Hi: I tried to download Outlook Express 6.0 from softpedia.com to my new HP (Windows 7) computer, but get message that it doesn't download to 64 bit platforms. Please advise. Outlook express windows 7 free download - Outlook Express Backup, Outlook Express Year 2000 Update (SP2), Microsoft Outlook Express, and many more programs Navigation open search.
I run a number of older XP programs under XP mode on my Windows 7 machine. For example, I have Office 2003 installed and WORD, EXCEL, etc.
All work fine including spell check. But OE which supposedly uses the dictionary of WORD has no spell check function. I tried looking for the file csapi3t1.dll on an older pure XP machine and found it there but all solutions I have found say you should have this (expand first?) at C: Program Files Common Files Microsoft Shared PROOF but I can't find any PROOF folder under Microsoft Shared using either Windows Explorer in XP mode nor using the equivalent Explorer in Win 7. I tried just copying the dll file from the older PC into the Microsoft Shared folder but that accomplished nothing. OE works fine in XP mode but has no spell check and I prefer to stick with OE even though I also have Outlook from Office 2003, gmail, etc.
Sure you CAN do it, but why? Forget the MASSIVE overhead of running XP in a VM just for a single app, Outlook Express was a spammer's wet dream of an email app.
Lax security, loads of exploits, all wrapped up in a nice tidy bow of generally clueless users. Thunderbird is an excellent alternative that's free, but there are others out there as well if it's not to your liking. I think Pegasus Mail is still kicking. Last I looked at it, quite some time ago, it wasn't much to look at, but it was a very solid email app. There's probably dozens of others out there if someone were to simply LOOK.
Or you could just go to an all webmail experience with say Gmail or Hotmail. Thanks Bob for going to all that trouble and for your suggestion. I did already install Office 2003 in XP mode and I assumed that the XP mode previously downloaded from Microsoft included the latest SP. I just checked and the virtual machine is XP Professional SP3 so I can't figure that out. Maybe I should try re-installing Office 2003?
From what I have read in various forums, I am not alone with this problem and I have yet to find a solution. If you can think of anything, let me know but thanks for your help to date.
I can supply screen shots but again, the sheer complexity can cause folk to run off screaming. For example I read your last reply but can't tell if Office 2003 and Office's 2003 SP3 is installed in the Virtual XP system. As I read the posts I can't tell if that was done. So here on the machine I have at the office I had to install Office 2003 and its SP3 TWICE. Once for the Windows 7 system and again in the XP virtual system.
It all works here so unless there is something extra like one of those carpy security suites that break this in the name of anti-phishing then I can't guess anything else. I'm sure folk think it doesn't work, but we have it working on every XP Mode capable system we tried. But after all this, one wonders why not just use Thunderbird. Thanks Bob for all your helpful comments. I got spell check working now OK thanks to your clarifications. It only took longer than it could have because we had three grandkids staying with us and I had almost no keyboard time In response to some comments about OE alternatives, I like OE and its spell check as I sometimes compose e mails in French as well as English and from what I have heard, many or maybe even all of the freebie spell checkers just offer US English. I like OE as it is much simpler than Outlook and meets all my needs with no complications.
As for spam, I receive very little spam thanks to my ISP's spam filters plus when they aren't sure, they flag an e mail as possible spam in which case my message rule in OE sends it to a spam folder I have created in OE and then I can review the few e mails in it at my leisure. Thanks again for all the helpful suggestions.