Re: Outlook Express message??

October 30, 2008

Re: Outlook Express message??

On Oct 30, 7:11 pm, Jo <J...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> My apologies if you see this post more than once, since I'm not quite sure

> which group to post it in, so I'll post it in a few that might be relevant.

>

> For the last 3 days or so, I've had a message window appear when I boot up

> Windows (XP SP3). It says "Outlook Express. To free up disk space, Outlook

> Express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes." And then

> the OK or Cancel buttons. I have always clicked Cancel.

>

> Here's the weird thing -- I run Office Outlook (2003), NOT Outlook Express!

> I've never run Outlook Express -- not on this Windows installation anyway..

> Just in case this was an echo from Office Outlook, I compacted all my Outlook

> PST files, but I'm still getting the message.

>

> I find this message disturbing because, since I'm not running Express, I

> wonder if it might be some kind of malware. But I run an anti-virus and

> anti-spyware and firewall and I scan pretty much daily. It hasn't gone away

> after scanning.

>

> Has anyone else had this happen before, when you aren't running Outlook

> Express? Thanks.

Outlook Express will request a "compact" after starting / shutting

down a number of time (30 ???.) It needs to "compact" in order to

clear out the delete messages from its internal database. If you are

not using it, then you have no worries and you should let OE compact.

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