Re: Where on C: Drive is OE Newsgroups stored? IDENTITIES???

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:ePOr$VF5FHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> If you are having trouble compacting the message store, then its likely to
> be corrupt. You need to set up a new Identity via File | Identities and
> then do points 2 and 3 here (www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx) to help prevent
> message loss.
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This is from the website above.

To prevent such corruption, turn off background compaction under Tools |
Options | Maintenance for each Identity you have, and then compact manually
and frequently using File | Folder | Compact all.

$$ WHERE are the identities there? I don't see them at
Tools/Options/Maintenance. There is nothing about *identities* on that
window. I'm the only one using this PC.

This will make OE more stable.
In XPSP2, the registry key
(HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Micr osoft\Outlook Express\5.0
where GUID represents the Identity Number) has a new value ("Compact Check
Count") that is incremented with each closing of OE. When OE is closed and
this value reaches 100, then the user is prompted to compact all the
folders. Only if the user agrees to compact such does the "Compact Check
Count" get reset to zero. Otherwise the user is continuously prompted until
they agree to compact. However, if this occurs during a machine shutdown,
the shutdown can interrupt the compact process and result in message loss.

Consequently, if prompted to compact, then the user should agree to the
compaction and leave the computer alone until it is finished.

$$ When I do that the PC locks up......... ???

FS~