Vista - emails stuck in deleted folder

Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and it got
transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that folder
now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not all of
the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted folder and
I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."

Help please!!!!

Yocky

Yocky,

Try downloading this utility at http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
and see if it helps.

Tom


"yocky" <yocky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7D80D042-28FF-4FB5-9548-36447FEF5CFD@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and it
> got
> transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that
> folder
> now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not all
> of
> the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted folder
> and
> I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."
>
> Help please!!!!
>
> Yocky
>
>
>

That won't work for deleted items messages.

Try going to Edit | Empty deleted items several times. Some are saying that
is working for those.

steve

"Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:ub9x$mpmHHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Yocky,
>
> Try downloading this utility at http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
> and see if it helps.
>
> Tom
>
>
> "yocky" <yocky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7D80D042-28FF-4FB5-9548-36447FEF5CFD@microsoft.com...
>> Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and it
>> got
>> transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that
>> folder
>> now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not all
>> of
>> the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted folder
>> and
>> I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."
>>
>> Help please!!!!
>>
>> Yocky
>>
>>
>>
>

That has worked for me however I still have one lingering e-mail in my junk
folder that still can not be deleted. I still get file can not be deleted. I
have removed my MacAfee and added Avast I also downloaded the "oehelp" tool.
Still I have this one junk email I can not get rid of. Any other suggestions
for this one remaining problem one.
Thanks
Toni
"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:9FDD384D-4743-449E-9791-D9B278ED171A@microsoft.com...
> That won't work for deleted items messages.
>
> Try going to Edit | Empty deleted items several times. Some are saying
> that is working for those.
>
> steve
>
> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ub9x$mpmHHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Yocky,
>>
>> Try downloading this utility at http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
>> and see if it helps.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> "yocky" <yocky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7D80D042-28FF-4FB5-9548-36447FEF5CFD@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and
>>> it got
>>> transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that
>>> folder
>>> now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not
>>> all of
>>> the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted
>>> folder and
>>> I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."
>>>
>>> Help please!!!!
>>>
>>> Yocky
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Steve,

I thought maybe the "Repair Database" might work.

Tom

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:9FDD384D-4743-449E-9791-D9B278ED171A@microsoft.com...
> That won't work for deleted items messages.
>
> Try going to Edit | Empty deleted items several times. Some are saying
> that is working for those.
>
> steve
>
> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ub9x$mpmHHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Yocky,
>>
>> Try downloading this utility at http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
>> and see if it helps.
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> "yocky" <yocky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7D80D042-28FF-4FB5-9548-36447FEF5CFD@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and
>>> it got
>>> transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that
>>> folder
>>> now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not
>>> all of
>>> the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted
>>> folder and
>>> I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."
>>>
>>> Help please!!!!
>>>
>>> Yocky
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Hi Toni,

Try moving the message to another folder, then deleting it.

Hope it helps,
Shawn

Hi Yocky,

Give this below a try. It has been know to work:

For more information try this link: http://www.vistax64.com/tricks-n-tips/62560-solving-windows-mail-problems.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Make sure your Anti-Virus program is set to not scan/filter your E-mail's Spam/Ad-ware.

*If you cannot delete messages in the Delete Folder:
Warning: You will loose your E-mails
1. close Windows Mail
2. open Start Menu
3. in the start search area type Windowsmail.MSMessageStore
(you should only see 2 instances listed)
4. right click each and Delete each instance
If for some reason you can't find the Windowsmail.MSMessageStore files in the search, then make sure you have Show hidden files & folders checked in folder options (Control Panel or TOOLS menu) and delete them manually.
File locations:
1. C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail
2. C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Backup
5. restart Windows Mail
6. Windows Mail will now rebuild your MessageStore
7. If you have message rules that were tied to a folder that you added (ex: another folder under Inbox), you will need to add that folder again and adjust you message rule to that folder again.

It is also reported that having the Empty deleted messages when exiting helps in preventing this.
1. click on Tools (In Windows Mail)
2. click on Options
3. click on Advanced tab
4. click on Maintenance button (bottom right)
5. check Empty messages from the 'Deleted Items' folder on exit
6. click Close & then OK to apply

Thankyou so much steve. It worked like a charm. Mmmwaaah!

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> That won't work for deleted items messages.
>
> Try going to Edit | Empty deleted items several times. Some are saying that
> is working for those.
>
> steve
>
> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:ub9x$mpmHHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Yocky,
> >
> > Try downloading this utility at http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx
> > and see if it helps.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > "yocky" <yocky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7D80D042-28FF-4FB5-9548-36447FEF5CFD@microsoft.com...
> >> Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and it
> >> got
> >> transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that
> >> folder
> >> now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not all
> >> of
> >> the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted folder
> >> and
> >> I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."
> >>
> >> Help please!!!!
> >>
> >> Yocky
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>

I had hoped so also, but its not that simple. The records in the database
have to be deleted externally to WinMail and the only way to do that is to
write program to do it, which I did for the outbox.

steve

"Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:eFbQhqymHHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Steve,
>
> I thought maybe the "Repair Database" might work.
>
> Tom
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:9FDD384D-4743-449E-9791-D9B278ED171A@microsoft.com...
>> That won't work for deleted items messages.
>>
>> Try going to Edit | Empty deleted items several times. Some are saying
>> that is working for those.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:ub9x$mpmHHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Yocky,
>>>
>>> Try downloading this utility at
>>> http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx and see if it helps.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> "yocky" <yocky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:7D80D042-28FF-4FB5-9548-36447FEF5CFD@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and
>>>> it got
>>>> transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that
>>>> folder
>>>> now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not
>>>> all of
>>>> the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted
>>>> folder and
>>>> I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."
>>>>
>>>> Help please!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Yocky
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Just ignore it at this point.

steve

"Toni" <beach78@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:751283B6-0230-4E1E-B19C-54C5FB9C0760@microsoft.com...
> That has worked for me however I still have one lingering e-mail in my
> junk folder that still can not be deleted. I still get file can not be
> deleted. I have removed my MacAfee and added Avast I also downloaded the
> "oehelp" tool. Still I have this one junk email I can not get rid of. Any
> other suggestions for this one remaining problem one.
> Thanks
> Toni
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:9FDD384D-4743-449E-9791-D9B278ED171A@microsoft.com...
>> That won't work for deleted items messages.
>>
>> Try going to Edit | Empty deleted items several times. Some are saying
>> that is working for those.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
>> news:ub9x$mpmHHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> Yocky,
>>>
>>> Try downloading this utility at
>>> http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx and see if it helps.
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>
>>> "yocky" <yocky@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:7D80D042-28FF-4FB5-9548-36447FEF5CFD@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi, I am very very new at all this. I had an email that I deleted and
>>>> it got
>>>> transferred into the "deleted" folder. I can not delete it from that
>>>> folder
>>>> now. and every day more emails I delete end up the same way (but not
>>>> all of
>>>> the ones I delete), so I now I have about 10 emails in the deleted
>>>> folder and
>>>> I can not get rid of them. The message I get says "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."
>>>>
>>>> Help please!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Yocky
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>