Re: Compacted?
From: Alias (aka_at_maskedandanonymous.com)
Date: 12/02/04
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 19:18:50 +0100
He's referring to the window that comes up every 100 times that you close OE
and offers to compact your messages, not ordinary OE maintenance. It does
not come up until after you've closed OE. Are you saying one should reopen
OE before clicking on YES? If so, how come the little window that comes up
offering to compact your messages says nothing about reopening OE, be sure
to does this off line, etc.? Personally, I have been leaving my OE open much
more now than before so I don't have to wonder what will happen to my
messages the next time that dratted little window makes the scene. On the
positive side, though, my OE is backed up much more frequently than before.
Alias
"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote
: It sounds like you may have closed OE while the compacting was in
progress.
: For best reliability and performance:
:
: Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
: folders created for this purpose.
:
: Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
: compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. Whether doing so
: manually or letting Windows do it automatically, do not close OE until the
: compacting has finished.
:
: Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
: corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
:
: Now about your missing messages:
:
: Start here: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone.
: ~~~~~~~~~~~
: DBXtract
: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
:
: DBXtend (additional functionality)
: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
:
: DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
: ~~~~~~~~~~~
: In WindowsXP, 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.
:
: For lost Inbox messages:
: Inbox.dbx is damaged. Close OE and then Move Inbox.dbx from your store
: folder (http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/store.htm) to another Windows
: (not OE) folder and run any of the above applications on the moved file.
(A
: new, empty Inbox.dbx will be created when you next open OE.)
:
: Other folders:
: Close OE. Move the associated DBX file to another Windows folder and run
: any of the above applications on the moved file.
:
: If one of the above applications successfully recovers any messages, count
: yourself fortunate. Do *not* import the moved DBX file back into OE!
: Recovered messages may be dragged into an open OE folder.
:
: Good luck.
: --
: ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
: MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE)
:
: Duane Goertson wrote:
: > When closing Outlook Express I recently had a window appear asking if I
: > wanted to 'compact' my email indicating that this would save space on my
: > hard drive. I did not want to do this so I ignored the window for a few
: > days but became annoyed at it after a while & decided to click where it
: > said to click in order not to see the window in the future. After
: > clicking on the 'OK' I believed that clicking on the 'OK' would only
: > approve the message not to show the window in the future. Not so. All
of
: > my email messages saved in many different folders and the folders as
well
: > (within OE) disappeared and I haven't been able to find them.
: >
: > Since the message said 'compact' I think that the missing emails must be
: > on my computer somewhere but have been unable to locate them. Any help
: > that you offer will be greatly appreciated.
: >
: > Thank you.
: >
: > Duane
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