Deleted emails in Outlook Express

smainl

I am unable to delete several email in Outlook express. I keep getting a warning that I do not have enough memory.

I am running Windows Vista on the laptop.

kryyst

Try shit+deleting them.

Ryder

Nice typo Kryyst.

That is shift+delete Smainl

kryyst

is it - is it really

Winfrey

yeah I was looking for the "shit" key on the keyboard too

kryyst

You should look harder it's right beside the any key, unless you are on a laptop then it's the Fn+Any key.

BobbyDigi

smainl wrote:

I am unable to delete several email in Outlook express. I keep getting a warning that I do not have enough memory.

I am running Windows Vista on the laptop.

Vista would indicate Windows Mail, not Outlook Express. Small difference. Have you cleared your deleted Items folder? Are you still getting the error? If so please reply with the exact error that is coming up.

Edit: I also came across this link that describes both Norton and McAfee Antivirus' being incompatible with Windows Mail.

-Bobby

smainl

Bobby1211 wrote:

Vista would indicate Windows Mail, not Outlook Express. Small difference. Have you cleared your deleted Items folder? Are you still getting the error? If so please reply with the exact error that is coming up.

Edit: I also came across this link that describes both Norton and McAfee Antivirus' being incompatible with Windows Mail.

-Bobby

smainl

You are right it is windows mail. The emails I cannot delete are in the deleted folder.
Here is the exact warning

"Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again."

BobbyDigi

Do you run Norton or McAfee?

Go to Start -> Computer and right click on your C: drive and click properties, what shows as the free space?

-Bobby

smainl

Bobby1211 wrote:

Do you run Norton or McAfee?

Go to Start -> Computer and right click on your C: drive and click properties, what shows as the free space?

-Bobby

smainl

I run Norton and I am showing 66.5G free.

BobbyDigi

Bobby1211 wrote:

...I also came across this link that describes both Norton and McAfee Antivirus' being incompatible with Windows Mail

Through that link I found this link:

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/62560-windows-mail-problems.html

Short of it: Norton is probably the problem. Disable email scanning to see if that helps. If not, Uninstall Norton to see if that helps. There is also mention of a HotFix Here. May be worth a try if you really want to keep Norton.

-Bobby

kryyst

I would also suggest getting rid of Norton and use some other form of protection like Microsoft Security Essentials or Avast. Norton is really more trouble then it's worth.