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Re-installing Outlook Express simply requires a download of the latest Internet Explorer package.

How do I re-install Outlook Express?

Just download and install the latest Internet Explorer, outlook express is part of the package.

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Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

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Mea Hewitt
August 10, 2009 1:42 AM

Hi,
I have a little ASUS with a 4 gb HDD. I managed to get a stripped down version of windows to run it but the Ie6 didn't have outlook express.
After struggling with portable email clients I decided to go back to OE and storing the data on the external HDD.
So I downloaded IE7 (because I understood it to have OE6)
It hasn't and I don't know how to get it.
Please help.....I am going crazy.
Mea

Patrick Yon
March 10, 2010 7:06 AM

I somehow changed my outlook express to microsoft office outlook. Cannot access my mail. How do I change back to outlook express.

Braam Peens
March 17, 2010 1:11 AM

My old computer crashes and I bought a new computer. When I ried to install Microsoft office it stated that my user key was already activated on my old computer. Do I need to by a new product key for the new computer or can I still somehow use the old one.

Kurt Truckenbrodt
March 23, 2010 10:54 PM

How do I re-install Outlook Express Icon on the desktop. I used to be able to create an Icon from the startup menu, it is no loger possible.
Kurt

GAbrielle
March 7, 2011 5:42 PM

I was using the old version of outlook express. I can't open my outlook express since a few days. What can I do. My computor is too old for a new version. I have a millinium

It kinda depends on what you mean by "I can't open" - that could mean many things and all might have different answers. If you can't repair Outlook Express as outlined in the article, I'd be tempted to suggest you move to Thunderbird (though a Windows Millenium machine is very old and if there's a way to upgrade that's the real solution).
Leo
08-Mar-2011