Is it possible to avoid getting the message asking me if I want
to compact folders when I exit OE ... without actually
compacting?

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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com

No. And you're asking for trouble if you don't. Please read on.

Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact

Compacting your folders periodically is a must to keep OE functioning well
and at some point, you may lose all your saved messages if you don't. When
you delete, or move messages, the space they had used remains until you
compact.

See:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

With SP2, automatic background compacting was removed due to problems it
caused. Now you will get a prompt to compact after 100 OE closings, which
you should do, and don't touch anything until it has finished. See this for
more information:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

If you are fully patched, you will also now see a copy of your dbx files
being copied to the Recycle Bin as BAK files. Should something go awry when
compacting, the messages can easily be restored from this backup. A manual
backup will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now.

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

To keep things running smooth, and for faster compacting:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt and you may lose mail. Create your own user defined folders for
storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder
regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as
empty as is feasible.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Is it possible to avoid getting the message asking me if I want to compact
folders when I exit OE ... without actually compacting?

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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com

Bruce Hagen wrote:

snip

Now you will get a prompt to
compact after 100 OE closings, which you should do, and
don't touch anything until it has finished.

Thanks for the reply.

If I manually compact, will that restart the count to 100 OE
closings ... said another way, if I manually compact after the
99th closing, will I still get the message after the very next
closing?

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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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John Pollard wrote:
Bruce Hagen wrote:

snip

Now you will get a prompt to
compact after 100 OE closings, which you should do, and
don't touch anything until it has finished.

Thanks for the reply.

If I manually compact, will that restart the count to 100
OE closings ... said another way, if I manually compact
after the 99th closing,

Sorry, meant to say "after the 98th closing".

will I still get the message
after the very next closing?

But I also just reread this sentence: "A manual
backup will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero
now."

Is that "manual backup" what I am calling a manual "compact"?

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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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"John Pollard" wrote in message
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John Pollard wrote:
Bruce Hagen wrote:

snip

Now you will get a prompt to
compact after 100 OE closings, which you should do, and
don't touch anything until it has finished.

Thanks for the reply.

If I manually compact, will that restart the count to 100
OE closings ... said another way, if I manually compact
after the 99th closing,

Sorry, meant to say "after the 98th closing".

will I still get the message
after the very next closing?

But I also just reread this sentence: "A manual
backup will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now."

Is that "manual backup" what I am calling a manual "compact"?

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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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Oops! That should read Compact, not Backup.
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"John Pollard" wrote in message
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Bruce Hagen wrote:

snip

Now you will get a prompt to
compact after 100 OE closings, which you should do, and
don't touch anything until it has finished.

Thanks for the reply.

If I manually compact, will that restart the count to 100 OE closings ...
said another way, if I manually compact after the 99th closing, will I
still get the message after the very next closing?

--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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If you manually compact at any time, it will reset the counter to zero and
you won't see the prompt unless you wait another 100 closings.

Make sure you compact while working offline and never touch anything until
it is complete.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

Bruce Hagen wrote:
"John Pollard" wrote in message
...
Bruce Hagen wrote:

snip

Now you will get a prompt to
compact after 100 OE closings, which you should do, and
don't touch anything until it has finished.

Thanks for the reply.

If I manually compact, will that restart the count to
100 OE closings ... said another way, if I manually
compact after the 99th closing, will I still get the
message after the very next closing? --
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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If you manually compact at any time, it will reset the
counter to zero and you won't see the prompt unless you
wait another 100 closings.
Make sure you compact while working offline and never
touch anything until it is complete.

Thanks a lot. This will help.

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