Thanks for the reply and links......No, OE just keep asking me
I did once and lost msg from view in OE. Finally found them,
can't remember where now. Just don't want to loose them
again or if stored somewhere on my hard drive I just wanted
to know where and if I can change the name.
I've been having problems with OE (this may be why) from
another post, where I lost my original address book. Solved
that problem but didn't want to create another one with the
compacting.
Side question: I have seen remarks that elude to MS not doing
any more programming for OE since they want people to switch
to Windows Mail. True or False? My hubby has Vista/Windows
Mail and I don't like it. I like the flexibility of OE over Outlook,
but I miss having the Calendar and being able to have the
best of both worlds......................Bubey
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Compacting only removes space taken up by moved or deleted messages. It
doesn't move any. Did you lose any messages?
Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact
About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx
Compacting your folders periodically is a must to keep OE functioning well
and at some point, you may lose all your saved messages if you don't. When
you delete, or move messages, the space they had used remains until you
compact. Never touch anything until the compacting is finished.
See:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
With SP2, automatic background compacting was removed due to problems it
caused. Now you will get a prompt to compact after 100 OE closings, which
you should do, and don't touch anything until it has finished. If you
compact manually, at your convenience, this will also set the counter back
to zero. See this for more information:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact
If you are fully patched, you will also now see a copy of your dbx files
being copied to the Recycle Bin as BAK files. Should something go awry when
compacting, the messages can easily be restored from this backup. A manual
compact will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now.
For more info, see the information outlined in red he
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
To keep things running smooth, and for faster compacting:
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt and you may lose mail. 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.
And backup often.
Backup and Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Bubey" wrote in message
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Where are the Compacted msg's stored? I understand
that it's important to say yes to compacting but where
do I find the old msg when I need to get to it?
I have goggled and googled but can't find an answer.