Re: OE6 "hangs" when switching identities
From: Bruce Hagen (Nospam_at_mymail.invalid)
Date: 10/21/04
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:02:21 -0700
Well, they did fix what they were supposed to, but created a new
problem. Someday, hopefully, there will be a patch for this problem and
it will fix it. But it also might activate your automatic garage door
opener at the same time. We just have to hope. :-)
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~
"dunk" <rSPOTduncan@covadSPOT.net> wrote in message
news:BEDB3BE2-2915-4E16-A36F-6C03E41F29E4@microsoft.com...
> Umm ... ok ... pretty much the same effect as opening a new identity
> and then
> killing and re-opening the app.
>
> I'm soooo grateful that MS does these wonderful "favors" for us.
> Isn't a
> patch supposed to *fix* things not break them?
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> Some past patches for OE have caused a problem in switching
>> identities.
>> Until the problem is fixed, switch identities by File>Exit>Logoff
>> Identity.
>>
>> This workaround has been reported to work for many:
>> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/forceid.htm
>>
>> Bruce Hagen
>> MS MVP - (IE/OE)
>> ~IB-CA~
>>
>>
>> "dunk" <rSPOTduncan@covadSPOT.net> wrote in message
>> news:C642F8E5-0A1A-4BB3-B453-9FAEAA20B038@microsoft.com...
>> > This has been happening for a couple of weeks, now. When I switch
>> > identities, the first screen closes then the new screen opens.
>> > Except
>> > it's
>> > blank and I get the hourglass cursor. The lights on my DSL router
>> > tell me
>> > that it's downloading mail but nothing happens. Then when I click
>> > the
>> > "x" to
>> > close OE I get a "This program is no longer responding" message and
>> > I
>> > close
>> > the app. Then when I click on the OE icon in the fast launch
>> > toolbar,
>> > the
>> > new identity pops up with all the mail that it just DL'd. Now
>> > here's
>> > the
>> > rub, it's fairly random. It doesn't happen all the time, although
>> > it
>> > does
>> > mostly, and it doesn't happen to every ID, although some worse than
>> > others.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>> >
>> > TIA
>> > --
>> > dunk
>>
>>
>>
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