The reason you need OE installed with Outlook is some of the components from OE are used by Outlook (most notably, OE's news reader) I don't think the problem is OE...I think it's Outlook. Try a detect and repair from Outlook's help menu. Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 11:09 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Outlook Express and the "real" Outlook Please be patient, this IS an Outlook inquiry! <g> Lately, in my Outlook XP, I have been getting the following error: Outlook Express is required to run Outlook. Install Outlook Express from your IE 5.0 or later CD. I dutifully insert my Internet Explorer 6.0.1 CD and the problem is resolved. BUT, it resurfaces a few days later. AV (Norton) has been run, SpyBot has been run. But I can count on the problem to return. What in the world does Outlook Express have to do with Outlook XP anyway? Anyone else run into this? Is there a Registry Key I need to correct? A new Registry Key? (Man, I do not enjoy working with the Registry, but if necessary, I can.) I Can I fix this for once and all? Thank you. Robert ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************