When I get the pop up to compact my folders in OE if I click to OK I then
find they are being deleted to my recycle bin, is there a way to stop this
other than not allowing the folders to compact.

thanks

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S S wrote:
When I get the pop up to compact my folders in OE if I click to OK I then
find they are being deleted to my recycle bin, is there a way to stop this
other than not allowing the folders to compact.

thanks


They are not being deleted but backed up. If all is well, you can delete
the back ups.

Alias

Ah, maybe I have panicked too soon without checking properly, I will send
myself a couple of test emails and see what happens to them when it asks to
compact.
Thanks for your reply.

"Alias" wrote in message
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S S wrote:
When I get the pop up to compact my folders in OE if I click to OK I then
find they are being deleted to my recycle bin, is there a way to stop
this other than not allowing the folders to compact.

thanks


They are not being deleted but backed up. If all is well, you can delete
the back ups.

Alias

S S wrote:
Ah, maybe I have panicked too soon without checking properly, I will send
myself a couple of test emails and see what happens to them when it asks to
compact.
Thanks for your reply.

You'll have to close OE 100 times before it asks. If you manually
compact, it will also send back ups to the recycle bin and set the count
back to zero.

Be sure to manually compact with OE off line and click on Outlook
Express at the top of the Folder Tree before proceeding.

Alias

"Alias" wrote in message
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S S wrote:
When I get the pop up to compact my folders in OE if I click to OK I then
find they are being deleted to my recycle bin, is there a way to stop
this other than not allowing the folders to compact.

thanks

They are not being deleted but backed up. If all is well, you can delete
the back ups.

Alias

This is due to a recent update. Now when you compact, a copy of your dbx
files are sent to the Recycle Bin in the event that something should go
wrong and messages, or entire folders are lost when you are compacting.

Many people do not back up Outlook Express on a regular basis. This new
mandatory backup is something people have been asking for quite awhile as we
spend a lot of time helping people getting their messages back, and they
have to purchase a tool to recover messages.

You can empty the Recycle Bin any time you want and the bak files will go
away until you compact again.

For more info, see the information outlined in red he
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

If you don't currently back up OE regularly, I would suggest you get this,
or a similar tool, (freeware):

This freeware tool backs up everything in OE in seconds. Disregard what is
written in red. That is referring to a different program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"S S" wrote in message
k...
When I get the pop up to compact my folders in OE if I click to OK I then
find they are being deleted to my recycle bin, is there a way to stop this
other than not allowing the folders to compact.

thanks

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Thanks for the explanation Bruce. I thought I might have had a virus.

appreciated

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
This is due to a recent update. Now when you compact, a copy of your dbx
files are sent to the Recycle Bin in the event that something should go
wrong and messages, or entire folders are lost when you are compacting.

Many people do not back up Outlook Express on a regular basis. This new
mandatory backup is something people have been asking for quite awhile as
we spend a lot of time helping people getting their messages back, and
they have to purchase a tool to recover messages.

You can empty the Recycle Bin any time you want and the bak files will go
away until you compact again.

For more info, see the information outlined in red he
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

If you don't currently back up OE regularly, I would suggest you get this,
or a similar tool, (freeware):

This freeware tool backs up everything in OE in seconds. Disregard what is
written in red. That is referring to a different program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"S S" wrote in message
k...
When I get the pop up to compact my folders in OE if I click to OK I then
find they are being deleted to my recycle bin, is there a way to stop
this other than not allowing the folders to compact.

thanks

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