The prompt with OK and Cancel is not present when you do a manual compact
with OE open.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"marrie" wrote in message
...
I can't drag as my screen reader will not let me do so and it won't show me
the banner thing, just the message with the ok and cancel buttons.


Bruce Hagen wrote:
: Do a manual compact:
:
: Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
: are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online
: in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
: anything until the compacting is completed.
:
: When the compact stops, grab the blue top of the error box and drag
: it to the side. The folder the compact got /stuck/ on will be
: revealed.
:
: If it is anything except Folders File, try compacting each folder
: separately.
:
: File | Folder | Compact for each.
:
: If it is getting stuck on Folders File, close OE and delete
: Folders.dbx as follows. Note that sup folders will appear in the
: folder tree by themselves, but can quickly be dragged back to their
: original position.
:
: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the
: location of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to
: highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start |
: Run | Ctrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll
: see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to
: it in Windows Explorer.
:
: In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by
: default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer,
: you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control
: Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools |
: Folder Options | View.
:
: With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question
: {Folders.dbx} and delete it. A new one will be created
: automatically when you open OE.
:
: General precautions for Outlook Express:
:
: Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
: become corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing
: mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder
: regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default
: folders as empty as is feasible.
:
: After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
: while working *offline* and do it often.
:
: Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
: are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online
: in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
: anything until the compacting is completed.
:
: Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
: redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a
: multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes.
: Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you
: sufficiently. For more, see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
:
: In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
: background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
:
: And backup often.
:
: Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
: http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: ~IB-CA~
:
: "marrie" wrote in message
: ...
: Hello. I've followed these directions from
:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/...orruption.mspx
: and all seemed to go well but I got the following error message.
: Outlook Express
:
: The folder is currently in use by Outlook Express or by another
: application.
:
: OK Cancel
:
: How can this be if I had teh folders list closed and hidden from
: view and i was off line? Ive been trying to solve this problem for
: months without success. Thanks.