Francis, I just did this and the status bar was checked. Maybe it wasn't at the beginning of all of this but now it looks like all is well. Thanks, Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: Francis Daniels To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 2:04 PM Subject: Re: status line in OE Outlook Express' status bar has nothing to do with Windows display properties, which had been addressed in prior messages. To show OE's status bar: 1. Press Alt V for the view menu. 2. Press down arrow to Layout. Press enter to open it. 3. Press tab to move to a check box labeled status bar. Make sure it is checked. 4. Press enter to exit the dialog box. My guess is that this check box was never checked, or was checked at one time and chenged. Francis