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Old 03-08-2008   #1 (permalink)
gopal
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CANT DELETE THE DELETED MAIL FROM DELETED FOLDER

HI,
I cant delete the deleted items from the deleted folder.The message
UNKNOWN ERROR COMES UP.Any ideas how to deal with it?????Gopal

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Old 03-08-2008   #2 (permalink)
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Re: CANT DELETE THE DELETED MAIL FROM DELETED FOLDER

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by gopal View Post
HI,
I cant delete the deleted items from the deleted folder.The message
UNKNOWN ERROR COMES UP.Any ideas how to deal with it?????Gopal
Hi Gopal,

This will help show you how to fix the stuck undeletable email message problem in Windows Mail.

The KB941090 update will just fix the problem for now. You must stop the cause to prevent it from happening again. Read the "First" section in this tutorial about antivirus and anti-spyware/adware programs to help prevent this from happening again, then install the KB941090 Microsoft Update in the "Second" section to fix the stuck message problem.

Windows Mail problems

Shawn
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Old 03-22-2008   #3 (permalink)
emprof
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RE: CANT DELETE THE DELETED MAIL FROM DELETED FOLDER

Evidently this problem is solved with the installation of the new Vista
Service Pack 1. I had the same problem, likely caused by my virus software.
My deleted folder would not automatically delete files there after closing
Windows Mail even though this feature was properly checked. Furthermore, I
could only delete a few messages in the delete folder manually before getting
the dreaded error message. I was strongly considering a change to Windows
Live Mail, when the new Vista Service Pack 1 came out. Also, I was getting
about 20 or more junk mail files every day despite using message rules for
certain words before the installation, now I might get only 1. It's scary!
The change after installation and restart was amazing. After installation and
restart, I tested Windows Mail by trying to delete over 300 messages in my
delete folder at one time. It worked! I also tested the automatic feature to
delete messages in the delete folder upon closing Windows Mail. That worked,
too! Thanks, Microsoft! Could it be that my Internet Service provider had
something to do with this as well? I don't know.
--
emprof


"gopal" wrote:
Quote:

> HI,
> I cant delete the deleted items from the deleted folder.The message
> UNKNOWN ERROR COMES UP.Any ideas how to deal with it?????Gopal
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-22-2008   #4 (permalink)
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Re: CANT DELETE THE DELETED MAIL FROM DELETED FOLDER

That may mean that SP1 includes this hotfix, which is usually used to
solve such problems:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090

Although it's labelled as for mail stuck in the Outbox, it also works in
other folders.

"emprof" <emprof@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Evidently this problem is solved with the installation of the new Vista
> Service Pack 1. I had the same problem, likely caused by my virus
> software.
> My deleted folder would not automatically delete files there after closing
> Windows Mail even though this feature was properly checked. Furthermore, I
> could only delete a few messages in the delete folder manually before
> getting
> the dreaded error message. I was strongly considering a change to Windows
> Live Mail, when the new Vista Service Pack 1 came out. Also, I was getting
> about 20 or more junk mail files every day despite using message rules for
> certain words before the installation, now I might get only 1. It's scary!
> The change after installation and restart was amazing. After installation
> and
> restart, I tested Windows Mail by trying to delete over 300 messages in my
> delete folder at one time. It worked! I also tested the automatic feature
> to
> delete messages in the delete folder upon closing Windows Mail. That
> worked,
> too! Thanks, Microsoft! Could it be that my Internet Service provider had
> something to do with this as well? I don't know.
> --
> emprof
>
>
> "gopal" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> HI,
>> I cant delete the deleted items from the deleted folder.The message
>> UNKNOWN ERROR COMES UP.Any ideas how to deal with it?????Gopal

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 03-22-2008   #5 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen
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Re: CANT DELETE THE DELETED MAIL FROM DELETED FOLDER

Although it was never mentioned by Microsoft during the SP1 beta
testing phase, it makes sense that SP1 would incorporate all
outstanding hotfixes including the one that was issued specifically
for that problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941090

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)


"emprof" <emprof@xxxxxx> wrote in message newsA8EAAD6-82E9-49B5-952C-AEE990C8D5FD@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Evidently this problem is solved with the installation of the new Vista
> Service Pack 1. I had the same problem, likely caused by my virus software.
> My deleted folder would not automatically delete files there after closing
> Windows Mail even though this feature was properly checked. Furthermore, I
> could only delete a few messages in the delete folder manually before getting
> the dreaded error message. I was strongly considering a change to Windows
> Live Mail, when the new Vista Service Pack 1 came out. Also, I was getting
> about 20 or more junk mail files every day despite using message rules for
> certain words before the installation, now I might get only 1. It's scary!
> The change after installation and restart was amazing. After installation and
> restart, I tested Windows Mail by trying to delete over 300 messages in my
> delete folder at one time. It worked! I also tested the automatic feature to
> delete messages in the delete folder upon closing Windows Mail. That worked,
> too! Thanks, Microsoft! Could it be that my Internet Service provider had
> something to do with this as well? I don't know.
> --
> emprof
>
>
> "gopal" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> HI,
>> I cant delete the deleted items from the deleted folder.The message
>> UNKNOWN ERROR COMES UP.Any ideas how to deal with it?????Gopal

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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