Why not delete messages in my Inbox in Outlook Express

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

  Hello.
  I can't delete messages in my Inbox in Outlook Express 6. An idea

  1. move all the messages that you want to keep out of the folders Inbox, sent items and deleted items and in other local OE folders have created you for archiving (backup) of such messages.

  2. Note the location of the store of your identity (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

  2B. turn on "Show hidden folders and files" via start | Control Panel | Folder options | View (see http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html).

  3. close OE.

  4. in Windows Explorer, navigate to your storage folder, find & delete the files Inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbxand Deleted Items.dbx.

  5 empty the trash.

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  To avoid such problems in the future, comply with the following restrictions:

  N ' not use Inbox or sent items to archive messages.  Move them to local folders created for this purpose.

  -Empty the deleted items folder daily.

  -Frequently perform a manual compact of all OE while records that "work offline".  More on http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

  -Do not cancel automatic compacting, where it would happen and do not try to close OE via Manager tasks or stop your Automatic compaction machine can take place.

  -Disable e-mail scanning in your antivirus application.  It can cause corruption (i.e., loss of messages) and offers no additional protection:

  Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email
      http://thundercloud.NET/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

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  In this forum, you will find some support for Outlook Express: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-networking

• 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 

• 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.

• Outlook express 6.0 will not remove messages from my Inbox

  Quite suddenly OE will not delete messages in my Inbox after that I read the using the button Delete 'X' some but it will be no more.  They can be removed by using ctrl-alt-delete.  My boxes of sent and deleted items are almost empty.  This has only become a less of an issue these days.  I'm open to suggestions.

  Thank you

  Mike

  It seems to be a corruption of dbx file. Easy to fix.
   
  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

• 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.

• Microsoft Exchange: Server does not delete messages deleted or moved with Mail

  It drives me crazy.  I have a Microsoft Exchange account at work that I put in place with the mail.  It seems to work perfectly in almost all respects - it synchronizes new messages, and if I send emails it works fine.  The ONLY thing is to delete messages from my Inbox on the server when I use Mail to delete them or move them out of my Inbox to a local folder; It is not even move them to the folder items deleted on the server.  So, I get messages saying: my account is almost full, and I need to access my Outlook account on a web browser and manually remove the y of my Inbox.  Yes, I checked my account preferences and made sure "store the deleted messages on the server" is disabled.

  Can anyone help?  I use El Capitan with Mail 9.3 10.11.4.  I'm ready to tear my hair on it.

  You drag the message out of the Exchange Inbox to records the "on my Mac"?

  If so, you copy the message.

  To move...

  • Use the move icon to move the message
  • Use the command key.

  This will force a move instead of a copy. It works exactly as to put them into files in the Finder — between different servers (and move from an Exchange or an IMAP folder to a local folder moves between server) the file/email is copied by default.

  Cmd-drag forces a shot instead. Dragging between different folders on the same server goes by default, but a copy can be forced by holding down the Option key when you drag.

• Outlook express cannot delete messages in the Inbox

  my outlook express cannot delete messages in the Inbox. After that, click on Delete on any e-mail item, nothing happens.

  You are the very welcome, but please take into account preventive advice.
   

  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.

• Thunderbird does not delete messages!

  I tried many Linux e-mail clients. The best is Thunderbird. Of course, it's not flashy out of the box and requires some adjustments to get it as good as the products Ms. But get there eventullay. However, one thing is bugging me and me trying to drop Linux all together and go back to Windows. Thunderbird does not delete messages. I tried the delete icon, I tried to hit the button Delete. Nothing works. I looked in the forums, many people's complaint. Some say, if you have several accounts, this happens. I have four accounts. He is pretty happy poor of thunderbird. Any solution please? Thank you

  When your problem has been resolved, can mark this thread as "solved" Please?
  Thank you.

• 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.
   

• The delete button has stopped working in Outlook Express 6.

  Outlook express delete failed

  The delete button has stopped working in Outlook Express 6. Empty the file deletion was without help. How can I make it work again? Also I can't manually move an email in the folder to delete.  Any suggestions?

  Your deleted items folder is probably corrupted.  Close OE and delete the deleted items.dbx file.  OE will make a new and that should fix the problem.  Its a good time to save your messages if the records are get damaged.  You may lose all your messages.  See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#6

  Steve

• Why I can't open the attachment in Outlook express?

  Why I can't open the attachment in Outlook express?

  Try to save the first attachment, then try to open it.  See also www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#1

  Steve

• Why thunderbird does not delete messages from hotmail?

  Hotmail messages continue to pour into my Inbox for several days at least after I delete in Thunderbird. Sometimes I have to go to Hotmail directly and delete messages. Why is this? and Thunderbird can be programmed to remove in Hotmail?
  Dennis Bell

  have you tried your email without antivirus analysis? A common cause if mail issues.

  Go here https://blu177.mail.live.com/mail/PopEnableDisableSettings.aspx?n=1828637967 IS allowing the destruction hotmail?