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That is the Nero Scout program. If you don't have the documentation,
you can get it he ftp://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero...oScout_Enu.pdf There is an option to exclude selected file types from Indexing. Be sure to add ..DBX;.EML;.NWS; to the list so that it doesn't try indexing OE files. Let us know if that helps. -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm "Dachshound" wrote in message ... Well, now I can't find who had suggested to install Registry Monitor from Sysinternals.com, but in my case - WinXP, SP3, regular use of Outlook Express - I clearly see that each 2o secs the NMIndexStoreSvr (service?) queries the value: "Compact Check Count', and sets a new value here, incrementing by one. When the value reaches 100 (decimal), the annoying message prompt re-appears. I have one crucial question he what side effects are to be expected by stopping the service which triggers the counter update in background, causing that after a little longer than half an hour after compacting we see the message again? What is the service name to look for in computer management? I am aware that this is not solving the root cause, but it is obvious that though SP3 is one thing in common of these problems, they are triggered by co-incidental influence of many other codes... "Michael Santovec" wrote: Something screwy is going with OE after installing XP SP3 with some people. Most people don't seem to be affected but a few are. Several other programs have been implicated, but even then, not everyone with those programs are affected. -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm "Opinicus" wrote in message ... "Michael Santovec" 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. 8! 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? -- Bob http://www.kanyak.com |
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Thanks guys, it helped immediately to fix the annoying behaviour. For
simplicity I followed the advice of Michael Santovec, and specified the three file extensions in Nero Scout program for excluding from Indexing job. Since that very moment the NMIndexStoreSvr stopped to update the Compact Check counter value in registry, and the message disappeared. Thanks again - if only the same symptoms caused by different codes are so easy to fix. Very useful advice! "Michael Santovec" wrote: That is the Nero Scout program. If you don't have the documentation, you can get it he ftp://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero...oScout_Enu.pdf There is an option to exclude selected file types from Indexing. Be sure to add ..DBX;.EML;.NWS; to the list so that it doesn't try indexing OE files. Let us know if that helps. -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm |
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You are welcome and thanks for the feedback.
-- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm "Dachshound" wrote in message ... Thanks guys, it helped immediately to fix the annoying behaviour. For simplicity I followed the advice of Michael Santovec, and specified the three file extensions in Nero Scout program for excluding from Indexing job. Since that very moment the NMIndexStoreSvr stopped to update the Compact Check counter value in registry, and the message disappeared. Thanks again - if only the same symptoms caused by different codes are so easy to fix. Very useful advice! "Michael Santovec" wrote: That is the Nero Scout program. If you don't have the documentation, you can get it he ftp://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero...oScout_Enu.pdf There is an option to exclude selected file types from Indexing. Be sure to add ..DBX;.EML;.NWS; to the list so that it doesn't try indexing OE files. Let us know if that helps. -- Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm |
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"Bobm0001" wrote: For some reason, the "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages" reminder is popping up on my computer within two days of my last compacting. Plus, it doesn't wait until I'm closing out of Outlook. It just pops up and, if I cancel it, pops up again in about three minutes or less. The only change I've made to my system recently is installing as new, much larger hard drive. I can see the value of compacting messages, but this is becoming bothersome. What can I do? So, for those of us who do not use Outlook Express AT ALL, is there a way to uninstall the program? It doesn't show up in add/remove programs, or it would already be gone from my system. |
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You can't really uninstall Outlook Express, it's part of the operating
system. Do you have Windows Live Mail installed? If so, make sure that it is the default application for both EML and NWS files. If you don't have Windows Live Mail installed, then make Notepad the default for EML and NWS files. -- Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us "Luella Nelson" wrote in message ... "Bobm0001" wrote: For some reason, the "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages" reminder is popping up on my computer within two days of my last compacting. Plus, it doesn't wait until I'm closing out of Outlook. It just pops up and, if I cancel it, pops up again in about three minutes or less. The only change I've made to my system recently is installing as new, much larger hard drive. I can see the value of compacting messages, but this is becoming bothersome. What can I do? So, for those of us who do not use Outlook Express AT ALL, is there a way to uninstall the program? It doesn't show up in add/remove programs, or it would already be gone from my system. |
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As Michael indicates, you cannot uninstall OE. If you are getting the
prompt to compact, then some 3rd party program is running in the background and accessing OE, so you need to figure out what that is and disable it. Windows Desktop Search seems to be the biggest culprit. You can prevent OE from running by making the inbox.dbx file readonly, but that's unlikely to stop the compact check prompt. steve "Luella Nelson" wrote in message ... "Bobm0001" wrote: For some reason, the "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages" reminder is popping up on my computer within two days of my last compacting. Plus, it doesn't wait until I'm closing out of Outlook. It just pops up and, if I cancel it, pops up again in about three minutes or less. The only change I've made to my system recently is installing as new, much larger hard drive. I can see the value of compacting messages, but this is becoming bothersome. What can I do? So, for those of us who do not use Outlook Express AT ALL, is there a way to uninstall the program? It doesn't show up in add/remove programs, or it would already be gone from my system. |
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"Luella Nelson" wrote in message ... "Bobm0001" wrote: For some reason, the "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages" reminder is popping up on my computer within two days of my last compacting. Plus, it doesn't wait until I'm closing out of Outlook. It just pops up and, if I cancel it, pops up again in about three minutes or less. The only change I've made to my system recently is installing as new, much larger hard drive. I can see the value of compacting messages, but this is becoming bothersome. What can I do? So, for those of us who do not use Outlook Express AT ALL, is there a way to uninstall the program? It doesn't show up in add/remove programs, or it would already be gone from my system. |
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I get the same message - even though i removed Outlook express form the
installed Windows components. I got tired of slow Vista - downgraded to XP and got the problem. I would like the porblem solved. regards Leif "Bobm0001" wrote: For some reason, the "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages" reminder is popping up on my computer within two days of my last compacting. Plus, it doesn't wait until I'm closing out of Outlook. It just pops up and, if I cancel it, pops up again in about three minutes or less. The only change I've made to my system recently is installing as new, much larger hard drive. I can see the value of compacting messages, but this is becoming bothersome. What can I do? |
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Is Windows Search installed?
-- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Leif" wrote in message ... I get the same message - even though i removed Outlook express form the installed Windows components. I got tired of slow Vista - downgraded to XP and got the problem. I would like the porblem solved. regards Leif "Bobm0001" wrote: For some reason, the "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages" reminder is popping up on my computer within two days of my last compacting. Plus, it doesn't wait until I'm closing out of Outlook. It just pops up and, if I cancel it, pops up again in about three minutes or less. The only change I've made to my system recently is installing as new, much larger hard drive. I can see the value of compacting messages, but this is becoming bothersome. What can I do? |
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Have you read ANY of the other 35+ posts in this thread (which dates from
June 2008)? Leif wrote: I get the same message - even though i removed Outlook express form the installed Windows components. I got tired of slow Vista - downgraded to XP and got the problem. I would like the porblem solved. regards Leif "Bobm0001" wrote: For some reason, the "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages" reminder is popping up on my computer within two days of my last compacting. Plus, it doesn't wait until I'm closing out of Outlook. It just pops up and, if I cancel it, pops up again in about three minutes or less. The only change I've made to my system recently is installing as new, much larger hard drive. I can see the value of compacting messages, but this is becoming bothersome. What can I do? |
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