Help Please. O Ex Email settings up the wall

les k · 25-05-2004, 11:07

Please..Can anyone tell me how to get my Outlook Express Email
to work normal ... Since last weeks fiasco, I cannot open mail in my Inbox with a normal double click..

I am having to click it, then it goes into the bottom task bar, then I have to right click, then click maximize to read every mail.

Can anyone please tell me whats happened to my settings.

Thanks In Anticipation

Les k

ian@huth · 25-05-2004, 11:18

Right click the Outlook Express shortcut that you use to start it and then click on properties. Select the shortcut tab and make sure that it is set to run in a normal window or maximised and not run minimised.

les k · 25-05-2004, 11:30

Thanks for your reply ... I have just checked and it is set as normal ..
I really cannot understand it...
Could it be that I have too many emails in folders? (I have about 130 )
I dont even know how to check what amount of mail I am allowed to save.

I am on ntlworld so open my mail from the browser, always have since I joined last November. not really been happy with it though , I never had any probs at all with AOL and only came over to NTL to get a better picture on TV...

Do you have any further suggestions ... Please .

regards Les K.

Fitzer · 25-05-2004, 11:43

Les, I think what you need to do is once you have maximised your mail, click on the box next to the 'x' in the top right corner (not sure of the 'correct term for this). This should bring your mail to a 'default' small window, drag the window to the top left corner of your screen and then stretch it to the bottom right corner so that you completely fill your screen (or whatever size you want). Then, and this is the crucial bit, instead of clicking the top right 'x' to close the window use the 'file', 'close' (can't remember exactly which in OE as I use outlook) options to close it. OE should now retain this as the default size to open your new screens.

les k · 25-05-2004, 12:09

Just gone into my mail ...and its back to normal..

Think perhaps the clicking open to check if it was set to normal, minimum, or maximum might have done the trick.

I know what you mean now by expanding the page to the size I want..

Thank You very much ianathuth and fitzer for your help.
Really appreciated...Les K