Installed Windows Live Mail - Outlook Express tries compact messa

Simus

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Sep 11, 2009, 6:00:01 PM9/11/09

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I switched to Windows Live Mail as Outlook Express was no longer supported,
but now I am getting every five minute a message that Outlook Express wants
to compact messages.

Kelly

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Sep 11, 2009, 6:57:07 PM9/11/09

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Odd! See if line 367 helps:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Sep 11, 2009, 7:18:40 PM9/11/09

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[x-post to OE General]

Assuming WinXP SP3...

Uninstall Windows (Desktop) Search or...

CONTROL PANEL | INDEXING OPTIONS | MODIFY | Clear the check box for Outlook
Express
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Kelly

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Sep 12, 2009, 1:58:11 AM9/12/09

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or .... :o)

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Simus

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Sep 12, 2009, 2:55:02 AM9/12/09

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Thanks. Cleared the checkbox and the alerts stopped.

PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Sep 12, 2009, 3:25:36 AM9/12/09

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YW & thanks for your feedback.

Simus

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Sep 14, 2009, 4:18:03 AM9/14/09

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However, Outlook Express still wants to compact messages each time I launch
the Live Mail. Of course, it is much better than earlier, when it wanted to
do this every few minutes.

PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Sep 14, 2009, 12:47:22 PM9/14/09

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Is WLMail your default Mail Client now? Do you still use OE?

You'll find support for Windows Live Mail (WLMail) in this public newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

Via the web-interface:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

Via your newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop

Simus

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Sep 17, 2009, 3:12:07 AM9/17/09

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"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Is WLMail your default Mail Client now? Do you still use OE?
>

Yes it is. I don't use Outlook.

PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Sep 17, 2009, 10:54:42 AM9/17/09

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[Please quote this entire post when you reply. Thank you.]

Outlook (OL) and Outlook Express (OE) are not the same application. I asked
if you still used OE?

If you don't see if removing access to OE makes any difference:

Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components | OE
(uncheck).

Make sure that WLMail is set as your default Mail Client in Set Program
Access and Defaults as well as in IE Tools | Internet Options | Programs.

Simus wrote:
> Yes it is. I don't use Outlook.
>

<paste>

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> Is WLMail your default Mail Client now? Do you still use OE?
>

> You'll find support for Windows Live Mail (WLMail) in this public
> newsgroup:
> microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
>
> Via the web-interface:
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
>
> Via your newsreader:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop
>
> Simus wrote:
>> However, Outlook Express still wants to compact messages each time I
>> launch the Live Mail. Of course, it is much better than earlier, when it
>> wanted
>> to do this every few minutes.
>>

>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

>>> YW & thanks for your feedback.
>>>
>>> Simus wrote:
>>>> Thanks. Cleared the checkbox and the alerts stopped.
>>>>

>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

>>>>> [x-post to OE General]
>>>>>
>>>>> Assuming WinXP SP3...
>>>>>
>>>>> Uninstall Windows (Desktop) Search or...
>>>>>
>>>>> CONTROL PANEL | INDEXING OPTIONS | MODIFY | Clear the check box for
>>>>> Outlook
>>>>> Express
>>>>> --

Simus

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Nov 4, 2009, 6:42:01 PM11/4/09

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> Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components | OE
> (uncheck).
>

Well. Outlook Express never appears in add-remove. Trying to uninstall it
was the first thing I attempted when the proble occured.

PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Nov 4, 2009, 6:59:34 PM11/4/09

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Reference:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_frm/thread/5f57776713086a00
(11Sept-09 &ff)

Were you looking in Add/Remove Programs or Add/Remove Windows Components?

QED: In your reply on 12 Sept-09, you told us that clearing the checkbox for
OE in CONTROL PANEL | INDEXING OPTIONS | MODIFY corrected the problem. Is
that checkbox rechecked now?

QED: Does the behavior persist if you uninstall Windows Desktop Search via
Add/Remove Programs?

N. Miller

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Nov 4, 2009, 8:53:07 PM11/4/09

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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:42:01 -0800, Simus wrote:

It never does appear in "Add/Remove Programs". It appears in the sidebar
option to "Add/Remove Windows Components". As stated by PA Bear.

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Gordon

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Nov 5, 2009, 5:54:53 AM11/5/09

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"N. Miller" <anon...@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:42:01 -0800, Simus wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:54:42 -0400, PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>
>>> Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Add/Remove Windows Components | OE
>>> (uncheck).
>
>> Well. Outlook Express never appears in add-remove. Trying to uninstall it
>> was the first thing I attempted when the proble occured.
>
> It never does appear in "Add/Remove Programs". It appears in the sidebar
> option to "Add/Remove Windows Components". As stated by PA Bear.

And then AFAIK that only removes ACCESS to it - it doesn't actually
uninstall OE because it's an integral part of IE6....

smlunatick

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Nov 5, 2009, 11:50:22 AM11/5/09

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On Nov 5, 10:54 am, "Gordon" <gordonbpar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "N. Miller" <anonym...@msnews.aosake.net> wrote in message

And IE 6 is an integrated into XP,

wacktech2009

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Nov 14, 2009, 1:46:45 PM11/14/09

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I can confirm this...I had been removing the checkmark for OE thinking I
was uninstalling the program, but it apparently it's just removing
access as the dialog states in add/remove windows components. You can
confirm after unchecking by going to run and typing msimn.exe. You'll
continue to get windows updates for OE as well.

I started to look into this a little more when a user called in saying
he was getting the message and I knew I had 'unistalled' OE on his
laptop and it in fact had never even been used. Hopefully disabling
indexing of OE in desktop search will take care of the issue.

PA Bear [MS MVP]

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Nov 14, 2009, 8:57:07 PM11/14/09

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