Re: Outlook Express Help Please

File>Work Offline & View>Layout - Uncheck the Preview Pane. See if you can delete it now. If not:

Create a local folder and move all messages you wish to save form the Inbox to the new folder. Then:

Tools>Options>Maintenance>Store folder will reveal the
location of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to
highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then
Start>Run>Ctrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK
and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location
down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WindowsXP & 2K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by
default marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must
enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control
Panel>Folder Options>View.

With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in
question {Inbox.dbx} and delete it.  A new one will be
created automatically when you open OE and any mail
not moved, including the problem message, will be gone.

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will
eventually
become corrupted. 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 100MB, and Default
folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders
manually
while working *offline* and do it often.

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.

In Tools>Options>Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages
in background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

   Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
       ~IB-CA~

"sharpie" <sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ezYEyoaTFHA.3152@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have an email in my inbox that will no go away, I can't click on it or everything freezes, I've tried deleting it but no luck.

Can someone help me, I want this email gone. :(


Thanks,
Sharpie


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