You're welcome, thanks for posting back.
Kath

wrote:
Thank You very much. This advice was dead on!

Steve
"Kath Adams" wrote in message
...
Toolsoptionsmaintenancestore folder and note the location.
Close OE.
In Windows Explorer, navigate to the place noted and delete Deleted
Items.dbx
Re-open OE and all should be well.

Note that you may have to enable "show hidden files and folders"
under control panelfolder optionsview before you can find and
delete the folder, depending on your operating system.

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Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)

wrote:
I did have some old eamils in my inbox, mostly concerning passwords
to various sites. I moved them to a sub folder

I unticed preview vane and apllied it, but I still can't delete any
emails in any of the folders.

Does anybody else have any ides about how to get rid of my emails?