How can I clean up my dbx folderes

At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted files
still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in Outlook Express
is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus increase the size of my
images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then make a
new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not want to
delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose all recent
messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now only does newsgroups. Compact
as follows and you'll see the dbx files reduce in size.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

Compact Your OE Folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in Outlook
Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus increase the
size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then make
a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not want
to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose all
recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working
offline"...especially before backing up data! More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Do not cancel Automatic Compacting, should it occur, and do not attempt to
close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if Automatic Compacting
is taking place.

- Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause
corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and provides no additional protection:

Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tuto...ning/index.htm

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Walter R. wrote:
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files
still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in Outlook
Express
is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus increase the size of my
images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then make
a
new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not want to
delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose all recent
messages.

?

Thanks, Bruce, but it did not work. I followed your instructions to the
letter but the dbx file for deleted items still shows 37 MB of stuff that
does not show up in Deleted Items folder in Outlook Express.

Anything else that may be wrong?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now only does newsgroups. Compact
as follows and you'll see the dbx files reduce in size.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

Compact Your OE Folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in
Outlook Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus
increase the size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then
make a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not
want to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose
all recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-

[Could be Deleted Items.dbx for another identity]

Walter R. wrote:
Thanks, Bruce, but it did not work. I followed your instructions to the
letter but the dbx file for deleted items still shows 37 MB of stuff that
does not show up in Deleted Items folder in Outlook Express.

Anything else that may be wrong?

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now only does newsgroups.
Compact
as follows and you'll see the dbx files reduce in size.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

Compact Your OE Folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that
has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in
Outlook Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus
increase the size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then
make a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not
want to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose
all recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-

Deleted items.dbx could be corrupted.
Move any items that you want to keep out of Deleted Items.
Close OE.
Delete Deleted items.dbx. (or move deleted item.dbx out of the OE store
folder)
--
Ron Sommer
MVP-Mail

"Walter R." wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce, but it did not work. I followed your instructions to the
letter but the dbx file for deleted items still shows 37 MB of stuff that
does not show up in Deleted Items folder in Outlook Express.

Anything else that may be wrong?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now only does newsgroups.
Compact as follows and you'll see the dbx files reduce in size.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

Compact Your OE Folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that
has accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in
Outlook Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus
increase the size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then
make a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not
want to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose
all recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-

"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in Outlook
Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus increase the
size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then make
a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not want
to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose all
recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-

"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in Outlook
Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus increase the
size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then make
a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not want
to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose all
recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in
Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

Is that the *exact* place you are looking? As PA Bear said, you are probably
compacting one identities store folder and looking at another for results.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Walter R." wrote in message
...
Thanks, Bruce, but it did not work. I followed your instructions to the
letter but the dbx file for deleted items still shows 37 MB of stuff that
does not show up in Deleted Items folder in Outlook Express.

Anything else that may be wrong?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Clean Up Now only does newsgroups.
Compact as follows and you'll see the dbx files reduce in size.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

Compact Your OE Folders:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that
has accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in
Outlook Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus
increase the size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then
make a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not
want to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose
all recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-

Thank you all. My fault. I did not click on "Outlook Express". Brain is
getting old and sluggish!

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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"Walter R." wrote in message
...
At the end of each month I make an image of my system. (Acronis)

In preparation, I get rid of temp files and other unneeded stuff that has
accumulated during the month.

I then clean out the Outlook express files in Options Maintenance.

I then clean up the files in Outlook Express, leaving only one month of
messages: Deleted files, Inbox and Sent items

However, when in look in the OE folder in Doc. & Settings, all the dbx
folders that I cleaned up still show many MB of messages. E.g. Deleted
files still shows 37 MB of deleted messages although the folder in Outlook
Express is empty. These files keep getting larger and thus increase the
size of my images.

How can I clean up all of the content of the dbx files? I know, I could
dispose of the deleted files by deleting the dbx folder. OE will then make
a new deleted folder when I open up OE the next time. But, I do not want
to delete the Inbox folder or the Sent Items Folder because I lose all
recent messages.

?

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
-