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"Unable to choose recpoients"
"PA Bear" wrote in message ... Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1) compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage Identities). To avoid such corruption in futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - Empty Deleted Items folder daily. - Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ ColTom2 wrote: Hi PA Bear: The following are sizes as you requested: Inbox.dbx 59kb Sent Items.dbx 59kb Deleted Items.dbx 59kb Folders.dbx 326kb Store Folder* 15.9MB *This folder contains all .dbx files and I assume that is the one you wanted. Thanks, ColTom2 P.S. Sorry that it took so long to reply. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Outlook and Outlook Express are NOT the same application. You do have the latter installed, as you're running WinXP SP2. Don't do anything to or with your Address Book. *Close OE* then open your message store folder (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain): 1. What size are the files Inbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, Deleted Items.dbx, and Folders.dbx? 2. Go up one level What size is the store folder itself? ColTom2 wrote: No MS Office or MS Outlook Express installed. Only MS Works Suite 7.0 and Word 97 SR-1 installed. So far when I reboot the computer this problem that I have never had before goes away.... until the next time. paste I had a second thought immediately after I just sent you the above reply. Do you think that it would do any good to delete my entire addressbook and import it back? "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office and/or MS Outlook also installed? ColTom2 wrote: I have had this now happen twice within the last few days with Outlook Express 6. When I tried to enter the addresses in a new email or forward I get a message that says "Unable to choose recipients" and it will not allow me to enter any addresses in the email. I have never had this happen before until this week. Anyone know the cause and corrective action that I can initiate to resolve this issue? |
"Unable to choose recpoients"
"ColTom2" wrote in message ... Thanks Pa Bear and hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! ColTom2 "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1) compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage Identities). To avoid such corruption in futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - Empty Deleted Items folder daily. - Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ ColTom2 wrote: Hi PA Bear: The following are sizes as you requested: Inbox.dbx 59kb Sent Items.dbx 59kb Deleted Items.dbx 59kb Folders.dbx 326kb Store Folder* 15.9MB *This folder contains all .dbx files and I assume that is the one you wanted. Thanks, ColTom2 P.S. Sorry that it took so long to reply. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Outlook and Outlook Express are NOT the same application. You do have the latter installed, as you're running WinXP SP2. Don't do anything to or with your Address Book. *Close OE* then open your message store folder (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain): 1. What size are the files Inbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, Deleted Items.dbx, and Folders.dbx? 2. Go up one level What size is the store folder itself? ColTom2 wrote: No MS Office or MS Outlook Express installed. Only MS Works Suite 7.0 and Word 97 SR-1 installed. So far when I reboot the computer this problem that I have never had before goes away.... until the next time. paste I had a second thought immediately after I just sent you the above reply. Do you think that it would do any good to delete my entire addressbook and import it back? "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office and/or MS Outlook also installed? ColTom2 wrote: I have had this now happen twice within the last few days with Outlook Express 6. When I tried to enter the addresses in a new email or forward I get a message that says "Unable to choose recipients" and it will not allow me to enter any addresses in the email. I have never had this happen before until this week. Anyone know the cause and corrective action that I can initiate to resolve this issue? |
"Unable to choose recpoients"
"PA Bear" wrote in message ... YW. Please let us know if the behavior persists in the new identity. ColTom2 wrote: Thanks Pa Bear and hope that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1) compact all folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage Identities). To avoid such corruption in futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - Empty Deleted Items folder daily. - Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. ColTom2 wrote: Hi PA Bear: The following are sizes as you requested: Inbox.dbx 59kb Sent Items.dbx 59kb Deleted Items.dbx 59kb Folders.dbx 326kb Store Folder* 15.9MB *This folder contains all .dbx files and I assume that is the one you wanted. Thanks, ColTom2 P.S. Sorry that it took so long to reply. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Outlook and Outlook Express are NOT the same application. You do have the latter installed, as you're running WinXP SP2. Don't do anything to or with your Address Book. *Close OE* then open your message store folder (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain): 1. What size are the files Inbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, Deleted Items.dbx, and Folders.dbx? 2. Go up one level What size is the store folder itself? ColTom2 wrote: No MS Office or MS Outlook Express installed. Only MS Works Suite 7.0 and Word 97 SR-1 installed. So far when I reboot the computer this problem that I have never had before goes away.... until the next time. paste I had a second thought immediately after I just sent you the above reply. Do you think that it would do any good to delete my entire addressbook and import it back? "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office and/or MS Outlook also installed? ColTom2 wrote: I have had this now happen twice within the last few days with Outlook Express 6. When I tried to enter the addresses in a new email or forward I get a message that says "Unable to choose recipients" and it will not allow me to enter any addresses in the email. I have never had this happen before until this week. Anyone know the cause and corrective action that I can initiate to resolve this issue? |
"Unable to choose recpoients"
"ColTom2" wrote in message ... Hi Pa Bear: I had a second thought immediately after I just sent you the above reply. Do you think that it would do any good to delete my entire addressbook and import it back? ColTom2 "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Is MS Office and/or MS Outlook also installed? -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.org/ ColTom2 wrote: I have had this now happen twice within the last few days with Outlook Express 6. When I tried to enter the addresses in a new email or forward I get a message that says "Unable to choose recipients" and it will not allow me to enter any addresses in the email. I have never had this happen before until this week. Anyone know the cause and corrective action that I can initiate to resolve this issue? |
"Unable to choose recpoients"
"@P0f!!9(97(B" wrote in message ... "Poprivet" wrote in message ... ColTom2 wrote: Hi: I have had this now happen twice within the last few days with Outlook Express 6. When I tried to enter the addresses in a new email or forward I get a message that says "Unable to choose recipients" and it will not allow me to enter any addresses in the email. I have never had this happen before until this week. Anyone know the cause and corrective action that I can initiate to resolve this issue? Thanks, ColTom2 "Enter" them how? Any chance you have duplicate entreis in your Address Book? |
"Unable to choose recpoients"
"ColTom2" wrote: Hi: I have had this now happen twice within the last few days with Outlook Express 6. When I tried to enter the addresses in a new email or forward I get a message that says "Unable to choose recipients" and it will not allow me to enter any addresses in the email. I have never had this happen before until this week. Anyone know the cause and corrective action that I can initiate to resolve this issue? Thanks, ColTom2 Did you get a reply to this? I have the same problem. Marcus |
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