Help! -I can't delete messages in my Inbox in Outlook Express 6

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• Why not delete messages in my Inbox in Outlook Express

  Why I can no longer delete messages in my Inbox in Outlook Express, on rare occasions, I can delete message weird thre. I use IE 8.

  You have corruption of dbx files.
   
  Spend most of your messages out of the Inbox if you can and move the messages you want to record off deleted items, and sent items. Locate the OE message store and then close OE.
   
  Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.
   
  In Windows XP, Win2K & Win2K3 the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder Options icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.
   
  With OE closed, find the Deleted Items.dbx and Sent Items.dbx files and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open OE.
   
  Compact all folders as described below.
   
  To avoid this in the future:
   
  Do not archive mail in the receipt or sent items box. Create your own user-defined folders and move messages you want to put in them. Empty the deleted items folder daily. Although the dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2 GB, I recommend all a 300 MB max for less risk of corruption.
   
  Information on the maximum size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=903095
   
  After you're done, followed by compacting your folders manually while working * off * and do it often.
   
  Click Outlook Express at the top of the the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work offline (or double-click on work online in the status bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.
   
  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the processors and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

• On my XP cannot delete messages in my Inbox in Outlook Express

  After a sudden power outage once with my XP in Outlook Express I am uable to

  delete messages in my Inbox. DLL of damaged thinking. What should do?

  Deleted items is probably damaged. On the off chance that you want messages to be saved in deleted items, (a garbage can), move them to a local folder, you create and then follow these steps.
   
  Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.
   
  In Windows XP, the files of user OE (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder Options icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.
   
  With OE closed, find the DBX file for deleted items and delete it.  Another will be created automatically when you open OE.
   
   
   
  General precautions for Outlook Express:
   
  Do not archive mail in the receipt or sent items box. Create your own user-defined folders and move messages you want to put in them. Empty the deleted items folder daily. Although the dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2 GB, I recommend all a 300 MB max for less risk of corruption.
   
  Information on the maximum size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=903095
   
  After you're done, followed by compacting your folders manually while working * off * and do it often.
   
  Click Outlook Express at the top of the the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work offline (or double-click on work online in the status bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.
   
  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the processors and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
   
  In tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in the background box and let it unchecked. {N/a if running XP/SP2}.
   
  And backup often.
   
  Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
  http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx 

• How can I delete messages in my Inbox. What is the profile folder

  Messages in my Inbox had a large red cross on them when I delete all of them, but it does not actually delete the message. In the instructions on how to fix this he begins by saying open a profile folder or something. WELL... If I know what they're talking about!
  Please explain how to simply delete messages in my Inbox > please, do not assume I know nothing so please do the simple instructions.
  Thank you. Terry Craig

  It must be something IMAP because there is no option under settings server settings for the account on my pop accounts

  Happy that you guessed it sorted.

• How can I delete messages in my Inbox that I don't have anymore

  Hello

  I followed a person here, when they gave me help I thought I'd be able to ask another question, but I got about 20 messages that this person answered a question, someone asked if I'm now all of his answers, I of course knew not what to expect lol.

  Is it possible that I can delete messages I've read and that you don't need more please.

  Thanks in advance

  Tracey

  First of all, you can go to messages unread only above for messages. Then use the brand as the "Read" command to hide others - assuming only read the ones you want. In the upper right corner of an Inbox thread is hide a new activity option. Click here to stop old threads appearing in your Inbox for new messages. And unfollow the person!

• How can I delete messages in my Inbox in thunderbird?

  New to Thunderbird. I have 200 + messages in my Inbox and cannot find anywhere no deleting individual messages icon. Where is he?

  You can add a delete button to the e-mail toolbar to right-click and select Customize. Find the button Delete in the window that opens and then drag it to the toolbar.
  You can also activate the message pane by pressing F8 and use the button remove the header of the Message pane.

