Outlook Express Fate While Upgrading from IE 5 to 6

[scripter73]

Hi,

I have Outlook Express 5 that I got when Outlook 5 was installed on my system as a result of me getting IE5.

I don't know how this happened, but now if I goto a non-existent url site, the browser automatically redirects me to another site. (That's my secondary problem.)

Since I can't fix that, I thought I'd upgrade from IE5 to IE6. My question is: What will happen to my Outlook Express mail? Will Outlook Express get deleted or overwritten on the upgrade? I don't want to delete my mail.

Thanks in advance.

scripter73
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life.

 

[WMH]

Outlook 6 will act as an upgrade. You should loose nothing. As always, backup everything before doing any upgrading.
As for the redirecting, upgrading your browser may fix the problem. Most times a redirection is due to a problem on their side (being the web site you are trying to visit). If the web site is down, you will receive a page not found, if there is a problem with DNS, you will most likely be redirected.

Hope this helps, WMH
MCP+I, MCSE

 

[scripter73]

Thanks for your help WMH. I'll check it out. I've never really used OE. I've always had Microsoft Outlook, so I was unsure of how to backup OE files.

Thanks again for the help.
scripter73
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life.