Outlook link fails when sending email from Publisher

[tcarp]

This may be an Outlook problem. -- When I send from Publisher to email as a
message I get a fatal failure of the Contact Manager (I assume the one added
on in Outlook) after the send begins. The addressing form for the mail comes
up and the addresses insert fine. However, I when I click send I get a
variety of messages that ultimately end with a failure to engage Outlook. If
I now restart both Publisher and Outlook, everything seems to work right. If
I boot however, I get the same (or similar) failure.

I suspect I need to reinstall Outlook (by the way, I did run Detect and
Repair). Is that the right next step? If so, is there a way to uninstall
Outlook completely and do a reinstall without disturbing the Outlook data
files (mail, contacts, tasks, etc.?

Thanks

Tom