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    compact mesages lost.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by randdy, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. randdy

    randdy Notebook Consultant

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    My computer Operating System is Windows XP, but this may not be relevant. when using Outlook Express for emailing, a window appears asking if you would like to free up disk space by "Compacting Messages" I always click cancel. Today, my small brother was using the computer and clicked yes.

    For reasons I cannot understand, a large amount of messages have now been removed from my Sent Folder. It has retained messages pre December 08, but has lost all others from then up until yesterday, leaving those sent today intact. Do the compacted messages get stored somewhere on the hard drive? I hope they do, as I refer to them quite a lot. Thanks
     
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Compacting messanges in Outlook Express... never hear of that...

    Google... doens't help.

    OK. You are sure messages have not been moved to a different folder (something like an archive)? Outlook does that...

    Else: Did you interrupt the process or did it finish?
     
    DetlevCM, Apr 8, 2009
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  3. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Yes, it does! Did you search? :rolleyes:

    OP, try this link, and let us know if the solution/links in there helped. The chances are slim though.
     
    Silas Awaketh, Apr 8, 2009
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  4. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes, I did try Google.
     
    DetlevCM, Apr 8, 2009
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  5. Silas Awaketh

    Silas Awaketh Notebook Deity

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    Well, it's possible that all the 1,500,000 results that are now on display were created within the 9 minutes gap between our searches. Fair enough.
     
    Silas Awaketh, Apr 8, 2009
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  6. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    That's possible. It looks like there were 840,000 more since you searched.

    ...big ol' grin...


    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Apr 8, 2009
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  7. Silas Awaketh

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    That's strange, it's still 1,500,000 for me! :confused:

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    What's up with that?! :confused:
     
    Silas Awaketh, Apr 8, 2009
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