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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Check Co
First of all, if I'm in the wrong forum for this - please let me know and
I'll move on over. I have had a problem that's deviled many other folks, and like them I've spent days trying to dope it out: I'm getting a popup driven by a OE registry value ("Compact Check Count") that whines about it being time to compact OE messages. I'm not using OE at all - use Outlook 2007 on XP SP3. The Compact Check Count counter gets incremented to a critical value, and then the popup is generated. So why is that counter being manipulated on my system? I've seen many posts listing possible causes, and so I downloaded Procmon and quickly saw that it is Windows Desktop Search that's incrementing the counter. I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). So: How can I keep this counter from being manipulated by Windows Desktop Search? (As a last-gasp measure, I'm rebuiding the index -- I'll post later if that made any difference.) Thanks for your help. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Check Co
"Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message
... First of all, if I'm in the wrong forum for this - please let me know and I'll move on over. I have had a problem that's deviled many other folks, and like them I've spent days trying to dope it out: I'm getting a popup driven by a OE registry value ("Compact Check Count") that whines about it being time to compact OE messages. I'm not using OE at all - use Outlook 2007 on XP SP3. The Compact Check Count counter gets incremented to a critical value, and then the popup is generated. So why is that counter being manipulated on my system? I've seen many posts listing possible causes, and so I downloaded Procmon and quickly saw that it is Windows Desktop Search that's incrementing the counter. I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). So: How can I keep this counter from being manipulated by Windows Desktop Search? (As a last-gasp measure, I'm rebuiding the index -- I'll post later if that made any difference.) Thanks for your help. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX See the WDS link below. The problem is with the registry counter that gives you the prompt after 100 closings of OE. It is being increased quicker than it should be and even if you are not using OE. There is a growing number of programs and actions that may be causing this after installing SP3. Do you have any of the following? IBM Rapid Access keyboard (driver) RAKDLL.DLL Windows Desktop Search Window Live Mail (even if it was removed) Mailwasher Nero plug-in(s) Opening EML files while OE is closed will also contribute to the registry count. Various anti-virus, anti-spyware and third party firewalls, especially if they were running when you installed SP3. Recent archived thread discussing this issue: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d35fbfa457fd6f In the case of Windows Desktop Search, (the #1 offender), you have to tell it to stop indexing OE. Windows Desktop Search. Set Desktop Search Options: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/w...h/options.mspx In the case of Nero Scout, see Item 2.3 on page 8 here. ftp://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero...oScout_Enu.pdf In the option to exclude selected file types from indexing, be sure to add these file types: ..eml, .dbx & .nws -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Chec
Thanks, Bruce - I've seen your answer many times before, and it's helped me
find the real culprit in my particular situation: Windows Desktop Search (see below). I have visited the site you cite in reference to WDS, and I must say, I find it less than immensly useful. The instructions don't seem to fit what I see on my screen (Example: What's the "Deskbar Search box?" If i click in the taskbar search box, nothing happens. Also, the Windows Desktop Search Options dialog doen't have any panes, or least any way I can see to get 'em. also, when I type into the taskbar desktop search box, I do not get immediate results, nor do I see any option that allows me to select that mode of searching.) Having discovered that WDS is incrementing the counter (at least once at every boot) how can I convince it not to? Ultimately it will get to 100 again, and I'll be faced once more with a series of naggging popups that don't bear any realtionship to the way my PC is configured or used. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX "Bruce Hagen" wrote: "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... First of all, if I'm in the wrong forum for this - please let me know and I'll move on over. I have had a problem that's deviled many other folks, and like them I've spent days trying to dope it out: I'm getting a popup driven by a OE registry value ("Compact Check Count") that whines about it being time to compact OE messages. I'm not using OE at all - use Outlook 2007 on XP SP3. The Compact Check Count counter gets incremented to a critical value, and then the popup is generated. So why is that counter being manipulated on my system? I've seen many posts listing possible causes, and so I downloaded Procmon and quickly saw that it is Windows Desktop Search that's incrementing the counter. I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). So: How can I keep this counter from being manipulated by Windows Desktop Search? (As a last-gasp measure, I'm rebuiding the index -- I'll post later if that made any difference.) Thanks for your help. