I compact fairly regularly. Before someone says there are risks in doing so
I must say I haven't (yet) found a problem. However, sometimes I find a
copy of all my files in the Recycle Bin. This isn't a problem but I was
wondering why it should do this and not on every occasion?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway

It should do it every time.

This is due to the OE update, (KB923694). Now when you compact, a copy of
your dbx files are sent to the Recycle Bin in the event that something
should go wrong and messages, or entire folders, are lost when you are
compacting.

Many people do not back up Outlook Express on a regular basis. This new
mandatory backup is something people have been asking for quite awhile as we
spend a lot of time helping people getting their messages back, and they
have to purchase a tool to recover messages.

You can empty the Recycle Bin any time you want and the bak files will go
away until you compact again.

For more info, see the information outlined in red he
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

If you don't currently back up OE regularly, I would suggest you get this,
or a similar tool, (freeware):

This freeware tool backs up everything in OE in seconds. Disregard what is
written in red. That is referring to a different program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bill Ridgeway" wrote in message
...
I compact fairly regularly. Before someone says there are risks in doing
so I must say I haven't (yet) found a problem. However, sometimes I find a
copy of all my files in the Recycle Bin. This isn't a problem but I was
wondering why it should do this and not on every occasion?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway