Outlook Express 6 Compact Messages

How can I turn off the end of session window "To free up disk space, Outlook
Express can compact messages. This may take a few minutes."
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RKA

"RKA" <RKA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How can I turn off the end of session window "To free up disk space,
> Outlook
> Express can compact messages. This may take a few minutes."
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> RKA

Why are you asking in a Vista newsgroup? Outlook Express won't run
under Vista.

For Windows Mail under Vista, you could compact the messages and
the message would be turned off for a number of times, often the next
100 times you close the program.

If you are asking about Outlook Express, and not Windows Mail, the correct
newsgroup is.....

Outlook Express General Newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

But to answer your question, /if/ you are referring to Outlook Express, you
can't turn it off, and you don't want to.

Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact

About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx

Compacting your folders periodically is a must to keep OE functioning well
and at some point, you may lose all your saved messages if you don't. When
you delete, or move messages, the space they had used remains until you
compact.

See:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

With SP2, automatic background compacting was removed due to problems it
caused. Now you will get a prompt to compact after 100 OE closings, which
you should do, and don't touch anything until it has finished. See this for
more information:
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm#compact

If you are fully patched, you will also now see a copy of your dbx files
being copied to the Recycle Bin as BAK files. Should something go awry when
compacting, the messages can easily be restored from this backup. A manual
compact will also reset the counter in the registry back to zero now.

For more info, see the information outlined in red here:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

To keep things running smooth, and for faster compacting:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt and you may lose mail. Create your own user defined folders for
storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder
regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as
empty as is feasible.

And backup often.

Backup and Restore:

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"RKA" <RKA@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FF295B33-1489-4815-8424-8CA638C9E053@microsoft.com...
> How can I turn off the end of session window "To free up disk space,
> Outlook
> Express can compact messages. This may take a few minutes."
> --
> RKA

[speedyfastcat]

This is not a reply, but a modification to query.
Within last 4-6 months, I am getting message: "To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages. This may take up up to a few minutes. OK / Cancel." This occurs when my computer boots up (post-Welcome screen) up to when I log off at night. AND it occurs every 10-15 seconds for up to a couple of hours; then it stops for several hours, and then resumes every 10-15 seconds. To say that this is annoying, frustrating, and a pain in the *** would be an understatement.
I never click OK; always cancel. I have NO idea why this is occurring.
About the same time this started, something called Indexing is occurring intermittently. I never asked for it, have no idea what it is, etc. Have no idea if the two are connected.
Questions:
1) How do I make "compact messages" go away forever?
2) What is indexing? Why do I need or want it? Make it go away?
Finally, technical: OS - XP Pro, SP3. Antivirus: Webroot 2011-2012. Up-to-date on all Microsoft patches.
Does anyone know what is happening and how to make it go away.
Many thanks!!!!!