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX See the WDS link below. The problem is with the registry counter that gives you the prompt after 100 closings of OE. It is being increased quicker than it should be and even if you are not using OE. There is a growing number of programs and actions that may be causing this after installing SP3. Do you have any of the following? IBM Rapid Access keyboard (driver) RAKDLL.DLL Windows Desktop Search Window Live Mail (even if it was removed) Mailwasher Nero plug-in(s) Opening EML files while OE is closed will also contribute to the registry count. Various anti-virus, anti-spyware and third party firewalls, especially if they were running when you installed SP3. Recent archived thread discussing this issue: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d35fbfa457fd6f In the case of Windows Desktop Search, (the #1 offender), you have to tell it to stop indexing OE. Windows Desktop Search. Set Desktop Search Options: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/w...h/options.mspx In the case of Nero Scout, see Item 2.3 on page 8 here. ftp://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero...oScout_Enu.pdf In the option to exclude selected file types from indexing, be sure to add these file types: ..eml, .dbx & .nws -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box
for Outlook Express. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... Thanks, Bruce - I've seen your answer many times before, and it's helped me find the real culprit in my particular situation: Windows Desktop Search (see below). I have visited the site you cite in reference to WDS, and I must say, I find it less than immensly useful. The instructions don't seem to fit what I see on my screen (Example: What's the "Deskbar Search box?" If i click in the taskbar search box, nothing happens. Also, the Windows Desktop Search Options dialog doen't have any panes, or least any way I can see to get 'em. also, when I type into the taskbar desktop search box, I do not get immediate results, nor do I see any option that allows me to select that mode of searching.) Having discovered that WDS is incrementing the counter (at least once at every boot) how can I convince it not to? Ultimately it will get to 100 again, and I'll be faced once more with a series of naggging popups that don't bear any realtionship to the way my PC is configured or used. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX "Bruce Hagen" wrote: "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... First of all, if I'm in the wrong forum for this - please let me know and I'll move on over. I have had a problem that's deviled many other folks, and like them I've spent days trying to dope it out: I'm getting a popup driven by a OE registry value ("Compact Check Count") that whines about it being time to compact OE messages. I'm not using OE at all - use Outlook 2007 on XP SP3. The Compact Check Count counter gets incremented to a critical value, and then the popup is generated. So why is that counter being manipulated on my system? I've seen many posts listing possible causes, and so I downloaded Procmon and quickly saw that it is Windows Desktop Search that's incrementing the counter. I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). So: How can I keep this counter from being manipulated by Windows Desktop Search? (As a last-gasp measure, I'm rebuiding the index -- I'll post later if that made any difference.) Thanks for your help. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX See the WDS link below. The problem is with the registry counter that gives you the prompt after 100 closings of OE. It is being increased quicker than it should be and even if you are not using OE. There is a growing number of programs and actions that may be causing this after installing SP3. Do you have any of the following? IBM Rapid Access keyboard (driver) RAKDLL.DLL Windows Desktop Search Window Live Mail (even if it was removed) Mailwasher Nero plug-in(s) Opening EML files while OE is closed will also contribute to the registry count. Various anti-virus, anti-spyware and third party firewalls, especially if they were running when you installed SP3. Recent archived thread discussing this issue: http://groups.google.com/group/micro...d35fbfa457fd6f In the case of Windows Desktop Search, (the #1 offender), you have to tell it to stop indexing OE. Windows Desktop Search. Set Desktop Search Options: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/w...h/options.mspx In the case of Nero Scout, see Item 2.3 on page 8 here. ftp://ftp6.nero.com/user_guides/nero...oScout_Enu.pdf In the option to exclude selected file types from indexing, be sure to add these file types: ..eml, .dbx & .nws -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Chec
"Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Chec
"Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message
... "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? One person also not using Outlook Express reported that the issue was fixed by deleting all the dbx files in the message store. Note that should you open OE, the files will be recreated. Open OE to find the message store location and then close it. Do not open after this. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Chec
I'll give that a try, Bruce - thanks.
