Thank you Bruce... the language was "This folder is currently in use by OE or
by another application." Nothing hangs up on folders.dbx.... I hit the OK
button and the message goes away... harriet

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Is that the exact error message? Does compacting complete, or does it hang
on Folders.dbx? Grab the blue banner on the error message dialog box and
move it out of the way to see.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Harriet" wrote in message
...
Afte compacting, I receive a message that another instance of OE is
running
at the same time. I don't know how that happens and wonder how to get rid
of
that error ...