I just had Roadrunner and Outlook Express installed yesterday and I have never had a front page icon. I have tried everything I know and have forgotten. Please let me know how to install the icon for Outlook Express on my page that comes up when I turn the computer on.
Posted by: Bibbie Finch at July 17, 2005 6:58 PM
Thanks the first one worked very well
Posted by: dave at November 23, 2005 11:26 AM
Leo,
You're a genius! I followed your suggestion and manually recreated the Outlook Express Icon on my desktop...worked like a charm! Took just a few seconds.....am so glad that I found your website!
Your suggestion gets 5 GOLD STARS!
Your website will be my first stop in the future when I have computer problems.
Thanks so much.
Posted by: Mary at May 11, 2006 8:06 AM
I have the same problem with my outlook express icon. But I cannot find msimn.exe in my program files\outlook express directory. (All files are visisble, nothing hidden.) I have been running outlook express by going to the start menu -> Run -> msimn.exe. This is getting to be a bit of a drag now. Have searched my whole computer for this .exe file with only one search result "MSIMN.EXE-38BA891D.pf" under C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch directory. I don't know if there is some way of extracting the .exe file from this one. My icon disappeared after a botched installation of some virus scan software which I have since removed, but with no luck. Icon still and .exe file still missing. In the meantime I ugraded to Internet explorer 7 and still no outlook icon. Then I uninstalled the IE7 update hoping that the outlook express icon would reappear with the previously installed IE6, but no such luck I'm afraid. So now I'm back with IE7 and still no outlook express icon. The program is running just fine though, I can send, receive email, etc. as if nothing was wrong. But I imagine there is something wrong if the msimn.exe file is missing. Have a lot of e-mail (over 2 year's worth) which I don't want to lose. I have made a copy of the .dbx files where all e-mail is stored, so I can access it even after a new installation of windows. But I hope it doesn't come to that. I did try the system file checker and that didn't work as I have a legal copy of windows XP, but no installation CD. I tried to make an iso image of the i386 folder, and then used a CD emulation program to load the image, but that didn't take, and the sfc kept asking for the installation CD. Anyway, hope someone can help me with this.
Priyanka (desperate windows user :-( )
Posted by: Priyanka Srinivasan at March 26, 2007 4:20 PM
When installing IE7, you lose your Outlook icon from the browser bar, where it existed in IE6.
My workaround is to press + V to bring up toolbars, then click then then
Then delete any links that you are not using, to tidy up the toolbar below the browser, then go to , find your email icon, right click on it and drag it into links.
For tidying up, rename it from "msimn" to "outlook" or whatever you prefer.
It should then sit there below the browser bar as long as you've selected to view on the toolbar options as above
Good luck!
Posted by: Tony at December 28, 2007 12:24 PM
When you compose a new message with Outlook Express, you may be unable to change the font style, size, or color.C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch directory. I don't know if there is some way of extracting the .exe file from this one. My icon disappeared after a botched installation of some virus scan software which I have since removed, but with no luck. Icon still and .exe file still missing
Posted by: ishwar at January 9, 2008 10:09 PM
You first choice was smooth sailing. Thanks much
Posted by: Chris at February 16, 2008 9:43 AM
I recently launched a very nasty Smitfraud program (not knowing i had)which removed the outlook express logo among many others .Your advice was excellent and i now have my desktop short cut back.
Posted by: Jim at July 26, 2008 2:30 AM
Thanks fo r the procedure above but when i searched for msimn.exe and clicked on it to launch outlook express, i am not getting the message headers but not the content - each mail looks blank - any way to fix this?
Posted by: breffni at September 3, 2008 10:11 AM
With Windows Xp,recently re installed and Outlook Express finally working,all I had to do was drag it from the start menu to the desktop.
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I just had Roadrunner and Outlook Express installed yesterday and I have never had a front page icon. I have tried everything I know and have forgotten. Please let me know how to install the icon for Outlook Express on my page that comes up when I turn the computer on.
Posted by: Bibbie Finch at July 17, 2005 6:58 PMThanks the first one worked very well
Posted by: dave at November 23, 2005 11:26 AMLeo,
You're a genius! I followed your suggestion and manually recreated the Outlook Express Icon on my desktop...worked like a charm! Took just a few seconds.....am so glad that I found your website!
Your suggestion gets 5 GOLD STARS!
Your website will be my first stop in the future when I have computer problems.
Thanks so much.
Posted by: Mary at May 11, 2006 8:06 AMI have the same problem with my outlook express icon. But I cannot find msimn.exe in my program files\outlook express directory. (All files are visisble, nothing hidden.) I have been running outlook express by going to the start menu -> Run -> msimn.exe. This is getting to be a bit of a drag now. Have searched my whole computer for this .exe file with only one search result "MSIMN.EXE-38BA891D.pf" under C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch directory. I don't know if there is some way of extracting the .exe file from this one. My icon disappeared after a botched installation of some virus scan software which I have since removed, but with no luck. Icon still and .exe file still missing. In the meantime I ugraded to Internet explorer 7 and still no outlook icon. Then I uninstalled the IE7 update hoping that the outlook express icon would reappear with the previously installed IE6, but no such luck I'm afraid. So now I'm back with IE7 and still no outlook express icon. The program is running just fine though, I can send, receive email, etc. as if nothing was wrong. But I imagine there is something wrong if the msimn.exe file is missing. Have a lot of e-mail (over 2 year's worth) which I don't want to lose. I have made a copy of the .dbx files where all e-mail is stored, so I can access it even after a new installation of windows. But I hope it doesn't come to that. I did try the system file checker and that didn't work as I have a legal copy of windows XP, but no installation CD. I tried to make an iso image of the i386 folder, and then used a CD emulation program to load the image, but that didn't take, and the sfc kept asking for the installation CD. Anyway, hope someone can help me with this.
Priyanka (desperate windows user :-( )
Posted by: Priyanka Srinivasan at March 26, 2007 4:20 PMWhen installing IE7, you lose your Outlook icon from the browser bar, where it existed in IE6.
My workaround is to press + V to bring up toolbars, then click then then
Then delete any links that you are not using, to tidy up the toolbar below the browser, then go to , find your email icon, right click on it and drag it into links.
For tidying up, rename it from "msimn" to "outlook" or whatever you prefer.
It should then sit there below the browser bar as long as you've selected to view on the toolbar options as above
Good luck!
Posted by: Tony at December 28, 2007 12:24 PMWhen you compose a new message with Outlook Express, you may be unable to change the font style, size, or color.C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch directory. I don't know if there is some way of extracting the .exe file from this one. My icon disappeared after a botched installation of some virus scan software which I have since removed, but with no luck. Icon still and .exe file still missing
Posted by: ishwar at January 9, 2008 10:09 PMYou first choice was smooth sailing. Thanks much
Posted by: Chris at February 16, 2008 9:43 AMI recently launched a very nasty Smitfraud program (not knowing i had)which removed the outlook express logo among many others .Your advice was excellent and i now have my desktop short cut back.
Posted by: Jim at July 26, 2008 2:30 AMThanks fo r the procedure above but when i searched for msimn.exe and clicked on it to launch outlook express, i am not getting the message headers but not the content - each mail looks blank - any way to fix this?
Posted by: breffni at September 3, 2008 10:11 AMWith Windows Xp,recently re installed and Outlook Express finally working,all I had to do was drag it from the start menu to the desktop.
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