NEED HELP WITH OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6!
When I delete my messages in my inbox they go to my deleted messeges folder. Thats fine. But when I try to delete the message out of my deleted messsages folder it says Some of the items in the deleted items folder could not be deleted.
When I delete my messages in my inbox they go to my deleted messeges folder. Thats fine. But when I try to delete the message out of my deleted messsages folder it says "Some of the items in the deleted items folder could not be deleted. An error has occurred"
Could anybody please help me. My deleted items folder is filling up
Could anybody please help me. My deleted items folder is filling up
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This behavior can occur if the Deleted Items folder is damaged. Move all messages you want to keep out of the Deleted Items folder and into another mail folder. Close OE, then delete the file "Deleted Items.dbx" in your Identity's store folder. OE will create a new one when it is reopened.
To find where your data files are stored, go to Tools>> Options>> Maintenance>> Store Folder and see where OE is keeping its data files.
Note: Deleted Items.dbx is a hidden file on XP. In order to find this file you will need to be able to see hidden files.
Go to Start>> My Computer>> Tools>> Folder Options>> View. Under the "Hidden files and folders" folder, click inside the "Show hidden files and folders" option.
To find where your data files are stored, go to Tools>> Options>> Maintenance>> Store Folder and see where OE is keeping its data files.
Note: Deleted Items.dbx is a hidden file on XP. In order to find this file you will need to be able to see hidden files.
Go to Start>> My Computer>> Tools>> Folder Options>> View. Under the "Hidden files and folders" folder, click inside the "Show hidden files and folders" option.
Hello Sampson,
I’m definitely not a computer person and was seriously considering chucking my computer out the window because while trying to delete about 1 million messages in my Outlook “Deleted Items” folder, I kept getting the following message: 'Some items in the "Deleted Items" folder could not be deleted. An error has occurred." Then I remember that our computer programmer told me if I ever had a problem with my computer, go to "Google", type it in and hopefully there'll be a solution posted. That's how I found your solution to this problem. Long story short - Thank you, you've saved my computer's life! 8)
I’m definitely not a computer person and was seriously considering chucking my computer out the window because while trying to delete about 1 million messages in my Outlook “Deleted Items” folder, I kept getting the following message: 'Some items in the "Deleted Items" folder could not be deleted. An error has occurred." Then I remember that our computer programmer told me if I ever had a problem with my computer, go to "Google", type it in and hopefully there'll be a solution posted. That's how I found your solution to this problem. Long story short - Thank you, you've saved my computer's life! 8)
Here's something you can do to help keep your Outlook & Outlook Express running smoothly.
Open Windows File Explorer.
Create a new directory somewhere you can find again easily, and call it something simple like "My Email".
Open O/OE & configure it to store all your email in that new directory from now on.
Make the "My Email" directory look *exactly* like the folder tree inside O/OE.
(E.G.: If the Inbox has a folder called "Work", then add a folder called "Work" under your "My Email" directory).
Copy each folder's messages from O/OE into it's respective folder under "My Email".
(E.G: Everything in O/OE under "Work" goes to the "Work" folder under "My Email".)
Once you've got everything copied, close O/OE.
Make a new directory under "My Email" & call it (Year-Month).
(This will make your email archives easier to keep organized.)
Copy everything under "My Email" (but NOT "My Email" itself!) into the (Today's Date) folder.
Make sure to move the .DBX files as well.
(There will be one with the name of each folder under the Inbox in O/OE. E.G: "Work.dbx")
You now have a copy of everything in O/OE saved into a mirrored-structure set of folders on your drive.
Every now & then, repeat this process.
Once you've got the messages copied, you can delete them from within O/OE (you still have a copy on the hard drive, remember?) & when you relaunch O/OE, it will recreate the folder files (.DBX) but they'll be empty - O/OE loads MUCH faster with a 75Kb .DBX file than one with 200+Megs of old email weighing it down.
So, in a nutshell.
Make a mirrored set of folders on your hard drive & copy all the O/OE messages out to their respective folders.
Close O/OE & move the .DBX files into the folder, too.
Relaunch O/OE, delete all the messages, & enjoy a faster session.
Repeat when O/OE starts to get slow, or when you feel there's enough email to bother creating a new set of folders to repeat the process.
To give you an idea, under my Email folder, I have sub folders called 2006.08, 2006.07, 2006.06 etc.
Under each folder, there are the main .DBX files that O/OE uses, & a set of directories called "Inbox", "Friends", "Family", "Work", "Misc" & "Temp".
Each of those has all the messages from their respective folder in O/OE.
Once a month I create a new folder (2006.09 will be next), create all the subfolders, move everything to the (Date) folder, & delete everything within O/OE.
I've got every email I've received/sent since 1990, and if O/OE crashes, I can reinstall it without losing any email older than my last archive.
Since I do one every Monday, I can be reasonably sure that I'll never lose more than a week's worth of email should my system die.
Everything ELSE is sitting under a set of folders stretching back over a decade & a half (for searching) and backed up on CD-RW (for restore should the drive die).
Open Windows File Explorer.
Create a new directory somewhere you can find again easily, and call it something simple like "My Email".
Open O/OE & configure it to store all your email in that new directory from now on.
Make the "My Email" directory look *exactly* like the folder tree inside O/OE.
(E.G.: If the Inbox has a folder called "Work", then add a folder called "Work" under your "My Email" directory).
Copy each folder's messages from O/OE into it's respective folder under "My Email".
(E.G: Everything in O/OE under "Work" goes to the "Work" folder under "My Email".)
Once you've got everything copied, close O/OE.
Make a new directory under "My Email" & call it (Year-Month).
(This will make your email archives easier to keep organized.)
Copy everything under "My Email" (but NOT "My Email" itself!) into the (Today's Date) folder.
Make sure to move the .DBX files as well.
(There will be one with the name of each folder under the Inbox in O/OE. E.G: "Work.dbx")
You now have a copy of everything in O/OE saved into a mirrored-structure set of folders on your drive.
Every now & then, repeat this process.
Once you've got the messages copied, you can delete them from within O/OE (you still have a copy on the hard drive, remember?) & when you relaunch O/OE, it will recreate the folder files (.DBX) but they'll be empty - O/OE loads MUCH faster with a 75Kb .DBX file than one with 200+Megs of old email weighing it down.
So, in a nutshell.
Make a mirrored set of folders on your hard drive & copy all the O/OE messages out to their respective folders.
Close O/OE & move the .DBX files into the folder, too.
Relaunch O/OE, delete all the messages, & enjoy a faster session.
Repeat when O/OE starts to get slow, or when you feel there's enough email to bother creating a new set of folders to repeat the process.
To give you an idea, under my Email folder, I have sub folders called 2006.08, 2006.07, 2006.06 etc.
Under each folder, there are the main .DBX files that O/OE uses, & a set of directories called "Inbox", "Friends", "Family", "Work", "Misc" & "Temp".
Each of those has all the messages from their respective folder in O/OE.
Once a month I create a new folder (2006.09 will be next), create all the subfolders, move everything to the (Date) folder, & delete everything within O/OE.
I've got every email I've received/sent since 1990, and if O/OE crashes, I can reinstall it without losing any email older than my last archive.
Since I do one every Monday, I can be reasonably sure that I'll never lose more than a week's worth of email should my system die.
Everything ELSE is sitting under a set of folders stretching back over a decade & a half (for searching) and backed up on CD-RW (for restore should the drive die).
