This may be of no help, but I had the same problem, and more, with OE for weeks, then it miraculously and instantly cleared up.
Rob

-------------- Original message from Martha Farris <[log in to unmask]>: -------------- 
> I have a problem with Outlook Express. The program freezes routinely and 
> frequently. The only thing I can do to get it going again is to close the 
> program. It will start again immediately and seems to work fine until the next 
> freeze. 
> 
> I usually get one of the following messages but not always. 
> 
> (1)"Some of the messages in the Deleted Items Folder could not be deleted. An 
> error has occurred." 
> 
> (2)"Message could not be displayed. Outlook Express has encountered an 
> unexpected problem while displaying this message . Check your computer for low 
> memory or low disk space". 
> 
> I have a custom made desktop computer, Windows XP, 512 MB ram, AMD cpu, and 29 
> GB of free disk space. I have looked around the internet for a solution but 
> found nothing. I did find something I thought would help but spent a couple of 
> days trying to undo the mess I got into. 
> 
> I don't really want to reinstall Internet Explorer or even a fresh copy of 
> Outlook Express as I am sure I would get into even worse trouble. I would 
> appreciate any help and all possible solutions. 
> 
> Thanks. Martha 

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