Invoking OE (MSIMN.EXE) and opening it are 2 different things in my book,
Michael.

MSIMN.EXE is a default & protected file; if deleted, it would be replaced on
reboot by default.


Michael Santovec wrote:
Are you sure OE isn't getting opened/closed? Just having the count go
over 100 won't trigger the compact prompt until MSIMN.EXE is closed
again.

And one person who renamed MSIMN.EXE found that it was automatically
restored the next time the prompt came up.


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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Opinicus wrote:
That it keeps coming up indicates that something on your system is
repeatedly opening and closing OE (MSIMN.EXE). To solve the
problem,
you need to determine what is causing that.

But since XP SP3, we've been seeing some issues where various other
programs are triggering the problem.

Just curious but what other programs would open and close OE and why?

The applications in question aren't opening/closing OE. In some
cases, OE has been Removed from the install of Windows XP.

See this recent discussion about the problem:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d35fbfa457fd6f

For reference, here's a list of things which are known to cause this
behavior (so far):

• Various & sundry anti-virus applications (including Norton)
• Various & sundry anti-spyware applications
• Various & sundry third-party firewalls
• Any/all of the above running when SP3 was installed
• IBM Rapid Access keyboard (driver) RAKDLL.DLL
• Nero plug-in(s)
• Windows Desktop Search
• Windows Live Mail
• Disk defragmentation
• MailWasher
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~PA Bear