Can't view message body in Outlook Express

[bobl61]

I've never had this issue before and have searched for a solution to no avail. Whenever I receive an e-mail, or try to view saved messages, there is nothing in the preview (message body) pane, I have tried several solutions including emptying temp files; checking and unchecking the "automatically download messages..." etc.
Any ideas

 

[kimsland]

Open OE
Click on View-->Layout...--> tick: Show Preview pane
Apply -> ok

 

[bobl61]

Open OE
Click on View-->Layout...--> tick: Show Preview pane
Apply -> ok

All ready checked...

 

[kimsland]

Then the pane must already be there

Move your mouse to the bar on the lowest area of the message area, until the mouse turns into 2 arrows (going up and down) and drag (hold left mouse button down) the bar back up

 

[bobl61]

Message area

 

[kimsland]

Oh the preview area shows, but none of the message shows !

 

[kimsland]

This should fix it

Download and run CCleaner (your browser and OE will need to be closed)
Once complete click on Start->Run-> regsvr32 inetcomm.dll

Then restart your computer (actually not sure if you need to restart)
Then re-open OE and send a message (including body text) to yourself
Now can you see the preview of your text?

 

[bobl61]

Thanks for the tips, but it's not working. I feel it may be a problem with My service provider. When I move the cursor into the message pane, the hourglass appears. It looks like the messages are not being downloaded from the server. I setup another identity with a different provider and it works fine.

 

[bobl61]

Wanna get a kick outta this? I uninstalled Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 because it was constantly crashing. After uninstalling it I opened Outlook and voila! All the messages are there :approve:

 

[kimsland]

Hmm

Now that's interesting, I would have never said that
Well I may have said re-install IE (as it comes with OE) So I suppose that would have done it

So that above command didn't work then? (it's just that many tech sites reported that it would work)

Anyway good to know it's fixed :grinthumb
Not sure if everyone's IE8 Beta 2 would do this

 

[bobl61]

Yeah...pretty strange. I actually tried regsvr32 inetcomm.dll before (found that tip when searching Google for a fix). I tried it again anyway, but it didn't help.