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Compact Do not Ask Again is not in my Registry.
That key must be before SP 2.
Background Compaction is in two unused Identities, but not in the Identity
that I use.
Not compacting will eventually get the message store in trouble.
--
Ron Sommer
"Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
news:eO2mwuOvFHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> The first of those registry keys is ignored in SP2, and the second merely
> turns a prompt on and off, so changing those 2 particular keys, to the
> values I suggested, would not affect the message store at all.
>
>
> If you'd read, and properly understood, the web pages you posted, then you
> would also have read the following sections.
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx#EDAA
>
>
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2
>
> Both of which show that it is the compacting process itself, or rather its
> untimely interruption, which is a major cause of message store corruption.
> So disabling it completely, via the registry, (eg using the method I
> outlined in another post in this conversation), is hardly likely to be a
> cause of message store corruption.
>
> So you can keep your technophobic, "don't touch the sacred registry"
> approach to things.
>
>
> Jon
>
>
> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e$vgTVNvFHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> OK, go for it. When you loose your message store, see
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
>> and http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4. (I'd bookmark those two pages
>> IIWY.)
>> --
>> ~PA Bear
>>
>> Jon wrote:
>>> I'll do what I like with my registry, thanks
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>>
>>> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:u13cnPJvFHA.3792@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Do *not* mess with those Registry keys/values.
>>>> --
>>>> ~PA Bear
>>>>
>>>> Jon wrote:
>>>>> You may be right, but just had a quick look in the registry, and it
>>>>> does
>>>>> look like there are some settings relating to background compaction
>>>>>
>>>>> eg
>>>>> "Background Compaction" (DWORD 1=on, 0 = off)
>>>>> at
>>>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{3750B9E7-DB22-485C-8640-3FE520544084}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>>>>> Express\5.0
>>>>>
>>>>> and
>>>>> "Compact Do not Ask Again" (DWORD 1 or 0)
>>>>>
>>>>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{3750B9E7-DB22-485C-8640-3FE520544084}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>>>>> Express\5.0\Dont Show Dialogs
>>>>>
>>>>> The alphanumeric combination following the "Identities" will differ on
>>>>> your
>>>>> machine
>>>>>
>>>>> So setting the first of those to 0 and the second of those also to 0
>>>>> would
>>>>> change things.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jon
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OaoSgbIvFHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Best look again, as the option for automatic compacting was removed.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> believe with SP2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Best of Luck,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>>>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>>>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>>>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Jon" <Email_Address@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:uTaQp%23HvFHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> Tools > Options> Maintenance
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cleaning up messages section
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Norm75" <Norm75@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:F41CF632-C2D0-4DC6-AE90-6F8D4A78F717@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>> How can I turn off the automatic compacting of messages and folders
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> OE6.
>>>>>>>> After using OE, it seems to come on and start compacting. It sure
>>>>>>>> ties
>>>>>>>> up the
>>>>>>>> computer and memory. Slows everything down and I occasionally have
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> reboot
>>>>>>>> - the run the compacting through on its own, takes an inordinate
>>>>>>>> amount
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>
>
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