I get the following error message:



Can not start Windows Mail. The program can not open the mail archive of
Windows Mail. The mail data of Windows Mail are used by another program, as a
virusscanner. Close the program and wait till the action is finished, before
reopening Windwos Mail (0x800C0155,2).

I am using McAfee virusscanner and Spamfighter. I do not know how to disable
(other than de-installing) the McAfee program.

I also have to add that there is a second error message:

Windows Mail can not start because MSOE.DLL can not be started



"Donkie 15" wrote:

> I get the following error message:
>
> Can not start Windows Mail. The program can not open the mail archive of
> Windows Mail. The mail data of Windows Mail are used by another program, as a
> virusscanner. Close the program and wait till the action is finished, before
> reopening Windwos Mail (0x800C0155,2).
>
> I am using McAfee virusscanner and Spamfighter. I do not know how to disable
> (other than de-installing) the McAfee program.

Read http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
You will need to uninstall the McAfee program completely, as it
is very detrimental to Windows Mail. Reboot and try Windows Mail
again. If it still doesn't work, then McAfee has corrupted your
mail account. Add a new mail account with the same settings as
the old one, then delete the old account. Once you get your email
working properly, download and install a less intrusive antivirus
program such as the free Avast. Whichever antivirus program
you keep, be sure to disable its email scanning option.

Gary VanderMolen

"Donkie 15" <Donkie15@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:13150C61-6FE8-437A-87D8-F709FCC60CE8@microsoft.com...
>I get the following error message:
>
> Can not start Windows Mail. The program can not open the mail archive of
> Windows Mail. The mail data of Windows Mail are used by another program, as a
> virusscanner. Close the program and wait till the action is finished, before
> reopening Windwos Mail (0x800C0155,2).
>
> I am using McAfee virusscanner and Spamfighter. I do not know how to disable
> (other than de-installing) the McAfee program.

"Donkie 15" <Donkie15@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13150C61-6FE8-437A-87D8-F709FCC60CE8@microsoft.com...
>I get the following error message:
>
> Can not start Windows Mail. The program can not open the mail archive of
> Windows Mail. The mail data of Windows Mail are used by another program,
> as a
> virusscanner. Close the program and wait till the action is finished,
> before
> reopening Windwos Mail (0x800C0155,2).
>
> I am using McAfee virusscanner and Spamfighter. I do not know how to
> disable
> (other than de-installing) the McAfee program.


Try these (and please report back if they work or not )

Start > All Programs > Right click Windows Mail > Run as Administrator

If that doesn't work...

Turn off UAC...
Start > Help & Support > Search UAC > Turn off etc.
reboot

Then try running Windows Mail as administrator again.

"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:eRLrm0HoHHA.1244@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Read http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
> You will need to uninstall the McAfee program completely, as it
> is very detrimental to Windows Mail. Reboot and try Windows Mail
> again. If it still doesn't work, then McAfee has corrupted your
> mail account. Add a new mail account with the same settings as
> the old one, then delete the old account. Once you get your email
> working properly, download and install a less intrusive antivirus
> program such as the free Avast. Whichever antivirus program
> you keep, be sure to disable its email scanning option.

I had this problem last night, running Avast, and I got around it
by running Windows Mail as administrator.
It was late last night and I can't rememeber if I turned of UAC first
but I did stiop Avast which made no difference on its own.

Once I was into Windows Mail everything was OK.

> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "Donkie 15" <Donkie15@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:13150C61-6FE8-437A-87D8-F709FCC60CE8@microsoft.com...
>>I get the following error message:
>>
>> Can not start Windows Mail. The program can not open the mail archive of
>> Windows Mail. The mail data of Windows Mail are used by another program,
>> as a
>> virusscanner. Close the program and wait till the action is finished,
>> before
>> reopening Windwos Mail (0x800C0155,2).
>>
>> I am using McAfee virusscanner and Spamfighter. I do not know how to
>> disable
>> (other than de-installing) the McAfee program.
>
>

"Julian" <Julianlzb87@gmail.com> wrote in message news:59A5DC81-AF9A-4762-9D57-FB5A347F2AE8@microsoft.com...
> I had this problem last night, running Avast, and I got around it
> by running Windows Mail as administrator.
> It was late last night and I can't rememeber if I turned of UAC first
> but I did stiop Avast which made no difference on its own.

I think WM has other issues besides sensitivity to antivirus programs.
Every few days I see a new Restored messages folder, with some
random messages in it. I have no idea why. OE never did this to me.
--
Gary VanderMolen

OE would destroy the messages. This is trying to prevent that.

stev
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"Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:Ozc3tqKoHHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "Julian" <Julianlzb87@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:59A5DC81-AF9A-4762-9D57-FB5A347F2AE8@microsoft.com...
>> I had this problem last night, running Avast, and I got around it
>> by running Windows Mail as administrator.
>> It was late last night and I can't rememeber if I turned of UAC first
>> but I did stiop Avast which made no difference on its own.
>
> I think WM has other issues besides sensitivity to antivirus programs.
> Every few days I see a new Restored messages folder, with some
> random messages in it. I have no idea why. OE never did this to me.
> --
> Gary VanderMolen
>

No antispam program works well with OE or with Winmail. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

steve

"Donkie 15" <Donkie15@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13150C61-6FE8-437A-87D8-F709FCC60CE8@microsoft.com...
>I get the following error message:
>
> Can not start Windows Mail. The program can not open the mail archive of
> Windows Mail. The mail data of Windows Mail are used by another program,
> as a
> virusscanner. Close the program and wait till the action is finished,
> before
> reopening Windwos Mail (0x800C0155,2).
>
> I am using McAfee virusscanner and Spamfighter. I do not know how to
> disable
> (other than de-installing) the McAfee program.

Hello,


It happened to me, I got error 0x800C0155,2. I had just installed
Adobe products and it asked me to close messenger. Window Live mail
was still open and running in the background. The installation of the
new software must have corrupted the Windows live mail program.
I ran a repair from the control pannel on Windows Live Mail, and its
all fixed.