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I have just looked in my recycle bin and seen many files labelled ".bak".
What does this mean? What causes this to be attached to those files?
Thank you.
 
Peter said:
I have just looked in my recycle bin and seen many files labelled ".bak".
What does this mean? What causes this to be attached to those files?
Thank you.
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LOTS of applications use the extension .bak
You need to be more precise.
Do they have names like Inbox.bak and Sent Items.bak?
 
Did you recently compact folders in Outlook Express?

|I have just looked in my recycle bin and seen many files labelled ".bak".
| What does this mean? What causes this to be attached to those files?
| Thank you.
| --
| Peter
 
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Peter said:
I have just looked in my recycle bin and seen many files
labelled ".bak".
What does this mean? What causes this to be attached to
those files?
Thank you.
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Do you use Outlook Express for email or news? If so, OE has a
built-in feature where it will offer to compact all its folders
after it has been closed 100 times. During this process it
creates a backup copy of each OE folder and places it in the
Recycle bin with the .bak extension. If a problem should occur
during the compacting process, you can use the backup files in
the Recycle bin to restore your Outlook Express data.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
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