outlook 2003 closing down constantly

bonkers

if i had a proper tech person within the walls at work i wouldnt have to ask this but everytime i start to type an address into the to: line in an email outlook shuts down immediately and starts up again resulting in me not being able tos end emails.. everything else is working fine. this happened shortly after i archived a months load of emails manually from teh excahnge server to my pst.

anyone have any idears

humaxf1

corrupt pst? run scanpst.exe (C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033 on my XP Pro) and browse to the pst location. it will probably report as having errors anyway...run the repair and see what happens.

if all else fails, export/back up your exchange mailbox and archive to a pst and reinstall outlook as the program could be corrupt.

One other thing, do you use Outlook Web Access? How does that perform?

All worth a try.

bonkers

outlook web access is fine
ill try the scanpst now

thanks

bonkers

ive repaired my .pst but its still happening
ive also downloaded an microsoft update.. its bloody frustrating

bonkers

any ideas

keith_d99

Try re-installing Outlook