I saw someplace else where it said to remove .dbx files from the WDS list of file types to be indexed, and that particular extension wasn't in there at all. So I'm guessing that (in a rational world) WDS wouldn't even be looking for any .dbx files. But I'll try anyway. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? One person also not using Outlook Express reported that the issue was fixed by deleting all the dbx files in the message store. Note that should you open OE, the files will be recreated. Open OE to find the message store location and then close it. Do not open after this. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Chec
Just as amatter of interst, I see a bunch of those .dbx files that are dated TODAY! What's up with that? Also, I see that other past users of this PC also have .dbx files set up, but I can guarantee you that they never (purposefully) used OE - my 5-year old grandson just wouldn't know how to. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? One person also not using Outlook Express reported that the issue was fixed by deleting all the dbx files in the message store. Note that should you open OE, the files will be recreated. Open OE to find the message store location and then close it. Do not open after this. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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The dbx files shouldn't be dated today unless you created a new identity
that was never used before. Any instance of OE will have some dbx files by default whether or not it was used before. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... Just as amatter of interst, I see a bunch of those .dbx files that are dated TODAY! What's up with that? Also, I see that other past users of this PC also have .dbx files set up, but I can guarantee you that they never (purposefully) used OE - my 5-year old grandson just wouldn't know how to. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? One person also not using Outlook Express reported that the issue was fixed by deleting all the dbx files in the message store. Note that should you open OE, the files will be recreated. Open OE to find the message store location and then close it. Do not open after this. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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"Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message
... "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? Yes. Do you really need the new style search facility? If not, go to Control Panel and click on Add or Remove Programs. Scroll down and remove Windows Live Search. Your version of Win XP will revert to the old style search function - which has always worked well. |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Chec
I apparently have two "identities" on this machine. I don't know what those
are - are they roles? At any rate, they don't appear to be in a one-to-one correspondence to users, since I have 5 users configured. Anyway, I had three different *users* who had .dbx files. The files showed (in Windows Explorer) for one of those users (me) dates of today, and some were quite large. I deleted all of the .dbx files for all the users. I restarted the system and following the boot, the Compact Count Check was incremented for one of the identities. I alsonow have 2 sets of three .dbx files (Folders," "Inbox," and "Offline"): 1. User 1 (me) with an identity (I guess, since it's included in the path name for .dbx file) that's NOT the one that gets the incremented Compact Check Count incremented 2. User 2 with an identity shown in the path name for the .dbx files that *IS* the identity for which the Compact Count Check is being incremented. I did all that without using OE itself - I used Windows Explorer to locate and delete the files. So I guess I'm back to this: WDS has been configured NOT to index OE for any user, and I see (though a Procmon trace) that it increments the Compact Check Count registry entry after the system boots. Has a mind of its own, does it not? What next? Oh, BTW: How can I tell what version of WDS I'm running? Control Panel says that I have V 3.01, but that I haven't used it for almost 2 years. Either CP is lying about the WDS usage, or I have another version that doesn't show in CP. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: The dbx files shouldn't be dated today unless you created a new identity that was never used before. Any instance of OE will have some dbx files by default whether or not it was used before. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... Just as amatter of interst, I see a bunch of those .dbx files that are dated TODAY! What's up with that? Also, I see that other past users of this PC also have .dbx files set up, but I can guarantee you that they never (purposefully) used OE - my 5-year old grandson just wouldn't know how to. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? One person also not using Outlook Express reported that the issue was fixed by deleting all the dbx files in the message store. Note that should you open OE, the files will be recreated. Open OE to find the message store location and then close it. Do not open after this. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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Delete all the Identities folders you see in the path to the message store.
