If you've compacted the database (File/Folders/Compact All Folders)
following the move operation, you can safely delete the old DBX files. You
should be aware that a copy/paste op does not delete anything, it merely
copies the old info so that you can paste it to another location. The
quickest way to "Move" items is to select all the messages you wish to move
(hold down the Ctrl key while selecting or use Ctrl+A to select All) and
then right click, selecting "Move To" and choose the desired folder.
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Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
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"donna" wrote in message
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I have an archive folder section in OE6 and had created a subgroup off of
this with 4 mail folders. I wanted the 4 mail folders to be part of the
main group. So I created new folders under the main group with slightly
different names. I copied and pasted all the messages from the subgroup
into these new folders. I then deleted the empty folders from OE6. However,
when I went into the store folder on C drive, the deleted folders were
still listed as dbx files??? Why is this and what can I do about it because
when I click on the properties of the deleted dbx files, it suggests they
still have the data in them?

Thanks.