• Why, all of a sudden, can't delete some messages in the Inbox of outlook express

  in the last week, I can't delete some messages from my outlook inboxof express. There is no constant to reason

  Spend most of your messages out of the Inbox (if you can), and move the messages you want to record off deleted items and sent items. Locate the OE message store and then close OE.

  Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.

  In Windows XP, Win2K & Win2K3 the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder Options icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.

  With OE closed, find the Deleted Items.dbx and Sent Items.dbx files and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open OE.

  Compact all folders as described below.

  To avoid this in the future:

  Do not archive mail in the receipt or sent items box. Create your own user-defined folders and move messages you want to put in them. Empty the deleted items folder daily. Although the dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2 GB, I recommend all a 300 MB max for less risk of corruption.

  Information on the maximum size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=903095

  After you're done, followed by compacting your folders manually while working * off * and do it often.

  Click Outlook Express at the top of the the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work offline (or double-click on work online in the status bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.

  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the processors and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

• I got a partial answer to my question about "how to delete emails from the Inbox in Outlook Express. Can I track my original request with a follow-up of the issue?

  Thank you very much for your answer.
   
  Outlook Express is listed on the Start button.  Following your instructions,.
   
  I clicked on start, Control Panel, Folder Options/view.  Point of view, a list of Options have been posted and some have been checked, including 'display the hidden files and folders '.
   
  I do not know how to find Inbox.dbx.  I still find 41 messages in the Inbox, 78 in the deleted items and 14 in mass mailings.  When I click on "remove" messages, I get a message - "the server is not found. In addition, unable to poll for new messages on your HTTP server.
   
  "I uncheck" "include this account" so then, I probably is no longer get emails in Outlook Express.  My hard drive is pathetic looking.  I find a small "Ribbon of pink pie (unused space) and in the rest of the cake shape is 'BLUE'.  I thought that E-mails from Outlook Express can be responsible for my hard drive being so full. After I empty all these junk emails in 2008, I have to know what else I can remove to open more space on my hard drive.
   
  Thank you for your patience and for your help.
   
  Edie
   

  After deleting messages in OE, go to file | Folder | Compact to reduce the size of the folder.  Otherwise removal does not affect the size of a folder.  You should probably go to file | Folder | Compact everything to reduce all sizes of folder in OE.  I would like to make a backup first.

  For more free space on your disk, click Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Cleanup.

  It is not best to start a new message when you are tracking on another, because nobody knows what you're referring to when you the previous thread.  I managed to find it well and Bruce said: ' tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run '.

  Steve

• Messages missing from Inbox in Outlook Express

  Sometimes people have told me they sent emails in my Outlook Express account, but I don't get them, and I can't find a spam folder to see if the messages are lost. How can I receive these messages?

  Hi CathyWeiss,

  You did it of any material changes or software on the computer before this problem?

  You can follow this link & check if the problem persists.

  Outlook Express e-mail messages are missing from the Inbox folder

  Hope the helps of information.
  Please post back and we do know.

• Impossible to delete the Inbox in outlook express

  I've had problems with Outlook Express 6.0 for a couple of minths now.  I can't delete messages in my Inbox and I can't drag those I want to save to other folders.  It is also extremely slow to open now.

  Any ideas that I can do to get this back to the way that it work use dto?

  I don't know what happened because of this problem.

  This can be difficult if you have messages in the Inbox you want to save, so let's start with what is safe.
   
   
  Create a new folder deleted items with no message in it that you want to save.
   
  Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.
   
  In Windows XP, the files of user OE (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder Options icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.
   
  With OE closed, find the DBX file for deleted items and delete it.  Another will be created automatically when you open OE.
   
   
  Close OE, reboot and see if you can move messages from the Inbox to a folder created by the user. After the return. There is much more to do.
   

