Outlook Express hangs on startup

[Leafs]

I've been having all sorts of problems with OE lately, it hangs for about 40 secs before it finally loads, and the same problem occurs when switching identities. Is there any way to fix this? I have tried reinstalling OE by disabling it in the registry and then reinstalling IE6 but it says that the software is not compatible... Its a MS product! Bah I don't know what else to do, any suggestions are welcome.

[snowmonkey]

You have to do some reading, but this will help:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Appl..._20869316.html

and get BootVis.exe, from here (in the original URL)
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/utils/BootVis.exe

cheers

[john66]

Um........

Link 1-is dead

Link2-is Bootvis!!??-you do realize this is for defraging and speeding up Windows - Not Outlook Express????


"For some users when they remove windows messenger or just disable it from starting up automatically they experience a great slow down when launching Outlook express. Users who experience such a slow down will find a error in the system error log saying The server {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout. The solution this problem is quite simple. Just Open up regedit and search for the string {FB7199AB-79BF-11D2-8D94-0000F875C541} and modify the keys InProcServer32 and LocalServer32 default key to a empty string. After a reboot, Outlook will start up as fast as possible.

Of course, to be on the safe side you should first export the keys to a safe location so you can reimport them if there are adverse results (not that there should be, but it can happen)."

[snowmonkey]

Zedaxax, you may have some issue with your connection then, cuz, I have visited the link 1 again just a minute ago (and no, it is not cached)


cheers
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Appl..._20869316.html

[john66]

oops
i guess its me or firefox then

but the bootvis suggestion was interesting though

[Leafs]

Thanks guys, my problem is now fixed!