I apologize if this has been covered. My mom has a pc and she has TONS of
email stored on it.
We want to clean it up.
Is there a way to turn off the warning when you go to delete an email?
And is there a way to select more than one at a time and delete them?
Thanks for any and all Advice.
Laura

Hi Laura,

It's easy to select more than one message. Here are some (Windows) tips for
doing so:

*Select All
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Do this from the Edit menu.

*Select a Contiguous Group
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Select one message
Select another message while holding the Shift key
Scroll if necessary
Both selected message headers and all in between will be selected

*Select chosen headers
-------------
Hold the Ctrl key while selecting individual message headers
Each message header will remain selected

After the selecting is done use the toolbar delete button (Red X) or choose
Delete from the Edit menu.

I would not be concerned about the warning, it may be helpful one day.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"Laura Mac" Laura wrote in message
...
I apologize if this has been covered. My mom has a pc and she has TONS of
email stored on it.
We want to clean it up.
Is there a way to turn off the warning when you go to delete an email?
And is there a way to select more than one at a time and delete them?
Thanks for any and all Advice.
Laura

"Laura Mac" Laura wrote in message
...
I apologize if this has been covered. My mom has a pc and she has TONS of
email stored on it.
We want to clean it up.
Is there a way to turn off the warning when you go to delete an email?
And is there a way to select more than one at a time and delete them?
Thanks for any and all Advice.
Laura


You can't turn off the warning, that is what it is for :-))

You can either select one by one, by holding down the Ctrl key, or select
the first and last message to be deleted while holding down the shift key
and hitting the Del key.
HTH?

--
Regards Steve.
MS-MVP. OE. [DTS]

well, she says after she selects them all (my mother) she has tried dragging
them to the trash, hitting delete and when she does that they all come
unhighlighted.
My question would be if you select 100 messages to delete, will it ask you
for everyone if you want to delete them?
thanks Laura
I am not near an xp computer so I can't show her....sorry.

What I do is if all the emails in the folder are to be deleted click the
first one then press Ctrl + A which will highlight them all then click the
delete button on the toolbar.
Joan


Laura Mac wrote:
well, she says after she selects them all (my mother) she has tried
dragging them to the trash, hitting delete and when she does that
they all come unhighlighted.
My question would be if you select 100 messages to delete, will it
ask you for everyone if you want to delete them?
thanks Laura
I am not near an xp computer so I can't show her....sorry.

"Joan Archer" wrote in message
...
What I do is if all the emails in the folder are to be deleted click the
first one then press Ctrl + A which will highlight them all then click the
delete button on the toolbar.
Joan

Or, Ctrl + A then Q (keep the Ctrl button down) :-)

Laura Mac wrote:
well, she says after she selects them all (my mother) she has tried
dragging them to the trash, hitting delete and when she does that
they all come unhighlighted.
My question would be if you select 100 messages to delete, will it
ask you for everyone if you want to delete them?
thanks Laura
I am not near an xp computer so I can't show her....sorry.

You have at least one corrupted folder. Start by deleting the Deleted Items
folder and see if that does the job.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WindowsXP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked
as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden
Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Deleted
Items.dbx} and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you
open OE.

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. 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.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Laura Mac" wrote in message
...
well, she says after she selects them all (my mother) she has tried
dragging
them to the trash, hitting delete and when she does that they all come
unhighlighted.
My question would be if you select 100 messages to delete, will it ask you
for everyone if you want to delete them?
thanks Laura
I am not near an xp computer so I can't show her....sorry.