Vista - Email - Cannot delete items from Deleted Items folder

I am experiencing the same problem... cannot delete the "deleted items"
folder. Now nearing the 1K mark, nd after spending 4 hours with a poor
english speaking Pakistani last weekend until my phone battery lost power.

It seems there is a severe problem with Vista in the email department (and
others) that must be addressed and corrected NOW!

I, like some others here, am just about ready to carry this damned thing
back or install XP. This much money spent should be bullet proof.

HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM?

--
Danny/Sandy Graves


"Rees2007" wrote:

> 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?????!!!!
>
>

Hi, Danny/Sandy.

Please visit MVP Steve Cochran's web page:
http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/

Even better, download and run the latest beta version of WM's successor,
Windows Live Mail. It is still in public beta and has some "fit and finish"
issues, but its basic functionality is better that WM already, in my
opinion. Note: the name "desktop" still appears some places (in the URL
and in the name of the support
newsgroup(microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop), but was removed from
the name of the program in late May. There's a big difference between WLMd
(last build 8.0.1226) and WLM (build 12.0.1184)! Get it here:
Windows Live Mail Beta
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Danny/Sandy" <DannySandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsFC5C532-57F8-4B59-A682-5B6E546ADD43@microsoft.com...
>I am experiencing the same problem... cannot delete the "deleted items"
> folder. Now nearing the 1K mark, nd after spending 4 hours with a poor
> english speaking Pakistani last weekend until my phone battery lost power.
>
> It seems there is a severe problem with Vista in the email department (and
> others) that must be addressed and corrected NOW!
>
> I, like some others here, am just about ready to carry this damned thing
> back or install XP. This much money spent should be bullet proof.
>
> HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM?
>
> --
> Danny/Sandy Graves
>
>
> "Rees2007" wrote:
>
>> 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?????!!!!

Windows Mail is rather buggy.
Your best solution is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

Gary VanderMolen


"Danny/Sandy" <DannySandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message newsFC5C532-57F8-4B59-A682-5B6E546ADD43@microsoft.com...
>I am experiencing the same problem... cannot delete the "deleted items"
> folder. Now nearing the 1K mark, nd after spending 4 hours with a poor
> english speaking Pakistani last weekend until my phone battery lost power.
>
> It seems there is a severe problem with Vista in the email department (and
> others) that must be addressed and corrected NOW!
>
> I, like some others here, am just about ready to carry this damned thing
> back or install XP. This much money spent should be bullet proof.
>
> HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM?
>
> --
> Danny/Sandy Graves
>
>
> "Rees2007" wrote:
>
>> 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?????!!!!
>>
>>

Some have reported that going to Edit | Empty Deleted Items works after
doing it several times. Otherwise the only solution is to wipe out the
message store and start over.

steve

"Danny/Sandy" <DannySandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsFC5C532-57F8-4B59-A682-5B6E546ADD43@microsoft.com...
>I am experiencing the same problem... cannot delete the "deleted items"
> folder. Now nearing the 1K mark, nd after spending 4 hours with a poor
> english speaking Pakistani last weekend until my phone battery lost power.
>
> It seems there is a severe problem with Vista in the email department (and
> others) that must be addressed and corrected NOW!
>
> I, like some others here, am just about ready to carry this damned thing
> back or install XP. This much money spent should be bullet proof.
>
> HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM?
>
> --
> Danny/Sandy Graves
>
>
> "Rees2007" wrote:
>
>> 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?????!!!!
>>
>>

Windows Mail Utility won't get rid of undeletable messages in the Deleted
Items folder. It also won't work for WalMail.

