With the new patch (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2) manually compacting
via File | Folder | Compact all will reset the counter to zero. You don't
need that OETool feature anymore, if the patch is installed.

steve

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
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If you have XP with SP2 installed, the only way to "forestall" the
compacting operation is to keep track of the number of times the program
is opened and then do a registry edit of the "Compact Check Count" in the
right hand pane under this registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID for Identity
involved}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0

Otherwise the compacting will automatically take place after 100
opening/closing sequences of the program. That is the only workaround
unless you use a 3rd party tool to reset it. Failing to compact regularly
will eventually lead to problems since the database will become "bloated"
since the space occupied by moved/deleted messages is not recovered until
compacting occurs. It's quite possible to have an Inbox.dbx file that
approaches the theoretical limit of 2 GB for any Windows file, even though
it may contain only a few messages, if you never compact. Your computer,
your choice, but what's the problem with doing it when you desire and know
the computer is free of other tasks? Try using OETool from
http://www.oehelp.com/OETool/Default.aspx to do that (and it resets the
registry count to zero). It's only 37KB in size and it's "free."
Personally I wouldn't be without it.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"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