Compacting

[SD]

I found today a bunch of files in my recycle bin with the extension .bak. I
did not delete these files myself so I am wondering how they got there.
Could this occur during compacting in Winxp?.

 

[SD]

Rather then emptying the recycle bin I moved the files to a folder on
another drive.
Comments? Thanks.

 

[Gordon]

I found today a bunch of files in my recycle bin with the extension .bak. I
did not delete these files myself so I am wondering how they got there.
Could this occur during compacting in Winxp?.

It's your Outlook express. that's how it now compacts files - it makes a
backup copy of all your data in the recycle bin....

 

[Tom Willett]

It's the compacting done in Outlook Express.
Visit the OE newsgroup for more info.

|I found today a bunch of files in my recycle bin with the extension .bak. I
| did not delete these files myself so I am wondering how they got there.
| Could this occur during compacting in Winxp?.
|
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[SD]

Gordon, Tom Willett, thanks for your replies.
I suspected as much due to the fact that all these files refer to folders in
outlook express. I create folders in OE then move messages from the inbox to
separate folders to save them for future reference in some cases.
Thanks again.