Tricky problem with Windows Fax

[John]

Based on Russ's reply (posted below) to another question I
found the Inbox folder, deleted most of the older stuff
and it works again. So something in there must have been
corrupted.

John

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The default location of these folders is:

<drive>:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Microsoft\Windows
NT\MSFax\

Simply copy their contents into the same folder in a new
installation.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

>-----Original Message-----
>Note I edited the original message below (2nd paragraph)
>to say Inbox (not Incoming) as I know the Incoming only
>shows something will the fax is actually being received.
>
>John
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I have Windows XP fax installed and everything was
>working
>>fine, but then I must have gotten some kind of config
>file
>>corruption or something. After a fax comes in, the fax
>>console pops up and under Inbox the folder is empty even
>>though it says there are a number of items. Anyone know
>>what config/log file fax console uses that may have been
>>corrupted?
>>
>>Once the number of items in Inbox goes over 100 then
>>the Inbox folder starts showing them. It's just items 1-
>>99 that aren't there. Very weird, so any help would be
>>appreciated. Note that the Sent Items Folder has all my
>>sent faxes, and hasn't been corrupted. Thanks.
>>
>>John
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

More likely there is simply a limit as to how many received faxes the Inbox
needs to display. Few users need more than the last 100 right under their
nose each time they open the Fax Console, so it probably starts over after
that, even though the faxes themselves remain default folder.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John" > wrote in message
...
> Based on Russ's reply (posted below) to another question I
> found the Inbox folder, deleted most of the older stuff
> and it works again. So something in there must have been
> corrupted.
>
> John
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> The default location of these folders is:
>
> <drive>:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\MSFax\
>
> Simply copy their contents into the same folder in a new
> installation.
> --
> Russ Valentine
> [MVP-Outlook]
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Note I edited the original message below (2nd paragraph)
> >to say Inbox (not Incoming) as I know the Incoming only
> >shows something will the fax is actually being received.
> >
> >John
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I have Windows XP fax installed and everything was
> >working
> >>fine, but then I must have gotten some kind of config
> >file
> >>corruption or something. After a fax comes in, the fax
> >>console pops up and under Inbox the folder is empty even
> >>though it says there are a number of items. Anyone know
> >>what config/log file fax console uses that may have been
> >>corrupted?
> >>
> >>Once the number of items in Inbox goes over 100 then
> >>the Inbox folder starts showing them. It's just items 1-
> >>99 that aren't there. Very weird, so any help would be
> >>appreciated. Note that the Sent Items Folder has all my
> >>sent faxes, and hasn't been corrupted. Thanks.
> >>
> >>John
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

[John]

But the thing was that the Inbox didn't have any headers
even when it was less than 100. Once I got more than 100
faxes, the latest ones started showing up. So I think it
was definately a corrupted file, and it's working again so
that's what really counts :)

John

>-----Original Message-----
>More likely there is simply a limit as to how many
received faxes the Inbox
>needs to display. Few users need more than the last 100
right under their
>nose each time they open the Fax Console, so it probably
starts over after
>that, even though the faxes themselves remain default
folder.
>--
>Russ Valentine
>[MVP-Outlook]
>"John" > wrote in
message
...
>> Based on Russ's reply (posted below) to another
question I
>> found the Inbox folder, deleted most of the older stuff
>> and it works again. So something in there must have been
>> corrupted.
>>
>> John
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------
-
>> The default location of these folders is:
>>
>> <drive>:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
>> Data\Microsoft\Windows
>> NT\MSFax\
>>
>> Simply copy their contents into the same folder in a new
>> installation.
>> --
>> Russ Valentine
>> [MVP-Outlook]
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Note I edited the original message below (2nd
paragraph)
>> >to say Inbox (not Incoming) as I know the Incoming only
>> >shows something will the fax is actually being
received.
>> >
>> >John
>> >
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>I have Windows XP fax installed and everything was
>> >working
>> >>fine, but then I must have gotten some kind of config
>> >file
>> >>corruption or something. After a fax comes in, the fax
>> >>console pops up and under Inbox the folder is empty
even
>> >>though it says there are a number of items. Anyone
know
>> >>what config/log file fax console uses that may have
been
>> >>corrupted?
>> >>
>> >>Once the number of items in Inbox goes over 100 then
>> >>the Inbox folder starts showing them. It's just items
1-
>> >>99 that aren't there. Very weird, so any help would be
>> >>appreciated. Note that the Sent Items Folder has all
my
>> >>sent faxes, and hasn't been corrupted. Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>John
>> >>.
>> >>
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>