Windows Mail Deleted Items appears empty but isn't...

[Steven Russell]

Windows Mail Deleted Items appears empty but isn't, when I click 'Properties'
it tells me there is almost 6000 messages in the folder. How do fix this?!

 

[mac]

Windows Mail Deleted Items appears empty but isn't, when I click
'Properties'
it tells me there is almost 6000 messages in the folder. How do fix
this?!

Apply the following fix to see if this clears them?

"Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer
that is running Windows Vista"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

 

[mac]

Windows Mail Deleted Items appears empty but isn't, when I click
'Properties'
it tells me there is almost 6000 messages in the folder. How do fix
this?!

Apply the following fix to see if this clears them?

"Messages may be stuck in the Outbox when you use Windows Mail on a computer
that is running Windows Vista"

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

It works for all folders, not just the Outbox.

 

[Guest]

Windows Mail Deleted Items appears empty but isn't, when I click
'Properties'
it tells me there is almost 6000 messages in the folder. How do fix
this?!

Click on Deleted Items, then View, then Current View, then Show All
Messages.

 

[Steven Russell]

Do you think that wasn't the first thing I tried?

 

[Steven Russell]

Thanks Mac, I tried that update already, which doesn't apply to my system
apparantly. Can you think of anything else I can try?

 

[Guest]

You didn't say so. Many people posting here need to be told.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Just a thought -- could it perhaps be those mysterious "0-byte" files?


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[mac]

Thanks Mac, I tried that update already, which doesn't apply to my system
apparantly. Can you think of anything else I can try?

Try going to Tools>options>advanced>maintenance>reduce the 100 closings to
1>apply/OK.

Close WM and let it compact the message store (remove wasted space), do not
touch the PC until the process is completed.
Did that move the ghost messages?
Go back and restore the 100 setting.

 

[Cal Bear '66]

Yeah, the WMUtil utility will tell him if he has any 0-byte files and it will
also easily remove them.


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