steve

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
news:3900CBAB-D9C5-4D2B-A1C9-A7DCC5C123FA@microsoft.com...
> Hi, Danny/Sandy.
>
> Please visit MVP Steve Cochran's web page:
> http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/
>
> Even better, download and run the latest beta version of WM's successor,
> Windows Live Mail. It is still in public beta and has some "fit and
> finish" issues, but its basic functionality is better that WM already, in
> my opinion. Note: the name "desktop" still appears some places (in the
> URL and in the name of the support
> newsgroup(microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop), but was removed
> from the name of the program in late May. There's a big difference
> between WLMd (last build 8.0.1226) and WLM (build 12.0.1184)! Get it
> here:
> Windows Live Mail Beta
> http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@grandecom.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)
>
> "Danny/Sandy" <DannySandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsFC5C532-57F8-4B59-A682-5B6E546ADD43@microsoft.com...
>>I am experiencing the same problem... cannot delete the "deleted items"
>> folder. Now nearing the 1K mark, nd after spending 4 hours with a poor
>> english speaking Pakistani last weekend until my phone battery lost
>> power.
>>
>> It seems there is a severe problem with Vista in the email department
>> (and
>> others) that must be addressed and corrected NOW!
>>
>> I, like some others here, am just about ready to carry this damned thing
>> back or install XP. This much money spent should be bullet proof.
>>
>> HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM?
>>
>> --
>> Danny/Sandy Graves
>>
>>
>> "Rees2007" wrote:
>>
>>> 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?????!!!!
>

Hi, Steve.

Thanks for the correction. Sorry if I oversold WMUtil. I haven't had to
use it since I switched to WLM (12.0.1184). ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta in Vista Ultimate x64)

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:6DCFEE3F-697D-4DDA-A666-A209F5A0EA57@microsoft.com...
> Windows Mail Utility won't get rid of undeletable messages in the Deleted
> Items folder. It also won't work for WalMail.
>
> steve
>
> "R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message
> news:3900CBAB-D9C5-4D2B-A1C9-A7DCC5C123FA@microsoft.com...
>> Hi, Danny/Sandy.
>>
>> Please visit MVP Steve Cochran's web page:
>> http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/
>>
>> Even better, download and run the latest beta version of WM's successor,
>> Windows Live Mail. It is still in public beta and has some "fit and
>> finish" issues, but its basic functionality is better that WM already, in
>> my opinion. Note: the name "desktop" still appears some places (in the
>> URL and in the name of the support
>> newsgroup(microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop), but was removed
>> from the name of the program in late May. There's a big difference
>> between WLMd (last build 8.0.1226) and WLM (build 12.0.1184)! Get it
>> here:
>> Windows Live Mail Beta
>> http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas
>>
>> RC
>>
>> "Danny/Sandy" <DannySandy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsFC5C532-57F8-4B59-A682-5B6E546ADD43@microsoft.com...
>>>I am experiencing the same problem... cannot delete the "deleted items"
>>> folder. Now nearing the 1K mark, nd after spending 4 hours with a poor
>>> english speaking Pakistani last weekend until my phone battery lost
>>> power.
>>>
>>> It seems there is a severe problem with Vista in the email department
>>> (and
>>> others) that must be addressed and corrected NOW!
>>>
>>> I, like some others here, am just about ready to carry this damned thing
>>> back or install XP. This much money spent should be bullet proof.
>>>
>>> HOW DO WE FIX THIS PROBLEM?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Danny/Sandy Graves
>>>
>>>
>>> "Rees2007" wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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?????!!!!

"Rees2007" wrote:

I can't even wipe out the message store because it get the same error
message-- I've tried all of your above solutions and am really frustrated.

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

you're replying to an old message...
have you tried the newest fix?

Download and install this fix, with Windows Mail not running:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/941090


--
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview


"frustrated in philly" <frustrated in philly@xxxxxx>
wrote in message news:75DDE322-B25D-450B-9FDF-4BFFAC6FFDC9@xxxxxx

This usually means you need to download and install this fix, with Windows
Mail not running:

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. If you don't know whether to use the 32-bit version or
the 64-bit version, try the 32-bit version first, and if it refuses to
install, the 64-bit version also. Certain common antivirus programs,
such as most of those from Nortom or McAfee, tend to cause such
problems, although seldom immediately, so if you have such a
program, remember where to find the fix - you are likely to need it
again. A recent version of Trend's antivirus program also causes
assorted problems in Windows Mail.

"frustrated in philly" <frustrated in philly@xxxxxx>
wrote in message news:75DDE322-B25D-450B-9FDF-4BFFAC6FFDC9@xxxxxx