Well, I've tried the Inbox Repair Tool several times now, and each time = have had the same problem. All goes well at first - after the scan, it = advises that only minor insistencies were found and repairing is optional. When = I click 'repair', the prog locks up every time. BTW - I have 9530 folders = and 99396 files. Whew! So, when you say to try creating a new pst and drag my folders there - = would this then be a replacement for my current Outlook Today -[Personal = Folders]? I'm just wondering the end goal, to get an idea of where I'm heading. Thanks for trying to help me. I'm sorry it takes me so long to respond = - very long hours at my day job. Take care, nan -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On = Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:16 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Sent mail in Outlook 2002 / Archive not functioning? Importance: High Did we rule out a corrupt pst file yet? Did you try the Inbox Repair = Tool? Did you try creating a new pst and dragging your folders from the old = one into the new one? Those are the things you need to try, I think...I really doubt an error = in your settings would cause Outlook to freeze and crash and your help = menus would give errors. I believe this is more than just a setting. If you create a brand new empty pst and open that, does Outlook open quicker? Does your help file work? And, yes, we have discussed how to get rid of the equal signs in your = email here...many times...Greg figured it out and gave us the solution...it's here: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On = Behalf Of nan Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:50 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Sent mail in Outlook 2002 / Archive not functioning? DL'd ad installed the SP's, rebooted, but no change. I can't help but = =3D think I have either done something wrong or have an error in my settings = =3D somehow. Or, maybe I just plain don't know what I'm doing. =3D20 I wonder why my msgs are showing that =3D3D20 thing, too. If I could = stay =3D at the computer long enough to catch up on everything in this group, I'd probably know the answer to that, too. =3D20 Thanks bunches, Nan ************************************************************* ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************