.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Still not sure. Does XP System Release 3 actually mean Service Pack 3?
Service Pack 3 was released in April, 2008. Did you just now install it?

So, you are going to Internet Explorer and from there to Outlook Express? OE
is a Pop3 account so accessing IE first is irrelevant.

Put a real OE icon on your Desktop. Reboot and see if OE opens from there.

Right click on the Desktop | New | Shortcut. Browse to *C:\Program
Files\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE* Click Next | Click Finish. A new shortcut
will be on the desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your reply Bruce. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clearer. By
SR3 I was referring to XP System Release 3. The OE icon is the one which I
get by Start | left column contains an Internet Explorer ican and a Mail
icon. On my system I don't have an Outlook Express with Start | All
Programs.
Therre is an Outlook, but no Outlook Express.

My "Internet cable access...." sentence was attempting to explain that I
do
have Internet access through my cable connection using Internet Explorer,
Quicken and other Internet applications. Seemingly the only application
that
was harmed by the windows upgrade was Outlook Express.

I hope this makes more sense. Thanks for your help.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

What is SR3? Which OE icon? If you try to open OE via Start | All
Programs,
what are the results?

I don't understand this:

My Internet cable access is available by IE

That makes no sense at all.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I
click
on
the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps.
Only
OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet address.
The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the
network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.
--
Don

You're welcome.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
I wasn't able to create a shortcut, but I did a Search for Outlook Express.
The search found it, I clicked on it and it opened OE with the message "OE
is
not your default mail client. Do you want to make it default?" Apparantly
sP3
(not sR3, my mistake) changed the default mail.

Problem solved. Thank you Bruce, and everyone else who replied.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Still not sure. Does XP System Release 3 actually mean Service Pack 3?
Service Pack 3 was released in April, 2008. Did you just now install it?

So, you are going to Internet Explorer and from there to Outlook Express?
OE
is a Pop3 account so accessing IE first is irrelevant.

Put a real OE icon on your Desktop. Reboot and see if OE opens from
there.

Right click on the Desktop | New | Shortcut. Browse to *C:\Program
Files\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE* Click Next | Click Finish. A new
shortcut
will be on the desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
Thank you for your reply Bruce. I'm sorry I didn't make myself clearer.
By
SR3 I was referring to XP System Release 3. The OE icon is the one
which I
get by Start | left column contains an Internet Explorer ican and a
Mail
icon. On my system I don't have an Outlook Express with Start | All
Programs.
Therre is an Outlook, but no Outlook Express.

My "Internet cable access...." sentence was attempting to explain that
I
do
have Internet access through my cable connection using Internet
Explorer,
Quicken and other Internet applications. Seemingly the only application
that
was harmed by the windows upgrade was Outlook Express.

I hope this makes more sense. Thanks for your help.
--
Don


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

What is SR3? Which OE icon? If you try to open OE via Start | All
Programs,
what are the results?

I don't understand this:

My Internet cable access is available by IE

That makes no sense at all.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Don" wrote in message
...
After installing XP sr3 update, Outlook Express doesn't load. When I
click
on
the OE icon, an IE8 "Internet Properties" page comes up.

My Internet cable access is available by IE, Quicken and other apps.
Only
OE
seems to be effected. It's apparantly looking for the internet
address.
The
Connections page is set-up the same as the other 2 computers on the
network.

IE8 was installed Sep 4
SR3 was installed Sep 5

Thank you for any help you can give me.
--
Don