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Outlook express asks to compress
I have just bought a new PC. OS is Window XP. And the version of Outlook
express is 6. Why it always ask me to compress email. Even when I just switch on the pc and OE not yet opened. Please help. Anywhere I can choose for not asking me to compress? |
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Outlook express asks to compress
Have you let it compact yet? If you do and you still see the prompt, is
Windows Search installed? 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. ***Never touch anything until the compacting is finished.*** 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. If you compact manually, at your convenience, this will also set the counter back to zero. 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 300MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. And backup often. Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware) http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Leg" wrote in message ... I have just bought a new PC. OS is Window XP. And the version of Outlook express is 6. Why it always ask me to compress email. Even when I just switch on the pc and OE not yet opened. Please help. Anywhere I can choose for not asking me to compress? |
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Outlook express asks to compress
تم كتابة "Leg" في أخبار ... I have just bought a new PC. OS is Window XP. And the version of Outlook express is 6. Why it always ask me to compress email. Even when I just switch on the pc and OE not yet opened. Please help. Anywhere I can choose for not asking me to compress? |
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