Borland Database Engine Stopping Microsoft Outlook from Working

I bought a new laptop with Windows Vista Home Basic o/s. I was able to
install a Microsoft Outlook 2007 on it and it was working nicely. Then I
tried to install Corel Wordperfect 9 on the laptop but the installation
failed with an error message "Borland Database Engine Could not be
installed". After this incidence whenever I try to open my Microsoft Outlook
I get the error message "Borland Database Engine not installed. Can't Load
Address Book." and then Outlook will close on its own. I have uninstalled
the Wordperfect9 program but still get this error message and hence cannot
use the OUtlook. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Microsoft office
2007 but the problem is still there. What can I do to solve this problem. I
cannot read my mails from the laptop and I am desperate. Somebody come to my
rescue please.
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paa collie

Locate a file named EXTEND.DAT and either delete or rename it, then try
launching outlook again.

I've also seen reports that creating a new Outlook profile will clear the
error

My problem is that the security certificate is keeping me from getting into
college site for my course that I'm taking. I cannot get in to do my
homework. I don't know what to do.

[ajfrank]

I have the same problem collins had, that is:

I get the error message "Borland Database Engine not installed. Can't Load
Address Book." and then Outlook will close on its own. I have uninstalled
the Wordperfect9 program but still get this error message and hence cannot
use the OUtlook. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Microsoft office
2007 but the problem is still there. What can I do to solve this problem.

In addition, I have deleted extend.dat, but that did not clear up the problem. I don't know how to create a new Outlook Profile if I can't get into Outlook. Can anyone help? Thanks, Art

Setting up a new profile worked. Instructions can be found at:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829918

Locate a file named EXTEND.DAT and either delete or rename it, then try
launching outlook again. I've also seen reports that creating a new Outlook
profile will clear the error

[wileyja]

I also am having the corel database problem of crashing Outlook. There is no extend.dat file on the HD. I have the "How to creat and configure an e-mail profile ..." article from MS. Unfortunately, I am using Windows 7 and there is no "mail" category in control panel.

I also downloaded the corel database application in the past, so it is on the HD. I also have Wordperfect 8 on my computer and it works.

The problem originally occurred when I was using Vista Home Premium.

For what it is worth, Thunderbird also does not work and that started before upgrading to 7 to Thunderbird 3.5.6. Of course the latter problem probably is unrelated to the Outlook problem. It just means no mail sever will work now.

My reading of the posts indicates that the thread concerns people who have a specific type of problem with Outlook on Vista. My problem was with that specific Outlook problem on Vista. The fact it continues with W7 suggests it is not Vista specific. Judging from the 2 yr. old posts, it probably is not 64 bit specific. Maybe if I knew how to create a new profile in W7 it would help. Doing so seems to be a work around, however, and not address the problem cause.

So you jumped on a thread thats 2 years old.
Not only is the thunderbird problem unrelated to outlook, but the Outlook
problem is unrelated to the Vista group you have posted to

If you really mean Outlook you are posting in the wrong newsgroup.
The newsgroup to which you posted is for the Windows Mail program.
You are more likely to find Outlook experts in the Outlook newsgroup:

microsoft.public.outlook.general (via NNTP), or via the web:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...utlook.general