" mac" <macknever@fsmail.net> wrote in message
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> "~ FreeSpirit ~" <spammenot@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>> Can someone tell me how to FIND OE's Newsgroups (where they're stored) on
>> C: drive using WXP-Home/SP2?
>>
>> How are they located? I cannot find them under Programs/Outlook Express.
>> I cannot compress them all because my PC locks up. How are they
>> found???? What are they under?
>>
>> Thanks.........
>>
>> FS~
>
> Auto compacting in OE is done after 100 closings.

## I see that now - but I had to find them and delete 9 MBs of crap stored
in the folder because my PC LOCKS up when trying to compact them.

> .dbx files are by default hidden, to view these files in Explorer, you
> must enable
> Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder
> Options>View.
>
> Search for *.dbx why you want to look at them I do not know, since only
> OE can read them?
>
> The best way to do a manual compact is to Click on Outlook Express at the
> top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File>Work Offline.
> File>Folder>Compact all folders.

## I suppose I'll have to remember to do that from now on because the Auto
sure doesn't work. :-(

> **Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed**.

> Please explain what you are doing when *PC locks up*?

## Nothing. I sit here watching it start to compact - then NOTHING! It
stops dead in it's tracks. Task Manager will say it's "Not Responding."

> Are you seeing Auto compacting on closing OE?

## Yes.
>
> Do a couple of minor registry edits to stop the compacting for now.
>
> Then do a manual compaction.

## I did the manual last night. :-(
>
> You may have seen a dialogue at some time that had a 'Don't ask me again'
> box? If you selected that, the process still goes ahead without your
> knowledge.

## Saw it but never clicked it.

> To restore the 'don't ask', go here:
> Go to: Start>Run>Regedit>OK and find this key.
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Micro soft\Outlook
> Express\5.0\Dont Show Dialogs
> {GUID} is a long number representing your Identity.
> Reset the value to 0 (zero)
>
> To stop it - for now!!
>
> Go to: Start>Run>Regedit>OK and find this key.
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{long number}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
> Express\5.0. In the right
> hand pane and find *Compact Check Count* >right click>modify>decimal>and
> set
> the value to 0,
> (zero). This will reset the prompt, and you won't see it again for
> another 100 closings.

## I would like it to work correctly and not lock up when compressing the
folders.

> See this for more information on compacting:
> http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

> See this part, but read all the article:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...tion.mspx#EDAA
> HTH?
>
> Do not store large amounts of mail in the default folders Inbox, Sent
> Items etc, create folders and move your messages out to them. Also create
> message rules to move regular mails to specific created folders.

## I'm having a problem understanding this "message rules" thing.....
Where do I cut and copy them from so the program understands what I want
done? I'm not a software writer so don't know how to communicate with OE
with these "message rules." Let me read a little more and see how far I
get.

FS~