A few others have run across the issue

http://groups.google.com/group/micro...5e54951fac98a0

What that person did was create a new identity.

How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
Import the old data:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Ziggie" wrote in message
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When I attempt to set OE so that the deleted items folder is emptied
on exit,
it won't accept the change. Instead I get an error message that says:
"Please
enter a vakue between 5 and 100 for the percent at which to compact
files."
There is no place to enter this unrelated information, so it forces me
to
cancel and leave the setting so that I must manually delete files each
time.
I already tried removing and re-installing OE, but it did not correct
it.
Anyone had this issue before?