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Old 05-31-2007   #8 (permalink)
Steve Cochran


 
 

Re: Email - Cannot delete items from Deleted Items folder

No, there is no fix and its likely to happen again, which is why we tell
people just to ignore it. Eventually (no one knows when) a patch will
likely be released. Its best just to let it alone if its not breaking the
functionality of the program anymore than that.

steve

"Dan" <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C22047B7-D6F9-49AB-89E9-CA80DC538714@microsoft.com...
> Is there a permenant fix to this problem. Of so can it be done my
> microsoft
> direct as much of the jargon is confusing too me.
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> Just deleting one copy of the file won't work.
>>
>> So go to
>> Tools | Options | Advanced | Maintenance | Store Folder to find the
>> message
>> store location. Then move everything under that Windows Mail directory
>> to
>> another directory. Then restart WinMail and it will open fresh with
>> nothing
>> in the database. You can then add your accounts and if they work
>> correctly
>> then you can use File | Import | Messages and choose WinMail format and
>> point to the directory to which you moved the files.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Rees1995" <Rees1995@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:58147DBE-42E7-4510-A47B-B52CCE055CD3@microsoft.com...
>> >I tried the fix where you delete the "WindowsMail.MSMessageStore" - it
>> >did
>> > not work at all. Will try this later and see if it has any effect.
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Try compacting and repairing the database (www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/) and
>> >> see
>> >> if that fixes it.
>> >>
>> >> steve
>> >>
>> >> "Rees2007" <Rees2007@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:33EF0F32-1E10-4643-A111-772E68899290@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Error Messge appears in the text part of each email:
>> >> > Message could not be displayed
>> >> > Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this
>> >> > message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and
>> >> > try
>> >> > again.
>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> > Windows Mail
>> >> > I am experiencing a problem with Vista Windows email. This message
>> >> > is
>> >> > appearing on messages that have been deleted and put into the
>> >> > deleted
>> >> > message
>> >> > folder and then I cannot empty them from the deleted message folder.
>> >> > What is going wrong and how do I get it fixed?????!!!!
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>

>>


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