They will eventually become corrupt and you may lose mail. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. And backup often. Backup your data. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit. Was this reply helpful?
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When complete, you should be all set for awhile! Make it a routine to do once a month, so the unexpected does not happen. Going too long without compacting can and will cause your email program to become sluggish and eventually your mail will become corrupt. You cannot turn off this feature and remember, Outlook Express will compact automatically after you have opened and closed Outlook Express times.
You can cancel it but you the message will come up each time you close down Outlook Express until you do compact it. So, by doing it once a month, you can control when it needs to be done! Finally, to keep things going smooth, here is something else you may want to do if you make a number of changes to a particular folder: You can always compact a single folder by pointing to Folder on the File menu, and then clicking Compact. Tech Support Guy is completely free -- paid for by advertisers and donations.
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Solved: Disable compacting in Outlook Express. Thread starter caitee Start date Oct 4, Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies. Please start a New Thread if you're having a similar issue.
View our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Joined Oct 4, Messages 4. For the last few months every time I close Outlook Express I get a message asking if I want to free up disk space with compacting.
When I said yes, the compacting corrupted my Inbox. When I say no it asks me to compact every time I try to close OE. I could not find any way to disable this. Can you help? Phantom Retired Trusted Advisor. Joined Mar 9, Messages 34, You cannot disable it. Outlook Express will prompt you to compact after closing it times. Let it compact your folders and it won't bother you for another Welcome to BleepingComputer , a free community where people like yourself come together to discuss and learn how to use their computers.
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Posted 17 October - PM The only way to stop it from asking is with a registry edit. If you are comfortable with registry edits be sure and back yours up prior to making the following changes. If you don't know how to back up your registry please see the following: Backing up the Registry. Once you have your registry backed up you can proceed here: How to stop Outlook Express asking to compact messages.
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