To free up disk space message
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From: create_share on 31 Dec 2005 08:00 whenever i quit outlook express, i get a message " To free up disk sace, outlook express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes. ". I still have 2GB of free space available in my system drive. How can i increase the size of outlook express folders ( Inbox, Outbox, etc.) Thankx!
From: Alias on 31 Dec 2005 08:07 create_share wrote: > whenever i quit outlook express, i get a message " To free up disk sace, > outlook express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes. ". > > Let it do its thing and don't do anything with your mouse or keyboard until it's done. > I still have 2GB of free space available in my system drive. And your hard drive is how big? > > How can i increase the size of outlook express folders ( Inbox, Outbox, etc.) > > Thankx! What do you mean by "increase the size of outlook express folders"? -- Alias Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me. Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.
From: Charlie Tame on 31 Dec 2005 08:25 OE messages are stored in a kind of Database, they are not stored as you might expect as individual files. When you delete messages they are not "Deleted" immediately but marked for deletion and not displayed any more. The deletion actually takes place during the "Compaction" run. There is some logic in having it work this way, but it's not immediately obvious :) The reason you were advised to leave it alone while running is because this process is a bit fragile and can be broken if interfered with. The saving in disk space is not really the important part, keeping the number of records down in the system created folder like Inbox is the important thing and it keeps OE running faster and cleaner. There is not real fixed limit to numbers of messages or file sizes, but it is better to move messages out of system folders and into folders you create yourself for storage, in the long term it makes your life easier. -- Still the best site for OE details http://www.insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ Charlie "create_share" <createshare(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:055786FD-53BF-405D-B512-AAFBACF191CF(a)microsoft.com... > whenever i quit outlook express, i get a message " To free up disk sace, > outlook express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes. > ". > > > I still have 2GB of free space available in my system drive. > > How can i increase the size of outlook express folders ( Inbox, Outbox, > etc.) > > Thankx!
From: Gerry Cornell on 31 Dec 2005 16:40 create_share When you have opened and closed Outlook Express 100 times you will keep getting that message until you say yes to compacting. Just a little tease by Microsoft programmes to irritate / annoy all users of Outlook Express. One known antidote, other than to bow the knee at the Microsoft altar, is http://www.oehelp.com/OETool/Default.aspx -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Alias" <aka@[notme]maskedandanonymous.org> wrote in message news:OlgmisgDGHA.3752(a)TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > create_share wrote: > >> whenever i quit outlook express, i get a message " To free up disk sace, >> outlook express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes. >> ". >> >> > > Let it do its thing and don't do anything with your mouse or keyboard > until it's done. > >> I still have 2GB of free space available in my system drive. > > And your hard drive is how big? >> >> How can i increase the size of outlook express folders ( Inbox, Outbox, >> etc.) >> >> Thankx! > > What do you mean by "increase the size of outlook express folders"? > > -- > Alias > > Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me. > Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.
From: Steve Cochran on 2 Jan 2006 09:38
See the second part of point 2 here: www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx steve "create_share" <createshare(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:055786FD-53BF-405D-B512-AAFBACF191CF(a)microsoft.com... > whenever i quit outlook express, i get a message " To free up disk sace, > outlook express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes. > ". > > > I still have 2GB of free space available in my system drive. > > How can i increase the size of outlook express folders ( Inbox, Outbox, > etc.) > > Thankx! |