Unable to Delete Email in Outlook Express

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Sherrill Kerbaugh wrote about a major problemm she and her husband were having on both of their computers:

Hi, Terry… We have a major problem…. My husband has been unable to delete daily e-mails for a few weeks now….we can’t figure out what in the world is wrong!?!?!?! Now, all of a sudden I can’t delete e-mails on my computer (same local area network and e-mail…Outlook Express)! HELP!!!!!!!!! Also, John can’t download or use Adobe Reader on his computer, but I can!?!?!?
We are going crazy here!

What are your thoughts? We just found your website this morning….hope you are our “computer angel”! : )
Thank you!

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Filed Under: Email, Outlook Express, PC Repairs, Software, Stability, Storage, System Control, Terry's Computer Tips, Usability, Windows Repair

New Articles at Terry’s Computer Tips

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I write my weekly online and email newsletters. Then, occasionally I get around to converting some of the newsletter articles into web pages.

Google and the other search engines like web pages more than they like online newsletters — the newsletters get indexed fairly quickly, but then get dropped as "old" pretty quickly, too.

Here are the latest editions. I’ll add them to the listing on the front page in a few days…

*   Creating a Blog For Family and Friends

Blogs are one of the easiest ways to create a web site. You can do it for free, too…

*   Internet Explorer + Outlook Express Problem

Links in Outlook Express don’t work after upgrading to IE7 for some people. The fix is easy…

*   Computer Shuts Down By Itself

I’m sure you’ve never had this problem <grin> — if you haven’t, you will…

*   Turning Off System Restore

Sometimes we need to turn off System Restore — and not because we want to save disk space…

*   I’ve Reconsidered the Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router

After Linksys changed the internals on the WRT54G as of version 5, it was a totally different router. After some more changes, it’s better now…

Filed Under: Anti-Adware, Anti-Spyware, Anti-virus, Hardware, Internet Explorer, Networking, Outlook Express, System Control, Terry's Computer Tips, Web Browsers

New articles at Terry’s Computer Tips

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  • Creating Your New Documents in Word
  • Deleting Emails versus Really Deleting Emails
  • Disadvantages of Windows XP’s NTBackup Program
    • Filed Under: Backup, Email, Office, Office Suites, Outlook Express, Windows XP

    Finding the Outlook Express Address Book

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    Subscriber Jerome Safer wrote recently about trouble importing addresses from Excel into Outlook Express:

    Terry,
    I am trying to help a friend Import some contacts from Excel into Outlook Express or Outlook. I have studied the Import and have done a test import of a .csv file from Excel into Outlook Express and it worked until it hit an Error.

    I am trying to find out where the Address Book file is stored On the computer. I thought the type was something like *.wab but I have not found it yet in any searches. I want to back up the Address book before doing the Import in case there is any problem with the Import.

    Can you help me find the Address Book file?

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    Filed Under: Email, Outlook Express, Terry's Computer Tips, Windows XP

    Outlook Express Emails Going into Deleted Items Folder

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    Sometimes, there are weeks of weird problems. Something in the air? The phase of the moon? Who knows?

    Whether users have opened dialog boxes and accidentally clicked on the wrong things or “IE7 did it to me,” I’ve read of some subscriber problems have been very frustrating. Take this one from Louise, for example:

    Terry,
    I have somehow clicked on something this morning, and now my messages that should go in my “inbox” are going into my “deleted message” box.
    I have tried different things, and I am at a loss as to how to fix this. Please help. Thanks in advance. Louise Langley..
    Oh I have DSL Windows XP. OUTLOOK EXPRESS for my email.

    I wrote back to Louise to say that it appeared that she had…

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    Filed Under: Email, Outlook Express, Terry's Computer Tips, Troubleshooting

    Compacting Outlook Express Email Folders

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    Outlook Express, just like many other email programs, really does not delete emails from its data files when you hit the Delete button or Empty Trash.

    All that happens is that the program _marks_ the entry in its big data files to indicate that the particular entry is no longer valid.

    If you don’t compact occasionally, the data file will just get bigger and bigger.

    Read more in Compacting Outlook Express Email Folders

    Filed Under: Email, Outlook Express, Terry's Computer Tips, Windows XP