Re: Where are Compacted OE Messages stored ???

Compacting only removes space taken up by moved or deleted messages. It doesn't move any. Did you lose any messages?

Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact

About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Compacting your folders periodically is a must to keep OE functioning well and at some point, you may lose all your saved messages if you don't. When you delete, or move messages, the space they had used remains until you compact. Never touch anything until the compacting is finished.

See:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

With SP2, automatic background compacting was removed due to problems it caused. Now you will get a prompt to compact after 100 OE closings, which you should do, and don't touch anything until it has finished. If you compact manually, at your convenience, this will also set the counter back to zero. See this for more information:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

If you are fully patched, you will also now see a copy of your dbx files being copied to the Recycle Bin as BAK files. Should something go awry when compacting, the messages can easily be restored from this backup. A manual compact will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now.

For more info, see the information outlined in red here:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

To keep things running smooth, and for faster compacting:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupt and you may lose mail. 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.

And backup often.

Backup and Restore:

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Bubey" <catlov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eesED6DtIHA.1436@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Where are the Compacted msg's stored? I understand
that it's important to say yes to compacting but where
do I find the old msg when I need to get to it?
I have goggled and googled but can't find an answer.


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