Do you want to compact window
 

Hi
All of a sudden, when the "do you want to compact" window appears,
as always I say OK.
The compact window starts and THEN a second window now appears
that says "copying", It doesn't show what it is copying.

What is going on ?
Thanks Frank

Do you want to compact window
 

Frank F wrote:
Hi
All of a sudden, when the "do you want to compact" window appears,
as always I say OK.
The compact window starts and THEN a second window now appears
that says "copying", It doesn't show what it is copying.

What is going on ?
Thanks Frank



It's making a back up of your messages. If all is well after compacting,
you can delete the back up. That said, if you manually compact more
often than every 100 closings of OE instead of waiting for the pop up,
you'll never see the pop up again.

Alias

Do you want to compact window
 

Frank F wrote:
Hi
All of a sudden, when the "do you want to compact" window appears,
as always I say OK.
The compact window starts and THEN a second window now appears
that says "copying", It doesn't show what it is copying.

What is going on ?
Thanks Frank

It's making a backup of your folders. The backups are in the re-cycle bin.
If all is well after compacting you can delete these.
See these links...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

and...

http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)

Do you want to compact window
 

See http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?p=135065
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Frank F wrote:
Hi
All of a sudden, when the "do you want to compact" window appears,
as always I say OK.
The compact window starts and THEN a second window now appears
that says "copying", It doesn't show what it is copying.

What is going on ?
Thanks Frank

Do you want to compact window (backups in the recycle bin)
 

MVP's:

I have noticed since this change was implemented with the last windows
update that my hard drive gets fragmented more often. Before this change, I
defragged once a month. Now I have to defrag once a week or more.

Questions:
1 - Is this normal with this change?
2 - Is it okay to defrag more than once a month?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!

"Kath Adams" wrote in message
...
Frank F wrote:
Hi
All of a sudden, when the "do you want to compact" window appears,
as always I say OK.
The compact window starts and THEN a second window now appears
that says "copying", It doesn't show what it is copying.

What is going on ?
Thanks Frank

It's making a backup of your folders. The backups are in the re-cycle bin.
If all is well after compacting you can delete these.
See these links...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

and...

http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)

Do you want to compact window (backups in the recycle bin)
 

How often do you compact your folders? If you do it a lot, the Recycle Bin
will become huge if you have huge OE folders and even if you keep emptying
it, you will have to Defrag more often, especially if you have a small HD,
or a very full HD.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Regina" !! wrote in message
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MVP's:

I have noticed since this change was implemented with the last windows
update that my hard drive gets fragmented more often. Before this change,
I defragged once a month. Now I have to defrag once a week or more.

Questions:
1 - Is this normal with this change?
2 - Is it okay to defrag more than once a month?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!

"Kath Adams" wrote in message
...
Frank F wrote:
Hi
All of a sudden, when the "do you want to compact" window appears,
as always I say OK.
The compact window starts and THEN a second window now appears
that says "copying", It doesn't show what it is copying.

What is going on ?
Thanks Frank

It's making a backup of your folders. The backups are in the re-cycle
bin. If all is well after compacting you can delete these.
See these links...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

and...

http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)

Do you want to compact window (backups in the recycle bin)
 

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MVP's:

I have noticed since this change was implemented with the last windows
update that my hard drive gets fragmented more often. Before this change,
I defragged once a month. Now I have to defrag once a week or more.

Questions:
1 - Is this normal with this change?
2 - Is it okay to defrag more than once a month?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!

"Kath Adams" wrote in message
...
Frank F wrote:
Hi
All of a sudden, when the "do you want to compact" window appears,
as always I say OK.
The compact window starts and THEN a second window now appears
that says "copying", It doesn't show what it is copying.

What is going on ?
Thanks Frank

It's making a backup of your folders. The backups are in the re-cycle
bin. If all is well after compacting you can delete these.
See these links...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

and...

http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express)