The Delete button does not work, nor do any other options for deleting files.  I had one e-mail that I received on 8-20-04 at 03:12 AM that would freeze OE and result in the "not responding" dilemma.

I finally deleted it through the Search function of my XP Home. 

Strangely, I can delete an entire folder full of e-mails.  Deleting an individual e-mail is totally unpredictable - some I can and some I can't.

When I attempt to "move to" another folder, I get an error message that says "The selected message(s) could not be moved.  An error has occurred."

When I attempted to "export messages" to try to get rid of them, the error message I get says "The export could not be performed.  An error occurred while initializing MAPI."

I know Service Pack 2 was auto-downloaded about 8-20-04.  Any possibility of a connection with that?

I have even considered deleting OE and/or IE 6 and re-downloading them, but I can't seem to find the appropriate place from which to delete them - not even under Add/Delete Programs in the Control Panel.

Short of running my Dell restore disk (which I really do not want to do), I'm completely stumped.

Please help!

Dr. Nogerms