Compacting Outlook Express Folders

[CurtainMary]

Using XP, at the most inconvenient times Outlook Express 6 decides it want to
do a compact to give me more disc space. I can cancel at first but after a
few refusals it goes ahead anyway. How can I stop this please, I don't need
extra disc space anyway.

 

[Gordon]

Using XP, at the most inconvenient times Outlook Express 6

This newsgroup is for support of Outlook
97/98/2000/2002/2003/2007 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general (for OE 6), or
an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're
accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
Good luck!

 

[M]

Using XP, at the most inconvenient times Outlook Express 6 decides it want to
do a compact to give me more disc space. I can cancel at first but after a
few refusals it goes ahead anyway. How can I stop this please, I don't need
extra disc space anyway.

If you don't compact, you will be sorry when one fine day all your
messages are gone. The message is misleading and how much disk space you
have is irrelevant.

As Outlook Express is no longer supported by Microsoft, I recommend you
look into using Thunderbird. It has real time spell check, an excellent
junk filter and much easier to back up than Outlook Express. Get it at
http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird. It's free. Oh, and you can set it to
compact automatically and you will barely notice it when it does it.

M

 

[Bob I]

Do you want to keep your emails? Keep canceling and eventually the file
won't open.

 

[CurtainMary]

Thanks every one, I have converted my mail to MS Outlook 2003, taking on
board that Outlook Express is no longer supported.

 

[JaneEllen]

Using XP, at the most inconvenient times Outlook Express 6 decides it want to
do a compact to give me more disc space. I can cancel at first but after a
few refusals it goes ahead anyway. How can I stop this please, I don't need
extra disc space anyway.

HI,
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question: I have been
dealing with this issue as well BUT although Express seems to still be
installed on my computer I use Office Outlook. My fear about removing Express
is that my Outlook could be affected especially my address books. Any insight
on this? Thanks,

 

[CurtainMary]

Hi, I had the same thoughts and left Express just sitting there.

 

[JaneEllen]

But the same thing will keep happening. Anyone out there know if we can
uninstall Outlook Express without impacting Outlook?
Thanks.

 

[Gordon]

HI,
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question: I have been
dealing with this issue as well BUT although Express seems to still be
installed on my computer I use Office Outlook. My fear about removing
Express
is that my Outlook could be affected especially my address books. Any
insight
on this? Thanks,

Outlook does not share any data with Outlook Express.
Just don't open Outlook Express. Anyway, if you are on XP you CAN'T remove
OE.