*sigh* -- Outlook.Application is for OUTLOOK, not Outlook Express. They are two different programs. Outlook (part of Office) can be controled via automation, but AFAIK OE cannot, as it doesn't have an object model built in. That's why you get the error, and that's why it isn't possible to reference it from VB, and why the registry key was empty- it's the key for Outlook.


TG