Copying while Compacting
 

I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during the
compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that normal
behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix. Thanks.
Larry

Copying while Compacting
 

"Larry" wrote in message
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I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that normal
behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix. Thanks.
Larry


Yes, because it is copying a file to the Recycle Bin, changing the file name
from DBX to BAK. This is so that if the compacting screws up you will have
a backup.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

Copying while Compacting
 

And that's new?
Larry

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
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"Larry" wrote in message
...
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that
normal behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix.
Thanks.
Larry


Yes, because it is copying a file to the Recycle Bin, changing the file
name from DBX to BAK. This is so that if the compacting screws up you
will have a backup.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security"

Copying while Compacting
 

See:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=918069
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Larry wrote:
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that
normal behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix.
Thanks. Larry

Copying while Compacting
 

Thanks Robear. Is that KB article telling me that the copying I saw going on
was corrupt files being backed up, or just files being backed up in case
they are corrupt? Should I be restoring those .bak files I find in the
recycle bin?
Larry

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
See:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=918069
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Larry wrote:
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that
normal behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix.
Thanks. Larry

Copying while Compacting
 

Larry wrote:
Thanks Robear. Is that KB article telling me that the copying I saw going on
was corrupt files being backed up, or just files being backed up in case
they are corrupt? Should I be restoring those .bak files I find in the
recycle bin?
Larry

If all is well in OE, just empty the recycle bin.

Alias

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
See:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=918069
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Larry wrote:
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that
normal behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix.
Thanks. Larry

Copying while Compacting
 

They are all being backed up, period. Corruption has nothing to do with it.
When you compact your folders, should you disrupt the compacting by using
your computer, or shutting it down, you may lose messages. This is just a
safety precaution that was long overdo. You don't have to restore anything,
unless you lose messages.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Larry" wrote in message
...
Thanks Robear. Is that KB article telling me that the copying I saw going
on was corrupt files being backed up, or just files being backed up in
case they are corrupt? Should I be restoring those .bak files I find in
the recycle bin?
Larry

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
See:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=918069
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Larry wrote:
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after
manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that
normal behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix.
Thanks. Larry

Copying while Compacting
 

OK, I can do that. That's also the way I interpreted Frank Saunder's
response.....BUT when I read KB918069 that Robear sent, I read "....If more
than one file is corrupted, you may have to restore more than one file. When
this occurs, the Recycle Bin contains more than one mail_folder_name.bak
file." I interpreted that to mean I'd find a backup for each corrupt file. I
just went back and reread KB918069 and notice it says "...After the database
is successfully compacted, the backup copy of the .dbx file is moved to the
Recycle Bin." So this says there's always a backup made, even if there's no
corruption. Well, I just checked my recycle bin, and it's empty, and I
haven't emptied it since I compacted. So, does it always leave a backup
after compacting? If so, what happened to mine?
Larry

"Alias" wrote in message
...
Larry wrote:
Thanks Robear. Is that KB article telling me that the copying I saw going
on was corrupt files being backed up, or just files being backed up in
case they are corrupt? Should I be restoring those .bak files I find in
the recycle bin?
Larry

If all is well in OE, just empty the recycle bin.

Alias

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
See:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=918069
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Larry wrote:
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after
manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that
during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that
normal behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix.
Thanks. Larry

Copying while Compacting
 

With 918766 installed, all DBX files are backed up during automatic or
manual compacting for safety's sake. If all is well after compacting, empty
the Recycle Bin.
--
~PA Bear

Larry wrote:
Thanks Robear. Is that KB article telling me that the copying I saw going
on was corrupt files being backed up, or just files being backed up in
case they are corrupt? Should I be restoring those .bak files I find in
the recycle bin?
Larry

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
See:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=918069
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org


Larry wrote:
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after
manual compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed
that during the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to
time. Is that normal behavior? I had never seen that before I
downloaded the Hotfix. Thanks. Larry

Copying while Compacting
 

Yes.
It's from this update:
There are two articles, KB918766 and KB918651, but the latter is not
currently available. The download link is
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

It places the backup in Recycled, overwriting any earlier backup of the
sane folder(s). To use it, copy it to the store folder, delete the one you
want to replace and then rename the BAK file to DBX. (It\'s a bit more
complicated if the messed up DBX file isn\'t there or contains messages that
are hew that you want to keep.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Reply in newsgroup
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve
neither liberty or security"

"Larry" wrote in message
...
And that\'s new?
Larry

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
...
"Larry" wrote in message
...
I downloaded KB918766 to automate the registry counter reset after manual
compacting. Everything seemed to work fine, except I noticed that during
the compacting a Copying window popped up from time to time. Is that
normal behavior? I had never seen that before I downloaded the Hotfix.
Thanks.
Larry


Yes, because it is copying a file to the Recycle Bin, changing the file
name from DBX to BAK. This is so that if the compacting screws up you
will have a backup.