The trick works if the message you are trying to delete has something in
it that causes OE to hang.

If the problem is a corrupted Deleted Items folder, as Bruce surmised,
then you need to use his fix.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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Thanks Michael. I'll remember that if the problem comes back.

Tom


"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
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If you turn off the Preview Pane (View, Layout) in Outlook Express
you can select and delete a message without OE trying to open it.
For OE5+ you can add a button to the Tool Bar to toggle the Preview
Pane off and on.

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Tom Brown" wrote in message
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On my wife's XP machine, with OE, there are some messages that she
can't delete. This is a relatively new characteristic. I don't
know when it started but it has not always been that way. Some
messages are ok (normal), but many are not.

If she focuses (highlights) on a message, she can't click the DEL
key, the red X, right-click/delete or any other method of getting
rid of the message. She also cannot DRAG it to any other folder or
COPY/PASTE. When she tired that she gets an error dialogue box that
says "The selected message(s) could not be moved. An error has
occured."

But, if she does a Shift/Del, it does permanently get rid of the
message. That is not always suitable as she might like to Undelete
some messages in the future. She has XP SP2 and OE Version
6.00.2900.2180

Any help will be appreciated.

Tom