My outlook express wants to compact my folders about once a month and the
sob will not stop trying until I say ok.
This is so annoying and I can't figure out how to stop this.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

Let it do its thing and don't touch anything until it's done. Please read
on.

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

About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

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
compact 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
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


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My outlook express wants to compact my folders about once a month and the
sob will not stop trying until I say ok.
This is so annoying and I can't figure out how to stop this.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

On Nov 3, 10:16 pm, "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
Let it do its thing and don't touch anything until it's done. Please read
on.

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

About File Corruption:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...filecorruption....

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
compact will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now.

For more info, see the information outlined in red hewww.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
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

wrote in message

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My outlook express wants to compact my folders about once a month and the
sob will not stop trying until I say ok.
This is so annoying and I can't figure out how to stop this.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

I'm getting this one too - very annoying

What if I'm only having IMAP and Hotmail accounts in my outlook
express? Is there a reason for compact the emails then? It wouldnt
make sense as all my emails are located on remote servers, so there
shouldn't be anything to compact at all. Anyway I can dissable it?

"Nigo" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Nov 3, 10:16 pm, "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
Let it do its thing and don't touch anything until it's done. Please read
on.

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

About File
Corruption:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...filecorruption....

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
compact will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now.

For more info, see the information outlined in red
hewww.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
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

wrote in message

...

My outlook express wants to compact my folders about once a month and
the
sob will not stop trying until I say ok.
This is so annoying and I can't figure out how to stop this.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

I'm getting this one too - very annoying

What if I'm only having IMAP and Hotmail accounts in my outlook
express? Is there a reason for compact the emails then? It wouldnt
make sense as all my emails are located on remote servers, so there
shouldn't be anything to compact at all. Anyway I can dissable it?



No, you can't disable it. But you only see it after closing OE 100 times so
just click yes and you won't see it again for another 100 closings.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

wrote in message
...
My outlook express wants to compact my folders about once a month and the
sob will not stop trying until I say ok.
This is so annoying and I can't figure out how to stop this.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.

wrote in message
...
My outlook express wants to compact my folders about once a month and the
sob will not stop trying until I say ok.
This is so annoying and I can't figure out how to stop this.
Can anyone help?
Thanks in advance.