<p><b>How to reinstall outlook express in XP </b>

PERFORM A QUICK REINSTALLATION OF OUTLOOK EXPRESS

Most of the applications that ship with Windows XP cannot be removed or reinstalled separately. However, there are some tricks around this that are helpful in certain situations, such as the reinstallation trick for Outlook Express (OE).

Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q318378 recommends using Sfc.exe to repair OE, but these instructions may not always solve the problem.

<b>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q318378 </b>

If the above article doesn't resolve the problem, follow these steps to reinstall OE:

1. Open the <b>Start</b> menu and select <b>Run . </b>

2. Type <b>%SystemRoot%\Inf </b>(Or you can type-<b> C:\windows\inf)</b> in the prompt and press Enter. (This will open a window with all the inf files of the system)

3. Locate and right-click the <b>Msoe50.inf file</b> . (this will pop up a small menu)

4. Select Click <b>Install .</b> (May be prompted for source directory of WINXP CD EG <b>D:\i386</b> )

5. Close the folder window after the copy process is complete.

6. Run Outlook Express.

This completely reinstalls OE and lets you start over. Outlook Express does not have an uninstall option, so it cannot be removed from the computer.

<b>NOTE: </b>These steps to reinstall Outlook Express are not supported by Microsoft, so be aware of possible unforeseen issues in the future concerning this procedure.

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