Hi Ted,
Let's slow down a bit and first find out if you really do need to reinstall
OE. What do you mean by "not reading your address book"? Does it come up
empty? Or do you get an error message when you try to launch it? What's the
error message?

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> for some reason my outlook express 5.5 is not reading my
> address book. I have been told i have to delete OE5.5 and
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> Thank you.
> Tedrs50