Q330994/April03 Cumulative Patch for Outlook Express (which you you prolly
have installed) contains a bug causing the problem you and many others are
having.  Until this bug is addressed by the OE Team, we're advised to always
leave an Identity via File>Exit and Logoff Identity and not use File>Switch
Identities.

Others have found the Force Identity Logon, which essentially does the same
thing, works for them: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/forceid.htm.

If one of your Identities is the default 'Main Identity', which is much more
prone to such problems, you could try replacing it with a new Named Identity
(File>Identities>Add new identity) in hopes of finding more reliability.
Import messages from the old Identity before deleting it
(File>Identities>Manage Identities).

I am having the exact same problem.  Has anyone shared the solution?
   
    ----- anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote: ----
   
    When I change identities OE disappears from my desktop.
    I have to go to task manager and shut it down so that I
    can re-open it to continue
   
    I am using Windows XP and OE 6 with a cable modem
   
    Does anyone else have this problem or know of a fix for
    it
   
    Jeanett