Diana

Steve I tried to do the following but I think I have to change myusername
before cutting and pasting. But I dont know what myusername is. Duh sorry.
I cannot send email with out it getting stuck. I have two stuck. Shouldnt
windows have an update to fix this? Folks like me cant fix this kinda thing.
Is my username my email?

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Diana


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Yeah, I figured this was a problem. I'm gonna work up a little utility that
> will do this for people.
>
> Go to Start | Programs | Accessories and right click on Command Prompt and
> choose Run As Administrator. Your computer will scare you and then choose
> to allow it to run. Then in the black box (with WinMail closed) paste the
> following by copying from below and sticking the mouse cursor in the black
> box and then right click and choose Paste.
>
> esentutl /p "c:\program files\myusername\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
> Mail\windowsmail.msmessagestore"
>
> Then use the cursor to move the mouse on that line to edit where it says
> myusername and change that to your username. Then hit enter and it will
> repair the database.
>
> Whether or not it will fix the problem is unclear.
>
> steve
>
> "Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E9A372F5-EB9B-40C3-9BB2-3F32E1F94A7F@microsoft.com...
> >I have the same problem, but not sure what you mean by "Run the cmd prompt
> >as
> > Admin and copy and then in there
> >>
> >> esentutl /p "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
> >> Mail\windowsmail.msmessagestore" Fill in the %USERPROFILE% to match your
> >> profile (e.g. c:\users\nrc)
> >
> > Not a techie.
> >
> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
> >
> >> See if this helps:
> >>
> >> Go to the outbox directory in Windows Explorer. The location will be:
> >>
> >> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders\Outbox
> >>
> >> and with WinMail closed delete all the files.
> >>
> >> Then try repairing the database.
> >>
> >> Run the cmd prompt as Admin and copy and then in there
> >>
> >> esentutl /p "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
> >> Mail\windowsmail.msmessagestore"
> >>
> >> Fill in the %USERPROFILE% to match your profile (e.g. c:\users\nrc)
> >>
> >> Then reopen WinMail and see if that fixes it.
> >>
> >> steve
> >>
> >>
> >> "Gail" <Gail@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:8DD6E6FD-1281-4868-9B8A-0118A42B1D26@microsoft.com...
> >> > Message stuck in outbox. Cannot delete, hence cannot send. Help.
> >>
>