My "Compact Messages" nag in Outlook Express is out of control. Several
times during a single session the little notify bell will go off like
some one is leaning on the keyboard and won't stop until I close OE.
Through the helpful info on HTFC I think I figured out how to stop it
temporarily. Problem is after I reset the counter to zero eventually
within hours, the multiple ringing of the nag bell comes back. When I
check the counter it has some crazy hex value in there that looks like a
really big number. And this happens regardless of whether or not I
compact the messages manually or accept the nag with an "OK." If I open
regedit and watch the counter, I can see it go up 2 or 3 points just
opening and closing OE one time. How could the counter be logging so
many hits??
I've read that having a corrupt .dbx file could cause strange effects
but compacting the files should fix that. I did not try to replace a
corrupt folder because I have many folders and no way to know which
could be corrupt.
I'm not running an virus scanner and I just did a full reformat of my
windows install. I even bought a program that deletes duplicate emails
(Remove Duplicate Emails by 'MAPILab -
http://www.mapilab.com/'
(
http://www.mapilab.com/)) which worked great. After many reinstalls of
windows and running the Transfer Wizard I ended up with 4 copies of
every saved email. I don't know if that could be a problem, but the
program works great and deleted all the dupes.
I don't think I have a really large number of saved messages though
after many years I'm sure I have over 1,000 - but I can't be alone
there.
For now Jerry Ed's batch file trick with the reg edit and shortcut
launcher seems to ease the pain a bit but I still think I have a
problem. Put them all in the root directory for OE (C:\Program
Files\Outlook Express). Download the files here: '4shared.com - online
file sharing and storage - download LaunchOE-NoCompact.zip'
(
http://www.4shared.com/file/75892605...NoCompact.html)
The only problem with Jerry's scripts is that it leaves open a black
CMD window. It will close when you close OE or you can delete it. Any
idea on how to fix that?
Anyway, this is a long message and maybe it will help some one. And
maybe someone can help me?
Thanks, :D
Jim