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  #31  
Old September 1st, 2008, 10:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Michael Santovec
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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






  #32  
Old September 2nd, 2008, 10:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Dachshound
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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


  #33  
Old September 3rd, 2008, 03:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Michael Santovec
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You are welcome and thanks for the feedback.

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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



  #34  
Old October 8th, 2009, 08:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Luella Nelson
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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.
  #35  
Old October 9th, 2009, 11:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Michael Santovec
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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.



  #36  
Old October 10th, 2009, 01:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Steve Cochran
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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.



  #37  
Old October 17th, 2009, 10:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
HG520s
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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.



  #38  
Old May 3rd, 2010, 08:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Leif
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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?

  #39  
Old May 3rd, 2010, 08:58 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Bruce Hagen[_4_]
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Is Windows Search installed?
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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?


  #40  
Old May 3rd, 2010, 09:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
PA Bear [MS MVP]
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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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