Am running windows 98. Deleted some things by mistake. When I want Outlook I get
the two notices 1) "Outlook could not be started because MSOE.DLL
could not be Initialized. 2)Outlook could not be started. The
application was not able to open the Outlook store. Contact microsoft
for assistance (Ox80040154,183)
QUESTION: How doI repair without loosing the file and addresses?

Seems you may only need to uncheck the read-only property of your
stores file. See this Microsoft Technet article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=238656

I'm not a researcher.
I hope it helps!

You must reinstall Outlook Express. If you haven't done so already, I
suggest you upgrade to at least Internet Explorer version 5.5. This
will also come with Outlook Express. When you install it, it will
repair and upgrade your current installation, maintaining all of your
current settings and addresses.

This link will take you to the download center:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en

Q. Where can I download the latest version of Outlook Express?
A. To get the latest version of Outlook Express, you need to download
and install the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Why?
Because Outlook Express is a component program of Internet Explorer.