[Garry Douglas]

Is there a way to prevent OE6 spontaneously compacting folders and deleting
messages?

Either I'm missing something obvious but I can't find an option in
Tools/Options/Maintenance to control how and when messages are deleted.

Even when I click on Cancel during the compaction it does not seem to have
any effect.

Thanks

Garry Douglas

Version numbers 6.00.2900.2180 XP Home SP2

[Alias]

You should let it do it. Canceling it, or worse, ticking the "do not show
this again" box can cause message loss. It cannot be disabled and will
appear every 100th time you close OE.

Do not store messages in any of the default folders such as Deleted Items,
Sent Items, Drafts or Inbox. Create new folders as sub folders to Local
Folders for storage. Never let a folder get over 100MB. You should also
continually back up your OE in case this happens again.

Alias

"Garry Douglas" <garry.SPMOFFdouglas@tiscali.co.uk> wrote

> Is there a way to prevent OE6 spontaneously compacting folders and
> deleting messages?
>
> Either I'm missing something obvious but I can't find an option in
> Tools/Options/Maintenance to control how and when messages are deleted.
>
> Even when I click on Cancel during the compaction it does not seem to have
> any effect.
>
> Thanks
>
> Garry Douglas
>
> Version numbers 6.00.2900.2180 XP Home SP2
>
>
>

[Erronius]

"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
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> You should let it do it. Canceling it, or worse, ticking the "do not show
> this again" box can cause message loss. It cannot be disabled and will
> appear every 100th time you close OE.
>
> Do not store messages in any of the default folders such as Deleted Items,
> Sent Items, Drafts or Inbox. Create new folders as sub folders to Local
> Folders for storage. Never let a folder get over 100MB. You should also
> continually back up your OE in case this happens again.

I started using OLE 6 SP2 for the first time just recently and I checked the
"do not show this message box again" option without thinking it through.
Offhand, is there a way to re-enable it?

[Alias]

"Erronius" <Erronius@warmtoast.com> wrote
> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote

>> You should let it do it. Canceling it, or worse, ticking the "do not show
>> this again" box can cause message loss. It cannot be disabled and will
>> appear every 100th time you close OE.
>>
>> Do not store messages in any of the default folders such as Deleted
>> Items, Sent Items, Drafts or Inbox. Create new folders as sub folders to
>> Local Folders for storage. Never let a folder get over 100MB. You should
>> also continually back up your OE in case this happens again.
>
> I started using OLE 6 SP2 for the first time just recently and I checked
> the "do not show this message box again" option without thinking it
> through. Offhand, is there a way to re-enable it?

I don't know, sorry.

Alias

[Erronius]

"Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
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> I don't know, sorry.
>
> Alias

OK - appreciate it and thanks.

[Bruce Hagen]

Replace the Compact Prompt:

Go to: Start>Run>Regedit>Enter and follow this path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0\Don't Show Dialogs.

In the right pane right click on the appropriate entry and choose Delete.


Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

"Erronius" <Erronius@warmtoast.com> wrote in message
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> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
> news:OSkMyGMeFHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>> I don't know, sorry.
>>
>> Alias
>
> OK - appreciate it and thanks.
>

[Garry Douglas]

"Erronius" <Erronius@warmtoast.com> wrote in message
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> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
> news:%236TS1hLeFHA.2844@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> You should let it do it. Canceling it, or worse, ticking the "do not show
>> this again" box can cause message loss. It cannot be disabled and will
>> appear every 100th time you close OE.

If I let it run, will it physically delete the messages or just
compress/compact the files but still leave them available?

Thanks

Garry

[Alias]

"Garry Douglas" <garry.SPMOFFdouglas@tiscali.co.uk> wrote
>
> "Erronius" <Erronius@warmtoast.com> wrote
>> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote
>>> You should let it do it. Canceling it, or worse, ticking the "do not
>>> show this again" box can cause message loss. It cannot be disabled and
>>> will appear every 100th time you close OE.
>
> If I let it run, will it physically delete the messages or just
> compress/compact the files but still leave them available?
>
> Thanks
>
> Garry

I have let it do its thing about ten times with no problems. However, I back
up constantly and OE is always the last thing that I close. I never store
messages in the default folders such as Sent Items, Deleted Items or Inbox.

Alias

[Bruce Hagen]

It won't delete the messages as long as you don't touch anything until it
stops. It is akin to Defragging. Just get rid of wasted space.

For the future, I highly recommend OETool.

Steve Cochran has added a button in his new version of OE Tool
that will not only Compact All Folders, but at the same time,
resets the "Compact Check Count" to zero whenever you compact
manually. You will see the prompt again if you do not compact
before 100 closings.

http://www.oehelp.com/OETool/

It is still advised to check Work Offline before you compact.

Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~



"Garry Douglas" <garry.SPMOFFdouglas@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Erronius" <Erronius@warmtoast.com> wrote in message
> news:OPEr83LeFHA.1684@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message
>> news:%236TS1hLeFHA.2844@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> You should let it do it. Canceling it, or worse, ticking the "do not
>>> show this again" box can cause message loss. It cannot be disabled and
>>> will appear every 100th time you close OE.
>
> If I let it run, will it physically delete the messages or just
> compress/compact the files but still leave them available?
>
> Thanks
>
> Garry
>

[Garry Douglas]

"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
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> It won't delete the messages as long as you don't touch anything until it
> stops. It is akin to Defragging. Just get rid of wasted space.
>
> For the future, I highly recommend OETool.
>
> Steve Cochran has added a button in his new version of OE Tool
> that will not only Compact All Folders, but at the same time,
> resets the "Compact Check Count" to zero whenever you compact
> manually. You will see the prompt again if you do not compact
> before 100 closings.
>
> http://www.oehelp.com/OETool/
>
> It is still advised to check Work Offline before you compact.

Thanks for the advice. I'll check out OETool.

Garry






>

[Steve Cochran]

They really blundered with this in SP2. You also need to backup frequently
to prevent OE from trashing your messages automatically.

Get OEQB with OETool and you can backup with a click of a button just prior
to compacting all, to ensure that you don't lose the messages due to OE's
lousy programming.

steve

"Garry Douglas" <garry.SPMOFFdouglas@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23AUV$ROeFHA.3836@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> It won't delete the messages as long as you don't touch anything until it
>> stops. It is akin to Defragging. Just get rid of wasted space.
>>
>> For the future, I highly recommend OETool.
>>
>> Steve Cochran has added a button in his new version of OE Tool
>> that will not only Compact All Folders, but at the same time,
>> resets the "Compact Check Count" to zero whenever you compact
>> manually. You will see the prompt again if you do not compact
>> before 100 closings.
>>
>> http://www.oehelp.com/OETool/
>>
>> It is still advised to check Work Offline before you compact.
>
> Thanks for the advice. I'll check out OETool.
>
> Garry
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>
>

[Erronius]

"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@mymail.invalid> wrote in message
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> Replace the Compact Prompt:
>
> Go to: Start>Run>Regedit>Enter and follow this path:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express\5.0\Don't Show Dialogs.
>
> In the right pane right click on the appropriate entry and choose Delete.

Thanks, Bruce.