This is usually caused if the compacting process is interrupted, i.e.
shutting down the machine while it is in progress.

Which folder was the lost messages in, and are they the only ones missing?
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Pubs" wrote in message
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I kept getting a "compress files" pop up in outlook express 6 and clicked
yes,
now I've lost all current e-mails I was working on. Are they hidden
somewhere
or is there a way to recover them?