Compacting Prompt

[Walter Seaton]

I am applying here because there seems to be no group for Outlook Express.

I regularly compact my OE folders once each week, but in between continue to
get a prompt asking me to compact to save disc-space. This does not make
sense because I have a relatively small OE folder and nearly 1.5 terrabytes
of disc space.

How can I turn off this prompt. Many thanks.

 

[Gordon]

I am applying here because there seems to be no group for Outlook Express.

This newsgroup is for support of Outlook
97/98/2000/2002/2003/2007 from the Office suite of products. Outlook
Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.

For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or
an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're
accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support
Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
Good luck!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am applying here because there seems to be no group for Outlook
Express.

Didn't look too hard.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

 

[VanguardLH]

I am applying here because there seems to be no group for Outlook Express.
Bullshi(f)t.

I regularly compact my OE folders once each week, but in between continue to
get a prompt asking me to compact to save disc-space. This does not make
sense because I have a relatively small OE folder and nearly 1.5 terrabytes
of disc space.

"nearly 1.5 terabytes of disk space"
Presumably this meant *free* disk space. Irrelevant. Max size of .dbx
files for OE is 2GB, same limit as for the old .pst files for Outlook.

How can I turn off this prompt. Many thanks.

http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm

You could update the registry key (to zero) and then export that
registry key to a .reg file and then create a shortcut that runs:

regedit.exe /s <file>.reg

This silently installs the registry update (to zero out that registry
key). Put the shortcut in your Startup folder or on your desktop if you
want to manually decide when to zero out that value.