Outlook Express in w98se wont run after reinstall!

[blackhawk]

OE wont load, shows MSIMN loading failure-causing invalid page fault in msoe.dll

Tried to uninstall, reinstall but no good. IE works fine though.

Suspect its a problem file or corruption there? Can I just copy & paste the file? Any other way to troubleshoot or repair?

 

[UnixFreak]

you can reinstall it. go to start->settings->control panel -> add/remove programs and got to the "windows setup" tab, take the check out, restart, and do the same thing, putting the check back in, but I would also recommend running system file checker, and replacing wsock32.dll, winsock.dll, and rasapi.dll. this helps resolve socket probs, sometimes.

 

[blackhawk]

Now I'm getting iexplore fault windows too and it wont shut down normally so I think I'll save time and just reinstall the whole w98se.

 

[blackhawk]

Cannot run or reinstall outlook express!
I put a modem in my second box as vid conflicts on the other one I have to sort out.

IE runs fine but I get MSIMN fails to load when trying to load OE. I uninstalled it through add/remove programs and reinstalled but get the same error. I deleted the OE files in C and reinstalled, rebooted but still getting msimn fail to load--fault in msoe.dll

Anyone help on this one.

 

[Wiggo100]

Try goin' to the System Information(Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/System Information) and in the Tools at the top use the IE repair tool.

 

[blackhawk]

I dont see an IE repair tool in the SI tools section. IE is running just fine, OExpress is not. System File Checker reports no problems either.

What is MSIMN? Maybe I can replace the file(s)

 

[Wiggo100]

OE is part of IE and you must be usin' a lower version than 5.1 as the repair should have been there. Maybe you should go to the MS site and download IE 5.5 sp1 or 2 (can't remember the lastest) as that should fix it and give you the repair function as well.

 

[JiffyLube]

If you want to reformat, make sure you back every thing up.

Your Outlook Express e-mails are saved here.

C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\(really big number here)\Microsoft\Outlook Express\

When you re-install Windows, just copy the contents of that "Outlook Express" folder back into the directory!

Hope this helps!

 

[blackhawk]

Still hoping to recover OE as everything else is running great.

Wiggo100--I upgraded to 5.5 and ran the IE repair tool and still get the same error box when trying to start OE--MSIMN has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down--details--msimn has caused an invalid page fault in module msoe.dll and has caused a stack dump.

I'm stumped

 

[Wiggo100]

Use the System File Checker to extract the file and replace it off the Windows CD then and hopefully that will fix it.

 

[dapic]

I once had a similiar problem on my w2k pro with IE5.1. search microsoft.com for msoe.dll and you'll see that's a known problem. they say it's because when you update IE they somehow didn't update msoe.dll right.

however their solution, which is to delete everything under c:\program files\outlook express\ directory and reinstall it, didn't solve the problem. I upgraded IE to 5.5 and it still didn't work. So I tried putting an older version of msoe.dll (version 5.0.2979.6700, dated 12/7/1999) found on my machine in to the directory and it worked.

Hope that helps.

 

[blackhawk]

Did the copy\paste of msoe.dll from the other computer with 5.0 to the 5.5 but no go. It wasn't working with 5.0 either. I hadn't had a modem on this motherboard since I swapped out mb's and lost my isa slot. Prior to that it was working.

Wondering if I should uninstall both IE and OE and try to install off of a disk. I think I have a disk with IE 5 somewhere around. Maybe try that later as its liveable right now although now Sims wont load or run since swapping out monitors and printers.

 

[AKA]

Your fix is here.
Article ID Q238656

 

[blackhawk]

Sounds exactly what I have. Have to wait a bit to get at that computer as my wife is sleeping and I'm the "easter bunny" right now.

I'll let you know how it works out.

back to work hop....hop.....hop

 

[Wiggo100]

I wonder how these files became "read only"?

 

[blackhawk]

The problem is solved. The OE files on my machine had all been changed to read only. How this happened I have no idea as this box was working fine a month ago prior to the mb swap when it lost its isa modem. Thanks a whole lot for all the help.

 

[emjem]

Good job A.K.A.