Do this before you reach 100 closings of OE:

Go to: StartRunRegeditOK and find this key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID for Identity
\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0. In the right hand pane and find
*Compact Check Count* and set the value to 0, (zero).

But do it at your own risk. You will lose messages at some point if you
never compact.

I don't know why compacting slows your machine down. It speeds up everyone
else's just like Defragging does.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"D. W. K." wrote in message
...
With all due respect to all of you, and I appreciate your attempts to
help, but I DO NOT WANT OE6 DOING ANY COMPACTING! I understand the need
for this but the way Microsoft designed the software it wreaks havoc on
the operating speed of my computer for quite some time afterwards!

I do have a lot of files but they are in separate folders. Anyway, thanks
for offering the help. I have to go... DWK


"D. W. K." wrote in message
...
Hello to all! Does anyone know how I can prevent IE6 from automatically
"compacting" every so often on its own?

The problem is that every time it does this it takes forever to do it and
when it is done my entire computer runs incredibly SLOOOOOOOOOW!!

This is extremely aggravating to me! I don't know why it has this effect
on my computer but every single button click, selection or other action
after a "compacting" event responds in glacial time for at least the
first 15 minutes or more for each program I open up!

Thank you,

DWK
Simi Valley, CA
USA