Thank you for your suggestion, it solved the issue in no time at all... and 
very easily too.
Great to know one can count on PCSOFT contibutors when in need.
Jeffrey Ottie posted a similar solution a little later, my thanks to him 
too!
Cheers,
Laurence

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Glazier" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 10:17 PM
Subject: :-(( Re: [PCSOFT] Non responding Outlook Express


> MS is finally giving up on OE6 with Win7, bummer...
> (But reports have it the new one is buggy too.)
>
> The following is experimental, can't hurt, but might not help.
>
> Normally you would close OE6.
> Maybe you should re-boot instead and NOT touch it.
> It might be partly running silently...
>
> You need to find the OE6 message store.
> Try a "deep" search (8 folders down) with you favorite search tool.
> Look for "  Outbox.dbx  "
> Delete it. ANY email you have waiting to be sent will be deleted too...
> You could also rename it, move it, etc., if you wanted to dig deeper
> into the exact cause or try a data recovery on that file. (right.)
>
> If the search thing does not work "that deep", the default (personalized)
> path to that file looks a lot like this:
> "C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\Local Settings\
> Application Data\Identities\{BIG RANDOM PERSONAL NUMBER}\
> Microsoft\Outlook Express\Outbox.dbx"
>
> OE  will make a new OutBox next time it loads.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Rick Glazier
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "laurence de richemont"
>>I am running Outlook Express 6 and Windows XP.
>> I created an email and attached too many photos so every time I open OE 
>> it
>> become non-responsive.
>> I tried disconnecting from the internet connexion to see whether by not
>> being online when booting up OE would not try to send the offending 
>> email,
>> but it froze again and I am currently unable to use the app.
>> Can anyone suggest a solution? 

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