Have you looked in the recycle bin?
Compacting folders now puts copies of your message stores in the recycle bin
in the form of backup files (.BAK).
I am not sure how this has affected your IE history.
"oldtimerkdr" <oldtimerkdr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3FAC632F-2F21-4923-A92C-476BEB6D5A0D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I received a popup that (I believe) said compacting messages would free up
disc space and improve performance. I did that. Now all my personal
folders
(in OE6) are gone plus when I click on "History" for previous websites
visited (Internet Explorer), there is nothing there.
- I may have clicked on something else before the compacting process was
complete, because it starting acting screwy when I did
- I have done a "System Restore" to dates prior to the compacting and they
still aren't there
Re: Compact messages ... cerning the fix that started that recycle bin "redundancy". ... the .bak update, the recycle bin is left intact. ... Do not archive mail in default OE folders.... follow up by compacting your folders manually while ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Re: OE6.0 compact question ... My normal method of using the computer is to ... In other words, work OE each day, but work the recycle bin one day ... My only question would be a REAL concern about my procedure of compacting... check every folder to see that messages are still intact, ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Re: OE6.0 compact question ...Dudley Henriques wrote: ... I guess with this new update running the baks into the bin, the safest method to do this now would be to alter the procedure a bit and leave the recycle bin alone after compaction to be deleted the next day, always working one day behind for clearing the bin. ... The other thing I do when I compact is to click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree, get rid of the folder tree and, like you, go off line. ... Does this mean I now have to reopen OE every night after compacting and check every folder to see that messages are still intact, then go into the recycle bin and empty it? ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Re: OE6.0 compact question ... I guess with this new update running the baks into the bin, the safest method to do this now would be to alter the procedure a bit and leave the recycle bin alone after compaction to be deleted the next day, always working one day behind for clearing the bin. ... The other thing I do when I compact is to click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree, get rid of the folder tree and, like you, go off line. ... My only question would be a REAL concern about my procedure of compacting every night. ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Re: OE6.0 compact question ... Is it better to click it closed before compacting?... work the recycle bin one day later all the time. ... at the top of the folder tree, get rid of the folder tree and, like you, ... Am I missing something here? ... (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
