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Speed opening Outlook Express

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by mike.cort

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A PC using Windows ME and another using Win95 take over 5 minutes to open Outlook Express. Once open, performance is fine apart from moving files into exsisting folders. This again can take up to 5 minutes to complete???

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by sgt_shultz

try these for an answer: support.microsoft.com, search for:
271510
235300
apparently this can be caused by one or more damaged files or maybe damaged registry entry.
bet these will fix you up...

by thechas

Another factor that can slow OE way down on startup and moving files, is the combination of stored emails, and free memory and hard drive space.

100 saved mails take about 1 minute to open OE

1000 + saved mails will take several minutes.

Combine this with limited free RAM or HDD space, and the process slows considerably.

Look at the total size of the users .dbx files.
Remember, that these are compressed, and all files are expanded when OE opens.

Chas

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