Re: ME to XP upgrade, having Msgr/OE problems

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Drew,

You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN Messenger 6.x from here:
http://messenger.msn.com/Download
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply. Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>sure what to do with this.
>
> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a Windows Installer Package,
> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should be found in
> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger [version number].
>
> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to run? Is Windows
> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN Messenger selected to load
> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have Contacts pane enabled
> in OE View>Layout?
>
> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to help you better,
> Drew:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
> --
> HTH
>
> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>
> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>
> Drew wrote:
>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP. Everything
>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>> error message upon boot:
>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to install.
>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>> installation package
>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>> on my PC. If I
>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I installed
>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me an
>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express on my
>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not run
>>& I get the following error message:
>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>> hitting the error report details button:
>>> Error Signature
>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName: Unknown
>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>> Exception Information
>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address: 0x0000000000006dc79
>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>> Version Information
>>> The following files will be included in this error report:
>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>> \appcompat.txt
>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete it.
>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>> assistance on this.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Jon Kay]

I've tried several times to reinstall from the download
site, each time with no success. While I'm not Drew, I'm
having exactly the same problems. I also added my own
post under "MsnMsgs.msi" I too cannot find that file
anywhere.

If you could send a reply to my email, that would be
great. Thanks.

Tony
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Drew,
>
>You can quickly fix this by simply reinstalling MSN
Messenger 6.x from here:
>http://messenger.msn.com/Download
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Drew" > wrote in
message
>news:2290AD11-895D-4C40-A581-
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>>I posted this in the OE newsgroup - got one reply.
Please read the whole thread. I'm not
>>sure what to do with this.
>>
>> MSNMSGR.EXE is MSN Messenger and MSNMSGS.MSI, a
Windows Installer Package,
>> is part of the MSN Messenger installation. It should
be found in
>> C:\Windows\SYSTEM [or SYSTEM32] \MSN Messenger
[version number].
>>
>> What version of MSN Messenger are you attempting to
run? Is Windows
>> Messenger the default instead? Do you have MSN
Messenger selected to load
>> along with OE in OE Tools dropdown menu? Do you have
Contacts pane enabled
>> in OE View>Layout?
>>
>> I think the experts at this newsgroup would be able to
help you better,
>> Drew:
>>
>> microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
>> --
>> HTH
>>
>> ~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
>>
>> MS04-004/02 Feb-04 Cumulative Patch for IE
>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
>>
>> Drew wrote:
>>> I recently upgraded my PC from Win ME to XP.
Everything
>>> works except for outlook express - which gives me this
>>> error message upon boot:
>>>> Installation window comes up stating preparing to
install.
>>>> Then Windows Installer comes up and states:
>>>> The feature you are trying to use is on a network
>>> resource that is unavailable. Click OK to try again or
>>> enter an alternate path to a folder containing the
>>> installation package
>>> 'MsnMsgs.msi' in the box below
>>>> Use feature from: c:\windows\temp\ixp000.tmp>> I
can't find the file msnmsgs.msi anywhere
>>>> on my PC. If I
>>> hit cancel, my PC finishes booting just fine. I
installed
>>> outlook express off my XP CD again. It won't give me
an
>>> OE icon, but it does place a folder Outlook Express
on my
>>> hard drive with MSIMN in it. However, MSIMN will not
run
>>>& I get the following error message:
>>>> Outlook Express has encountered a problem.....Upon
>>> hitting the error report details button:
>>>> Error Signature
>>> AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2800.1106 ModName:
Unknown
>>> ModVer: 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0006dc79
>>>> To view Technical Information, click here:
>>>> Exception Information
>>> Code: 0xc0000005 Flags: 0x00000000
>>> Record: 0x0000000000000000 Address:
0x0000000000006dc79
>>>> System Information: Windows NT 5.1 build:2600
>>> CPU Vendor Code: 756E6547 - 49656E69 - 6C65746E
>>> CPU Version: 0000068A CPU Feature Code: 0383F9FF
>>> CPU AMD Feature Code: 009EE82C
>>>> Module 1 msimn.exe
>>> Image Base: 0x01000000 Image Size: 0x00000000
>>> Checksum: 0x00015423 Timestamp: 0x3d6dda44
>>> Version Information
>>>> The following files will be included in this error
report:
>>> c:\docume~1\andrew\locals~1\temp\wer2.tmp.dir00
>>> \appcompat.txt
>>>> I can't reinstall Outlook Express, nor can I delete
it.
>>> I'm not sure what to do next. Thanks in advance for
>>> assistance on this.
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