It appears that the new Mailwasher Pro, when installed on Windows XP at least, conflicts with Google Earth. If Mailwasher Pro is running in the background, Google Earth fails to load in DirectX mode and loads, but painfully slowly, in OpenGL mode. Close Mailwasher Pro and it opens promptly and completely in either mode. This is repeatable so that it become necessary to close Mailwasher Pro whenever I wish to use Google Earth.
This never happened in the older versions and is clearly attributable to the greater use of graphics in the new version. If this isn't fixable, I will have to revert to the older version

Any ideas?