I think you mean you Archived them, Compacting is, broadly spaeking, when
you recover free space

FileOpenData File.......browse to and open your archive file, by default
named archive.pst

"LPatrice" wrote in message
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Hi-

Microsoft Outlook compacted messages in two of my folders. Now I can't
find
them. Where can I search to import them back into my folders? I'm afraid
to
use compacting now.