Outlook Won't Run

[Dave]

Using XP, Outlook will not open. An error message stating
that "expand.dat" cannot be initialized comes up. I
removed Office and reinstalled it thinking that would fix
the problem - it didn't. "Expand.dat" is present in the
Outlook directory. I don't have any idea what to try
next. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Could
adware affect Outlook like this???

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Rename extend.dat (note your typo) to extend.old

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

 

[Dave]

Thanks Robert. And do I leave it as the renamed file?
Also, any idea what happened to the file (i.e. corrupted,
etc)? Thanks again.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Rename extend.dat (note your typo) to extend.old

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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Using XP, Outlook will not open. An error message stating
that "expand.dat" cannot be initialized comes up. I
removed Office and reinstalled it thinking that would fix
the problem - it didn't. "Expand.dat" is present in the
Outlook directory. I don't have any idea what to try
next. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Could
adware affect Outlook like this???

.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Corrupted indeed; once Outlook is working again you can safely delete it.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Thanks Robert. And do I leave it as the renamed file?
Also, any idea what happened to the file (i.e. corrupted,
etc)? Thanks again.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Rename extend.dat (note your typo) to extend.old

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Using XP, Outlook will not open. An error message stating
that "expand.dat" cannot be initialized comes up. I
removed Office and reinstalled it thinking that would fix
the problem - it didn't. "Expand.dat" is present in the
Outlook directory. I don't have any idea what to try
next. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Could
adware affect Outlook like this???

.

 

[Dave]

OK, thanks again.

-----Original Message-----
Corrupted indeed; once Outlook is working again you can safely delete it.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----

Thanks Robert. And do I leave it as the renamed file?
Also, any idea what happened to the file (i.e. corrupted,
etc)? Thanks again.

Dave

-----Original Message-----
Rename extend.dat (note your typo) to extend.old

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Creating Signatures
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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Using XP, Outlook will not open. An error message stating
that "expand.dat" cannot be initialized comes up. I
removed Office and reinstalled it thinking that would fix
the problem - it didn't. "Expand.dat" is present in the
Outlook directory. I don't have any idea what to try
next. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Could
adware affect Outlook like this???


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