Grr. Outlook Express is very slow to start up.

Papageno · Post by **Papageno** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:50 pm

I'm guessing it's because I renamed the Messenger folder to "DisabledMessenger" because I don't want that stupid little program to start up every time OE does. Weird part is, that's been the case for a while but only recently did OE get so slow to start up. I think I might have screwed something up when I ran Norton WinDoctor recently.

Anyone know of a good free email client I could use as an alternative to OE?

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:42 am

Search for a program called OpenTrap, which will monitor all program attempts to open files and registry, and you can tell if there are any failures.

Papageno · Post by **Papageno** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:54 am

Thanks for the reply, Kasey, but apparently it's only for Win9x, not XP.

Padre · Post by **Padre** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:15 am

Papageno wrote:I'm guessing it's because I renamed the Messenger folder to "DisabledMessenger" because I don't want that stupid little program to start up every time OE does. Weird part is, that's been the case for a while but only recently did OE get so slow to start up. I think I might have screwed something up when I ran Norton WinDoctor recently.

Anyone know of a good free email client I could use as an alternative to OE?

I've had decent experiences with Mozilla Thunderbird so far.

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:51 am

Just for the record, I renamed my Messenger folder to disable it as well and never had any problem with OE starting up slowly, but I did also clear the checkbox about starting up Messenger every time that OE opened. Might want to check that.

Papageno · Post by **Papageno** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:48 pm

Where is that checkbox again?

Gedd · Post by **Gedd** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:42 pm

It's been a while since I've used OE, but I believe it's in the options menu within OE.

Papageno · Post by **Papageno** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 5:43 pm

Hmm, I can't find that option-- I think I'll try Thunderbird instead.

Arcane · Post by **Arcane** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:25 am

First time poster so be gentle guys/gals/other..

I believe that the following registry edit is possibly what you need to elliminate the slowdown in Outlook, you can find it yourself on p125 of Windows XP Tweaking Companion

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FIX OUTLOOK EXPRESS SLOWDOWN
If you have disabled MSN Messenger either in Group Policy or the Registry Editor (See relevant sections)
then you may experience slowdowns when launching Outlook Express. To resolve this problem, implement
the following change to your Registry:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID]
{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}
Find this key and under it select the folder IniProcServer32. In the right pane of the Registry Editor
double‐click on the (Default) entry at the top and completely delete the data it contains. Now do the same
for the LocalServer32 folder as well. This prevents the slowdown which some users experience with
Outlook Express when MSN Messenger has been disabled.

I hope this is what you were looking for.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 7:56 pm

i prefer Thunderbird waaay more to Outlook

Papageno · Post by **Papageno** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 9:15 pm

Thanks for all the replies. I installed Thunderbird, but I can't for the life of me get it to open the Inbox automatically on startup. I can't find the option anywhere.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 10:23 pm

Papageno wrote:Thanks for all the replies. I installed Thunderbird, but I can't for the life of me get it to open the Inbox automatically on startup. I can't find the option anywhere.

try installing this extension.

Clanwolfer · Post by **Clanwolfer** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 12:01 am

Thunderbird is definitely a major step up from Outlook; what extensions do you other Thunderbird users use? I haven't really looked for any, since I haven't felt the desperate need to, but I was the same way with Firefox until I found some great must-haves that I can't live without now.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:27 am

Clanwolfer wrote:Thunderbird is definitely a major step up from Outlook; what extensions do you other Thunderbird users use? I haven't really looked for any, since I haven't felt the desperate need to, but I was the same way with Firefox until I found some great must-haves that I can't live without now.

Mozilla Calendar (aka Sunbird)

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