Re: OE error message question

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In WinXP SP2 and despite how often you compact all folders manually, OE will offer to compact all folders every 100 times you close OE. If you reply No to the prompt when you see it, the compacting takes place anyway. Furthermore, you won't see the prompt when it comes up again anytime in future!

From the behavior you describe, I suspect you chose No to this prompt and
what you're see is OE trying to complete the automatic compacting: Just let it do so. WARNING: Attempting to close OE via Task Manager or shutting down the machine while the automatic compacting is taking place puts you at risk of losing your entire message store!

Despite repeated and quite vocal pleas from OE MVPs, the OE Team still hasn't provided a KB article documenting this automatic compacting feature (and the risks of shutting down OE or Windows while it's taking place).

To reset the "Compact Count" in the Registry, see

OE - Reset Compact Check Count to 0 (Line 367, Left)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

MVP Steve Cochran's handy-dandy OETool has a button to compact all folders. As an added bonus, using it also resets the Compact Count: http://www.oehelp.com/OETool/Default.aspx
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

CC: OE Team


Mary wrote: 
Yes, thank you.

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Oy370lmqFHA.1032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Nevermind about the numbers. Does the problem about which you post
> occur on a machine running WinXP SP2?
> --
> Mary wrote:
> > It says 6.00.2900.2180. What does this mean?
> > "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:ug2jsMmqFHA.2276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Are you posting from the problem machine (Microsoft Outlook Express
> > > 6.00.2900.2527)?
> > > --
> > > Mary wrote:
> > > > If I open OE and check my Hotmail account, nine times out of ten
> > > > it will hang and I have to close OE and then try to restart it
> > > > but that never works. I get the following error message which
> > > > means I have to restart the computer everytime
> > > >
> > > > "OE cannot be started due to another instance of it is still
> > > > running on your computer. Please log off of Windows, and then
> > > > restart Outlook
> > > > Express. If the problem persists, save your work, and then restart
> > > > your computer".
> > > > I could not find another instance of it running on my computer. I
> > > > have done all the cleanup stuff including compacting the files
> > > > offline. This is so frustrating. Any suggestions. Thanks 

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