Stopping the "nag" screen on outlook express?

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Bill Taylor

Is there a way to stop outlook express from nagging you to compact the
files? I have a large disk drive and feel no need to do the compacting. Is
my thinking wrong to not want this?

Thanks,
Bill
 
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Compacting Folders
& Messages in Outlook Express
http://www.thundercloud.net/infoave/tips/compacting/

How to Maintain Your OE Store Folder
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/files/maintain.htm

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| Is there a way to stop outlook express from nagging you to compact the
| files? I have a large disk drive and feel no need to do the compacting. Is
| my thinking wrong to not want this?
|
| Thanks,
| Bill
 
It will do it anyway, by design - every 100'th shutdown of the program.

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Richard Urban
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
Is there a way to stop outlook express from nagging you to compact the
files? I have a large disk drive and feel no need to do the compacting. Is
my thinking wrong to not want this?

Thanks,
Bill
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Easy install a different mail client like Thunderbird for eg and don't
use Lookout Express.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

They all seem to compact files but most don't whine on about it or
leave you open to half the nasty crap on the net by default for that
matter.

8-)

Jonah
 
Easy install a different mail client like Thunderbird for eg and don't
use Lookout Express.
Click to expand...
Thunderbird nags too about compacting folders, but it has a preferences
setting where you can minimize the frequency of the nags somewhat.

Bill
 
Bill Taylor said:
Is there a way to stop outlook express from nagging you to compact the
files? I have a large disk drive and feel no need to do the
compacting. Is my thinking wrong to not want this?

Thanks,
Bill
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You really do need to let OE compact the folders or they will grow to the
point OE won't work at all. Say Yes and leave the computer alone until it
finishes.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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No and yes.

You can't stop OE from compacting automatically every 100 times you close
it.

You can tell OE to stop asking you about it by checking the "Don't ask me
again" prompt, but then Automatic Compacting will still take place but
without warning you.

General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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Bill Taylor said:
Is there a way to stop outlook express from nagging you to compact the
files? I have a large disk drive and feel no need to do the
compacting. Is my thinking wrong to not want this?

Thanks,
Bill
Click to expand...

OETool (www.oehelp.com) has a Compact All button that will reset OE's
counter. You can use this to compact at a more convenient time.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
 
jonah said:
Easy install a different mail client like Thunderbird for eg and don't
use Lookout Express.

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

They all seem to compact files but most don't whine on about it or
leave you open to half the nasty crap on the net by default for that
matter.

8-)

Jonah
Click to expand...

For all you think you know you're living quite a ways back in the past
aren't you? :)

Charlie
 
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