You can turn off message compacting or set it to happen less often.

WinMail - Tools - Options - Advanced Tab - Maintenance button

"Merle" <planogram@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Is it possible to uninstall outlook express and if so How? I get tired of
> the nag screen to compact my messages