Reboot and open OE. Check the path to this new, and only, instance of OE and close it. There should only be one identity in Windows Explorer now. The message store should have only a few dbx files in it. Delete these dbx files. I can't tell you how to find the version of WDS you have. I never used it. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... I apparently have two "identities" on this machine. I don't know what those are - are they roles? At any rate, they don't appear to be in a one-to-one correspondence to users, since I have 5 users configured. Anyway, I had three different *users* who had .dbx files. The files showed (in Windows Explorer) for one of those users (me) dates of today, and some were quite large. I deleted all of the .dbx files for all the users. I restarted the system and following the boot, the Compact Count Check was incremented for one of the identities. I alsonow have 2 sets of three .dbx files (Folders," "Inbox," and "Offline"): 1. User 1 (me) with an identity (I guess, since it's included in the path name for .dbx file) that's NOT the one that gets the incremented Compact Check Count incremented 2. User 2 with an identity shown in the path name for the .dbx files that *IS* the identity for which the Compact Count Check is being incremented. I did all that without using OE itself - I used Windows Explorer to locate and delete the files. So I guess I'm back to this: WDS has been configured NOT to index OE for any user, and I see (though a Procmon trace) that it increments the Compact Check Count registry entry after the system boots. Has a mind of its own, does it not? What next? Oh, BTW: How can I tell what version of WDS I'm running? Control Panel says that I have V 3.01, but that I haven't used it for almost 2 years. Either CP is lying about the WDS usage, or I have another version that doesn't show in CP. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: The dbx files shouldn't be dated today unless you created a new identity that was never used before. Any instance of OE will have some dbx files by default whether or not it was used before. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... Just as amatter of interst, I see a bunch of those .dbx files that are dated TODAY! What's up with that? Also, I see that other past users of this PC also have .dbx files set up, but I can guarantee you that they never (purposefully) used OE - my 5-year old grandson just wouldn't know how to. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Control Panel | INDEXING OPTIONS. Click: MODIFY and clear the check box for Outlook Express. Did that, Bruce - that's why I've written this post! Indixing Options no longer include any OE references (See quote below from original post) I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). Any other suggestions? One person also not using Outlook Express reported that the issue was fixed by deleting all the dbx files in the message store. Note that should you open OE, the files will be recreated. Open OE to find the message store location and then close it. Do not open after this. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA |
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Crossposted to OE General. Please see the original post in XP
Help_And_Support to see what has been done so far. Posts were snipped so I can't forward them all. "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... First of all, if I'm in the wrong forum for this - please let me know and I'll move on over. I have had a problem that's deviled many other folks, and like them I've spent days trying to dope it out: I'm getting a popup driven by a OE registry value ("Compact Check Count") that whines about it being time to compact OE messages. I'm not using OE at all - use Outlook 2007 on XP SP3. The Compact Check Count counter gets incremented to a critical value, and then the popup is generated. So why is that counter being manipulated on my system? I've seen many posts listing possible causes, and so I downloaded Procmon and quickly saw that it is Windows Desktop Search that's incrementing the counter. I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). So: How can I keep this counter from being manipulated by Windows Desktop Search? (As a last-gasp measure, I'm rebuiding the index -- I'll post later if that made any difference.) Thanks for your help. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Check Co
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http://groups.google.com/group/micro...9d4e967028e6c9 Bruce Hagen wrote: Crossposted to OE General. Please see the original post in XP Help_And_Support to see what has been done so far. Posts were snipped so I can't forward them all. "Dave Jenkins" .(spam-ugh!) wrote in message ... First of all, if I'm in the wrong forum for this - please let me know and I'll move on over. I have had a problem that's deviled many other folks, and like them I've spent days trying to dope it out: I'm getting a popup driven by a OE registry value ("Compact Check Count") that whines about it being time to compact OE messages. I'm not using OE at all - use Outlook 2007 on XP SP3. The Compact Check Count counter gets incremented to a critical value, and then the popup is generated. So why is that counter being manipulated on my system? I've seen many posts listing possible causes, and so I downloaded Procmon and quickly saw that it is Windows Desktop Search that's incrementing the counter. I found that the Control Panel Indexing Options included 2 Outlook Express locations - problem solved! Well, not quite: I've unchecked those locations (it's not clear to me how to remove those locations entirely from the eligible list, but they're unchecked) and what's now left checked there is MS OneNote, MS Outlook and Documents and Settings, all for my userid (nobody else uses this PC). So: How can I keep this counter from being manipulated by Windows Desktop Search? (As a last-gasp measure, I'm rebuiding the index -- I'll post later if that made any difference.) Thanks for your help. -- Dave Jenkins K5KX |
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How to get Desktop Search to Stop Incrementing OE Compact Chec
NB: Windows (Desktop) Search and Windows Live Search are NOT the same
thing! On Nov 21, 3:29*pm, "Bob Lucas" wrote: SNIP Do you really need the new style search facility? *If not, go to Control Panel and click on Add or Remove Programs. Scroll down and remove Windows Live Search. Your version of Win XP will revert to the old style search function - which has always worked well. |
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