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Windows Forum / Outlook Express / General Topics / April 2008Cant delete OE emails
I have been having trouble deleting emails from my Outlook Express. I find that now I have to completely exit out of OE, and sometimes even restart the pc before I can delete emails...and sometimes even that doesnt work. I can highlight them, but when I click delete, either in OE itself or on the keyboard, it will just sit there. Within the last day or so, I have also noticed that when I click the "deleted items" folder, I cant get into it. I get a message in the preview pane that says: Folder could not be displayed Outlook Express could not open this folder. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Possible causes are: Low disk space. Low memory. Outlook Express ____________________________________________ I am however, able to get into all of my other folders within OE. Anyone have any idea of why its doing this and how I can fix it? Ive way too many emails just sitting here... Thanks in advance! Tarcia ~~Today's Thoughts~~ Be careful of the toes you step on today. They could be attached to the a.s you may have to kiss tomorrow. >I have been having trouble deleting emails from my Outlook Express. > I find that now I have to completely exit out of OE, and sometimes even [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > too > many emails just sitting here... Deleted Items is probably corrupt. Go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and see where OE is storing its data files. Close OE. Go to the store folder with Windows Explorer and delete Deleted Items.dbx. With Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3 it will be a hidden file. OE will build a new one when you reopen it. If Deleted Items has messages you want to keep, instead of deleting it move (not copy) it to an empty Windows folder. Then use DBXtract on the old Deleted Items.dbx. DBXtract ($7): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/ You can drag the recovered messages from the Windows folder back into an OE folder in the Folder List in an open OE. See http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#cantdel  SignatureFrank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not reply with email Hi! I did what you said and it works just fine now.. Thank you for your help...I sincerely appreciate it! Have a Blessed Day! Tarcia > >I have been having trouble deleting emails from my Outlook Express. > > I find that now I have to completely exit out of OE, and sometimes even [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > See http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#cantdel 1a. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted Items folders and into other local OE folders you've created for archiving (saving) such messages. 1b. Move 99% of your messages in your Inbox folder to other local OE folders, too. 2. Write down the location of your identity's store (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain). 3. Close OE. 4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder, find & delete the files Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, and Deleted Items.dbx. To avoid such problems in the future: - 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 [not available in SP2] and frequently perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Disable email scanning by your anti-virus application. It can cause corruption (i.e., loss of messages), it provides no additional protection, and even Symantec says it's not necessary: <QP> Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have the most recent virus definitions. </QP> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106 Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > I have been having trouble deleting emails from my Outlook Express. > I find that now I have to completely exit out of OE, and sometimes even [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > too > many emails just sitting here... Hi! Thank you for your help also! Some of those things I did, and some others I hadnt done, but will do now... Have a great day! Tarcia > 1a. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted > Items folders and into other local OE folders you've created for archiving [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > > too > > many emails just sitting here... > I have been having trouble deleting emails from my Outlook Express. > I find that now I have to completely exit out of OE, and sometimes even [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > They could be attached to the a.s you > may have to kiss tomorrow. Hi, Why not try Advanced Outlook Express Repair at http://www.datanumen.com/aoer/ ? It recovers several important Outlook Express dbx files for me and is really helpful! Alan Hi Alan, Its was working after the first fix..then another folder did it..and now I have it working.. thanks for your help also! Have a great day! Tarcia On 4??22¨¨?, ¨¦???5¨º¡À33¡¤?, "Honeysweet" <HoneySwe...@Gmail.com> wrote: > I have been having trouble deleting emails from my Outlook Express. > I find that now I have to completely exit out of OE, and sometimes even [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > They could be attached to the a.s you > may have to kiss tomorrow. Hi, Why not try Advanced Outlook Express Repair at http://www.datanumen.com/aoer/ ? It recovers several important Outlook Express dbx files for me and is really helpful! Alan |
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