• Windows Mail - can't delete messages

  I've upgraded to WIndows 7 but you need to go back to Vista to save some key files. When I went back to Vista, I found that I can't delete messages from Windows Mail in my Inbox, sent items and my Outbox. My Outbox sends constant messages not deleted (I remved the addresses between no sent items to prevent their shipment amultiple times). Error messasges include:
  * "An unknown error has occurred."
  * "This message could not be deleted.
  * At the start of Windows Mail, this message appears "a few errors have occurred while proecessing tasks. Please see the list of errors below for more details". However, it is not all the details listed.

  I tried to install the update KB941090, but I get a message that it is not applicable to my version of Windows.

  I have Service Pack 1 installed and have tried to install Service Pack 2 for Vista, but it will not be installed.

  My Windows product ID is 89580-OEM-7332132-00182

  Hello

  Go to http://blogs.chron.com/helpline/archives/2007/05/cant_delete_ema.html I hope this helps.

  Good day.

• I can't delete messages on my blackberry blackBerry smart phones.

  I can't delete messages on my blackberry. Instead, they are marked with a yellow star as a priority. How to solve this?

  Open your Messages folder.  Select the date at the top with your trackpad, and then press the menu key.  Select Delete before and click Ok.  Once you have done this, your messages may still be there.  Remove the battery while your phone is on, then replace it a few seconds later.  Open your Messages folder once more and see if your rogue messages are still there.

  Let us know if that helps you.

• Card trash gone completely out of my account in TB. I can't delete messages more in the Inbox. I created a submap in the Inbox. Cannot delete that either.

  Suddenly, without any intervention on my side the trash of the card disappeared completely from my account in TB. I can't delete messages more in the Inbox. I created a submap in the Inbox. Cannot delete card, that is. How to fix/restore this problems?

  Very strange, usually if there is no "Basket" file, when you restart Thunderbird, it should create a new.

  Try this:
  Open your profile folder.
  Close Thunderbird.

  In "Mail" / "pop.ziggo.nl " - where do you see your files as files.
  Right-click in the empty space and select 'New' > 'text Document '.
  A file called 'New document texte.txt', a 'text Document' will appear.
  Rename this "basket", with a capital T and without extension.
  It will tell if you change a filename extension, the file may become unusable, are you sure you want to change it? Click Yes.

  Close the window and restart Thunderbird.

  Now, try to delete an e-mail message.

• I can not delete messages in Outlook Express 6.0

  Everything worked fine until I started my 'sent box' deletion. There where a lot of messages in there and I was remove from groups of 10 people or more. Some of them had more away in each group. I came to one who has had multiple (I had sent photos). It's where he hung up.

  I moved what I wanted to keep and have used Items.dbx, inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, sent, and Deleted Items.dbx, etc..

  All the these are empty now and are in the trash, but still I can't delete messages. I can move their correct. I can receive and send okay

  One who had the photos, I recovered and put in its own box again. I used the .dbx to delete again as well but still does not work

  OE closed when you removed the dbx files? It must be.
   
  Spend most of your messages out of the Inbox and move the messages you want to record off deleted items, and sent items. Locate the OE message store and then close OE.
   
  Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.
   
  In Windows XP, Win2K & Win2K3 the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder Options icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.
   
  With OE closed, find the Deleted Items.dbx and Sent Items.dbx files and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open OE.
   
  Compact all folders as described below.
   
  To avoid this in the future:
   
  Do not archive mail in the receipt or sent items box. Create your own user-defined folders and move messages you want to put in them. Empty the deleted items folder daily. Although the dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2 GB, I recommend all a 300 MB max for less risk of corruption.
   
  Information on the maximum size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=903095
   
  After you're done, followed by compacting your folders manually while working * off * and do it often.
   
  Click Outlook Express at the top of the the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work offline (or double-click on work online in the status bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.
   
  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the processors and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

• My delete button does not work in Outlook Express I can not delete emails!

  My delete button has stopped working in Outlook Express! I can delete is no longer emails-how fix this?

  Hi pthsash,

  1. When did you start to question?

  2. you remember to make changes to the computer before this problem?

  You can check the following link and try the steps and check whether you can solve the problem:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/IE/community/columns/oerepair.mspx

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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