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2 outlook express problems

Feb 21, 2004 4:30PM PST

XP Home (Just did clean install with all critical updates) Also have Office XP Professional installed.

Outlook Express 6 with 2 identities
When switching indentities, the OE window goes away and doesn't return, though OE is still running.
It is in the processes list. To get it back I have to shut down all running copies of msimn.exe and then restart.

I see this is a known bug. All fixes for it I see are referenced for version 5.0 and 5.5, these are registry edits. I haven't tried any of them yet. Do these same reg edits work for OE6?
The reference: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q274/0/17.ASP

The current workaround is, press F1 (opening the help window) and then switch identities while the window is open. This works, it's just odd.

Second problem,
When there is a hyperlink in an email, when clicked,
IE6 opens the link in a minimized window that is flashing on the taskbar. I can't seem to find anywhere to get it not to do that.
I I click on the minimized window it opens to full screen like it should.

Thanks

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