re: clean-up after OE tantrum delete
Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 7:29 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Marjorie
(16 messages posted)
Thanks, Keith and Arminus.
I do have both SE and XP in the OEM versions
"for distribution with a new PC only".
The 98se someone sent to me and,
in my ignorance, I bought the XP,
thinking it was an upgrade.
I'd have to format for either and
don't want to lose all my music from
Napster days. I'm gradually
uploading the music to storage,
but on dial-up
it's taking forever, and would
take forever to DL it again.
The 98 I have is usually OK...
Know anyone who wants to trade?
Thanks, Arminus, for the warning...lol.
I was really tempted to neaten it up.
A little voice
told me not to --that's why I asked.
What you say about Windows 98
1st edition probably explains my
problem. My OE6 works fine. It has
only the correct account listed.
The problem lies (I just discovered this)
in C:\Windows\SendTo, a folder
accessed from a window -> File menu
-> Send/SendTo option, containing:
Desktop(create shortcut), A:(floppy),
Email (mail recipient), etc.. The email option opens
an OE email message with the link or page.
In other words, it works.
I can even get to my current address book,
BUT the email program is OE4.72! I know
this from the ID under "Help". Since it
only opens a single message, I can't
get to "Tools" to change the account.
In Add/Remove programs, there is an
Outlook Express Q837009.
Is that it?
Should I remove it?
On Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 5:43 pm, Arminius wrote:
>Nooooo!!!!
>
>Don't delete or drag any of that stuff.
>
>Windows 98 1st edition shipped with Internet Explorer/Outlook Express version 4.01
>SP1. In later versions of Internet Explorer and Outlook Express Microsoft changed
>the folder in which those files are stored
>
>from
>WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\MICROSOFT\OUTLOOK EXPRESS
>to
>WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\IDENTITIES
>
>That is why they are in different folders. LEAVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE!
>
>
>|Also, when I try to send a webpage by email,
>|it tries to use a really old account.
>|How do I change this?
>
>Open Outlook Express.
>Go to Tools --> Accounts... --> "Mail" tab
>Remove the old accounts you no longer use and set your current one as the "Default".
>
>
>If you want to keep using Win98 it's not a bad idea to pick up Win98SE as Keith
said
>but don't pay too much. If you want to keep using your current computer then Win2000
>is better supported but even it's days are numbered. And Win2000 commands premium
>prices for an old OS.
>
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