.bak files not in Recycle Bin after compact

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My files still compact, but normally you would see the .bak files being
copied and filling the Recycle Bin during the process. I'm not seeing that
anymore and after it's done compacting, there are no .bak files in the
Recycle Bin

I recently deleted hundreds of e-mails, but I don't think that should matter

I may have changed something in the Registry with Regedit, but I couldn't
find anything

Can't do a System Restore because that only keeps one Restore point from the
previous day (but that's another problem I'll post about)

I'm running XP Pro SP 2

Thanks!
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  • Re: Backup *.dbx Folders
    ... Now when you compact, a copy of your dbx files are sent to the Recycle Bin in the event that something should go wrong and messages, or entire folders, are lost when you are compacting. ... Many people do not back up Outlook Express on a regular basis. ... You can empty the Recycle Bin any time you want and the bak files will go away until you compact again. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: *.BAK folders in Recycle Bin
    ... Now when you compact, a copy of your dbx files are sent to the Recycle Bin in the event that something should go wrong and messages, or entire folders, are lost when you are compacting. ... Many people do not back up Outlook Express on a regular basis. ... You can empty the Recycle Bin any time you want and the bak files will go away until you compact again. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: .bak files not in Recycle Bin after compact
    ... does it go to the Recycle Bin or not? ... My files still compact, but normally you would see the .bak files ... Can't do a System Restore because that only keeps one Restore point from ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Lost two months of messages from my inbox
    ... The dbx file likely no longer has the messages in it, and since you've deleted the bak files in the Recycle bin, then, without a backup, the only chance you have is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress, as Bruce indicated. ... Staurday O.E asked me if I wanted to compact my files and as usual I agreed. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Why the recycle bin??????
    ... Now when you compact, a copy of your dbx files are sent to the Recycle Bin in the event that something should go wrong and messages, or entire folders are lost when you are compacting. ... Many people do not back up Outlook Express on a regular basis. ... You can empty the Recycle Bin any time you want and the bak files will go away until you compact again. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)