My reply was to this statement:
the setting for the automatic compaction is having launched OE 100 times .

The Compact Folder Count will only be reset for the current Identity when
you do a compaction.
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Ronald Sommer

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP******.com> wrote in message
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: Ron Sommer wrote:
: <snip>
: > Actually, the Compact Folder Count is not changed until you close OE or
: > close an Identity by switching Identities.
:
: OE does not have to be closed nor do you have to switch identities for the
: Compact Count to be reset: The Compact Count resets to 0 (zero) when user
: manually compacts all OE folders.
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: ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
: MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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