Compacting folders question

Hi everyone,

I am running xpsp2 and use OE 6...

I compact all folders in OE on a regular basis (ie every day), and have been
doing this for a long time. I just noticed something today that I never
noticed before (I don't think - or at least not on a regular basis). When I
click "compact all folders" it puts up two boxes (the one I'm used to in the
center, and a "new one" that I do not recall, which says "copying", and is
located to the upper left of the regular box in the center. After the upper
left box gets done copying whatever it is copying, it closes and then the
center box finishes the compacting process.

Can someone please tell me what could have caused this second box to appear
all of a sudden. I seriously doubt it has anything to do with any of the
windows security updates (I just updated windows today). Could something be
wrong here.

Thanks for any help you can provide...Pete


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