I'm trying to update my group lists for OE 6 newsreader.
I get to 106,000 groups and then it stays there and won't
go any further. I must ctrl, alt, del to get out. Any help
appreciated.
Joe

Try compacting all folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Joe C wrote:
I'm trying to update my group lists for OE 6 newsreader.
I get to 106,000 groups and then it stays there and won't
go any further. I must ctrl, alt, del to get out. Any help
appreciated.
Joe

Tried it. No change, still stalls at 106209, then I must ctrl alt del...

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try compacting all folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Joe C wrote:
I'm trying to update my group lists for OE 6 newsreader.
I get to 106,000 groups and then it stays there and won't
go any further. I must ctrl, alt, del to get out. Any help
appreciated.
Joe

try delete and recreate the account
$0.02 worth

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"Joe C" wrote in message
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Tried it. No change, still stalls at 106209, then I must ctrl alt del...

"PA Bear" wrote in message
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Try compacting all folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Joe C wrote:
I'm trying to update my group lists for OE 6 newsreader.
I get to 106,000 groups and then it stays there and won't
go any further. I must ctrl, alt, del to get out. Any help
appreciated.
Joe

You may want to try renaming the "folders.dbx" file to something like
"folders_old.dbx" When you restart OE it will create a new folders.dbx file.
See if that helps. You can always restore the original. A side effect of
doing this is that is you have created nested folders they may become
un-nested. You can move them back where you had them. The "folders.dbx" can
become quite bloated after a while with old data you thought you had long
ago deleted.


AlmostBob wrote:
try delete and recreate the account
$0.02 worth

Tried it. No change, still stalls at 106209, then I must ctrl alt
del...

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try compacting all folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP,
DTS-L.org

Joe C wrote:
I'm trying to update my group lists for OE 6 newsreader.
I get to 106,000 groups and then it stays there and won't
go any further. I must ctrl, alt, del to get out. Any help
appreciated.
Joe

Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File
Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, import messages from
the old Identity before deleting it (File Identities Manage Identities).

To avoid such corruption in futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--
~PA Bear

Joe C wrote:
Tried it. No change, still stalls at 106209, then I must ctrl alt del...

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Try compacting all folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Joe C wrote:
I'm trying to update my group lists for OE 6 newsreader.
I get to 106,000 groups and then it stays there and won't
go any further. I must ctrl, alt, del to get out. Any help
appreciated.
Joe