Outlook Crashing

When I open msges in full view and hit delete on the toolbar.. after about 3 or 4 outlook crashes.. here is the msg.
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Microsoft Visual C++ library runtime error!
c:/program files/…OUTLOOK.EXE
abnormal program termination
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I click ok and here is the next message.

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WINWORD.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows.
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Now I have office2k and I have reinstalled it.. same thing..

any suggestions