Fix - Outlook Express needs to compact disk space.

To free up disk space outlook express can compact messages. Problem is, you don’t even have Outlook Express installed! What’s going on?

This problem occurs if Outlook Express uses a third party search tool to index items on your hard drive. For our purposes we will say that you have Windows Search for your desktop. If you’re using Windows Search, right click the System Tray icon, select Windows Search Options. When the Indexing Options dialog box appears, click the Modify button at the bottom. Find Microsoft Outlook Express in the list, clear the check box, click OK. Microsoft Outlook Express should no longer appear in the “Index these locations:” list. Next, close the dialog box to finish.

By performing this method, Outlook Express should no longer try to index your hard drive and thus should not prompt you to compact your messages.

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