Microsoft Outlook 2003 problem :(

I am running XP home, Microsoft Office 2003. When i try to open Outlook i get this message;
"Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item." I have done a repair on Outlook, deinstalled and reinstalled all to no avail. :cry

I am the admin. I have booted in safe mode and gone into main admin made sure all permissions were correct they were and still nothing. I have no viruses, adware, worms etc.. as i am a fanatic on keeping my computer locked down. The only thing i have done lately is install and deinstall Fax pro and of course all the new WOW updates

Please help!!!

Jujitz

 

I would love to do as u ask, only i cannot open Outlook at all, that is the problem.
:banghead

 

Also,along the sam note (message) I just tried to use my cute pdf and got the same message so tried adobe reader and same msg. Have not used either program in a while so not sure when this started, but now i cannot read and pdf files. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail..

I have never had anything like this happen before...

waaaaaa

 

You also should be able to access your outlook email setting within control panel. I'd either create a new account through the control panel applet, or just create a new .pst file there.

 

Ok, 1st thanks for the tip about mail in control panel never would have thought of it. 2nd I went through all the steps mentioned, rebooted and Outlook will not open and I still get the same error msg. I then even booted up in safe mode went thru and "refreshed" all permissions and still no go. :cry

Any other suggestions would be most appreciated!!

Thanks for taking the time to help

 

Hi all,

I am still having the same problem, when i try to open outlook normally still get error msg, but when i do this it open and runs fine.

I select run - type "outlook.exe /a" and enter and wala outlook opens with no error msg???

I would still love to know how to fix the main problem, but as long as i can access outlook in this way it is not as urgent. Thanks for all the help.