Outlook Express

I really need some help guys as I haven't fixed it yet!! I'm still using Win. 98SE and the problem is when I read my mail and then decide to forward something and when I click on forward it does not go directly to send as you should see the window in the task bar saying "sending mail." It goes direxctly into my Outbox so I have to click on Outlook Express in the upper left hand corner,click on the push pin to hold the window open, click on Outbox, highlite the message and then click on send! It goes out then. Boy what a pain!!! Then when you X out of that situation then the PC goes back to Desktop and you have to double click back on Outlook Express again to open it up again. Don't have any idea how it got this way as it worked just fine until about four days ago. Help out an ol' Air Force pilot you pro's!!!! Hank