As a matter of fact, I did run N&B's registry cleaner. It cleaned and compacted the registry and found several other problems, but it did not touch the IDENTITIES key. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Farrington" <[log in to unmask]> > Jim Meagher wrote: > > > I've gotten OE 5 working again thanks to some tips from another mailing > > list. It ended up being a corrupted IDENTITY key in the Registry's current > > user > > section. After I deleted the offending keys, OE installed and ran on the first > > try. > > > > Once again, this shows the need for good third party uninstall software. > > The Windows ADD/REMOVE SOFTWARE just didn't cut it.... > > Thanks for the information. I am interested to know if after deleting the > program using Add/Remove did you run any registry cleaners like Mcafee > (Nuts&Bolts) or Norton? Every time I delete a program I run them and they ask me > if I want to get rid of unused lines in the registry. They both ask for > different lines to be removed but they seem to do something about useless lines. > > PCSOFT mailing list is brought to you by: > The NOSPIN Group, Inc. > http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org > PCSOFT mailing list is brought to you by: The NOSPIN Group, Inc. http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org