If I delete emails in Express - will I lose them in Outlook 2007?

J

Johnnyivan

Hi All,
It looks like I can't uninstall Outlook Express 6, but can I delete all the
emails from it without losing the same ones that are in Outlook 2007?

Thanks!
John
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Yes, Outlook Express and Microsoft Office Outlook are 2 completely different
email applications which both have their own message store.
If you don't want to use Outlook Express anymore, you might also want to
remove the email account you had configured there.
 
J

Johnnyivan

Good old Robert again!

So ok to:

• Delete all mail and folders within Express
• Delete/Remove accounts within Express
• Find Express' PST file and delete it too (I'll backup first)

Where is that PST file located?

I suspect that Express is making my PC sluggish.
Thanks Robert.
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Good old Robert again!
:)
Where is that PST file located?
Outlook Express isn't using pst-files but dbx-files.
You can find their location via Tools-> Options...-> tab Maintenance->
button Store Folder...
I suspect that Express is making my PC sluggish.
I doubt that that is the case. Is your PC sluggish as well when Outlook
Express is closed?

Note that this is an Microsoft Office Outlook forum.
If you need to know more about the behavior of Outlook Express then I'd
recommend asking this newsgroup instead;
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

Good Luck!
 
G

Gordon

Find Express' PST file and delete it too (I'll backup first)

Outlook EXPRESS doesn't use pst files. It uses a single dbx file for each
mail folder. If you delete messages and folders within OE then all but the
default dbx files (inbox, sent and Outbox) will be deleted automatically.
 
J

Johnnyivan

Job done lads - I think.

All data and accounts deleted from Outlook Express 6.

Addresses imported into Outlook 2007.

I'm on XP, Home Edition version 2002, Service Pack 3.

Dell Pentium 4, CPU 3.2 GHz, 3.19GHz, 512 MB RAM.
 
R

Roady [MVP]

As long as your hard disk still has over 15% free, the amount of data on it
won't affect the performance of the computer as long as you defrag it every
now and then.

The grinding from the hard disk that you have is from the lack of memory in
the machine. Windows then needs to write to virtual memory on the hard disk
to free up physical memory. You'll notice a lot improvement if you upgrade
it to 1GB or more.
 
J

Johnnyivan

Oh right! No one ever told me that before. I was starting to worry that it
was a mechanical problem. Certainly doesn't sound healthy. Well, software
gets more and more bloated but RAM is cheap - so I suppose I'd better
upgrade.

Thanke again Robert,
john
 

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