Problems with Outlook 2002

[Infoseeker]

Outlook 2002 closes and re-boots itself whenever I leave the Inbox, whether
for an 'internal' folder such as contacts, or if I click on a web link
embedded in an e-mail or simply try to open an attachment. I also find that
deleting calendar appointment recurrences is not possible. Each occurrence
must be removed manually.

Technical info: I am using XP with Office 2002 small business edition.
Outlook and Outlook Express are both manufacturer-installed on my computer.
Outlook Express does not exhibit the behaviors above. I recently switched
from using Outlook Express to Outlook, and experienced the problems.
Originally my computer used Windows ME. I upgraded to XP a few years ago.
Yesterday I downloaded Service Pack 3 for MS Office, but it did not resolve
any of the issues.

How do I fix this?

Thanks for your help.

 

[DL]

If you have the Office cd, run a repair

 

[Infoseeker]

I tried your suggestion, but no change in the problem. More info: I imported
contacts and calendar from a more recent version of Outlook/Office, probably
2007, using comma-delimited files. Any chance these are the problem? I
recently tried using Microsoft's compatibility checker, but it didn't help.

Thanks.