Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the message store.
Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. You will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news servers, but it
might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden files in Win2K,
WinXP and Win2K3.
If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from the folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use this tool
to extract the messages:
DBXtract (free):
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/
Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).
The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder in an open instance of OE
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