Unable to delete message from Vista INBOX

[Guest]

I have a message in my INBOX which cannot be deleted/moved/forwarded etc. It
is not affecting me sending or receiving other mail. I moved all my INBOX
messages to a temporary folder (INBOX TEMP) except the one that I cannot move
and then went to the actual location of the INBOX folder (APP
DATA\LOCAL\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS MAIL\LOCAL FOLDERS\INBOX). There is only one
file appearing which is WINMAIL.FOL.
How can I delete this message which looks like it is in the INBOX but does
not appear as an .EML file?
Just before this problem I had the BSOG. I did a restore back to previous
day but that did not solve the problem.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
Alan

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

There is a report that the Microsoft fix which is ostensibly for
messages stuck in the outbox:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941090
will also work for messages stuck in other folders.
So give it a try. I don't think it would do any further damage.

Gary VanderMolen

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the excellent work around to eliminate my stuck message in the
INBOX.
Very thorough step by step process to follow.
I did take one shortcut in the Restore Messages step by selectively
importing the messages from the saved folder.
I had previously moved all messages from INBOX to another folder so I was
able to use the selective import process without importing the old INBOX and
everything worked fine.

I notice in WINDOWS MAIL folder now that there is no BACKUP folder or
MICROSOFT COMMUNITIES.
Is that going to cause problems?

The STATIONERY folder was also missing but I was able to copy that from a
2nd User that is set up on this PC.

Thanks again for your help.

Alan Carter

 

[Guest]

I have a message in my INBOX which cannot be deleted/moved/forwarded etc. It
is not affecting me sending or receiving other mail. I moved all my INBOX
messages to a temporary folder (INBOX TEMP) except the one that I cannot move
and then went to the actual location of the INBOX folder (APP
DATA\LOCAL\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS MAIL\LOCAL FOLDERS\INBOX). There is only one
file appearing which is WINMAIL.FOL.
How can I delete this message which looks like it is in the INBOX but does
not appear as an .EML file?
Just before this problem I had the BSOG. I did a restore back to previous
day but that did not solve the problem.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
Alan