cannot delete big file in outbox

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Robert

windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003

i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or delete. when
double click the file, it says: "can't open this item. outlook has already
begun transmitting this message" while i already canceled transmitting.

i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.

- robert
 
The instructions below are written from using Outlook 2003. They may be a
little different with a different version on Outlook, but the concept is the
same:

You may want to try using the Advanced Find Feature from your inbox. (Press
the <F3> key)
- Then type in the SEARCH window the subject of the problem message
- Next select the SEARCH IN button and select CHOOSE FOLDERS
- Select the OUTBOX and remove the check from the INBOX
- Click OK
- Try deleting the troublesome message from the Search Window.

Please let me know if this is successful.

Nikki
 
You forgot to mention that Outlook needs to be closed completely and
restarted in Offline mode for this to work.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Peter Foldes asked this group:

| Put Outlook OFFLINE and delete.
|
|
| || windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003
||
|| i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or
|| delete. when double click the file, it says: "can't open this item.
|| outlook has already begun transmitting this message" while i already
|| canceled transmitting.
||
|| i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.
||
|| - robert
 
tried these step and it did not help


Nikki said:
The instructions below are written from using Outlook 2003. They may be a
little different with a different version on Outlook, but the concept is
the same:

You may want to try using the Advanced Find Feature from your inbox.
(Press the <F3> key)
- Then type in the SEARCH window the subject of the problem message
- Next select the SEARCH IN button and select CHOOSE FOLDERS
- Select the OUTBOX and remove the check from the INBOX
- Click OK
- Try deleting the troublesome message from the Search Window.

Please let me know if this is successful.

Nikki
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i started outlook, click file, work offline and still could not delete the
trouble big file in outbox. i also tried to click start, search and found
outbox.dbx and delete. but when i start outlook, the file still sitting in
outbox.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
 
Try what Milly posted instead.
You did not restart in Offline mode.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
i started outlook, click file, work offline and still could not delete the
trouble big file in outbox. i also tried to click start, search and found
outbox.dbx and delete. but when i start outlook, the file still sitting in
outbox.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
You forgot to mention that Outlook needs to be closed completely and
restarted in Offline mode for this to work.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Peter Foldes asked this group:

| Put Outlook OFFLINE and delete.
|
|
| || windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003
||
|| i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or
|| delete. when double click the file, it says: "can't open this item.
|| outlook has already begun transmitting this message" while i already
|| canceled transmitting.
||
|| i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.
||
|| - robert
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I took it for granted that someone would know to close OL first to set it to offline. I guess I am wrong doing that. Thanks Milly
 
i started outlook, click file, work offline. close outlook and restarted
outloook. make sure the lower right says 'offline'. but the stubon file
still refused to be deleted.


Russ Valentine said:
Try what Milly posted instead.
You did not restart in Offline mode.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
i started outlook, click file, work offline and still could not delete the
trouble big file in outbox. i also tried to click start, search and found
outbox.dbx and delete. but when i start outlook, the file still sitting in
outbox.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
You forgot to mention that Outlook needs to be closed completely and
restarted in Offline mode for this to work.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Peter Foldes asked this group:

| Put Outlook OFFLINE and delete.
|
|
| || windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003
||
|| i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or
|| delete. when double click the file, it says: "can't open this item.
|| outlook has already begun transmitting this message" while i already
|| canceled transmitting.
||
|| i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.
||
|| - robert
Click to expand...
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Click to expand...
 
Then you'll have to go to war and adapt one of the methods here to your
version:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q182/5/72.asp

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
i started outlook, click file, work offline. close outlook and restarted
outloook. make sure the lower right says 'offline'. but the stubon file
still refused to be deleted.


Russ Valentine said:
Try what Milly posted instead.
You did not restart in Offline mode.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
i started outlook, click file, work offline and still could not delete
the trouble big file in outbox. i also tried to click start, search and
found outbox.dbx and delete. but when i start outlook, the file still
sitting in outbox.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
You forgot to mention that Outlook needs to be closed completely and
restarted in Offline mode for this to work.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Peter Foldes asked this group:

| Put Outlook OFFLINE and delete.
|
|
| || windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003
||
|| i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or
|| delete. when double click the file, it says: "can't open this item.
|| outlook has already begun transmitting this message" while i already
|| canceled transmitting.
||
|| i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.
||
|| - robert
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
i follow this link and created a new profile. it's working now. thanks a
lot.

Russ Valentine said:
Then you'll have to go to war and adapt one of the methods here to your
version:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q182/5/72.asp

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
i started outlook, click file, work offline. close outlook and restarted
outloook. make sure the lower right says 'offline'. but the stubon file
still refused to be deleted.


Russ Valentine said:
Try what Milly posted instead.
You did not restart in Offline mode.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
i started outlook, click file, work offline and still could not delete
the trouble big file in outbox. i also tried to click start, search and
found outbox.dbx and delete. but when i start outlook, the file still
sitting in outbox.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
You forgot to mention that Outlook needs to be closed completely and
restarted in Offline mode for this to work.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Peter Foldes asked this group:

| Put Outlook OFFLINE and delete.
|
|
| || windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003
||
|| i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or
|| delete. when double click the file, it says: "can't open this item.
|| outlook has already begun transmitting this message" while i
already
|| canceled transmitting.
||
|| i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.
||
|| - robert
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I wish I knew why they haven't updated this article for current versions.
These are the only solutions that really work.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
i follow this link and created a new profile. it's working now. thanks a
lot.

Russ Valentine said:
Then you'll have to go to war and adapt one of the methods here to your
version:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q182/5/72.asp

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Robert said:
i started outlook, click file, work offline. close outlook and restarted
outloook. make sure the lower right says 'offline'. but the stubon file
still refused to be deleted.


Try what Milly posted instead.
You did not restart in Offline mode.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
i started outlook, click file, work offline and still could not delete
the trouble big file in outbox. i also tried to click start, search and
found outbox.dbx and delete. but when i start outlook, the file still
sitting in outbox.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
You forgot to mention that Outlook needs to be closed completely and
restarted in Offline mode for this to work.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Peter Foldes asked this group:

| Put Outlook OFFLINE and delete.
|
|
| || windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003
||
|| i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or
|| delete. when double click the file, it says: "can't open this
item.
|| outlook has already begun transmitting this message" while i
already
|| canceled transmitting.
||
|| i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.
||
|| - robert
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
If people did the obvious, we who provide help would have a lot more time to
spend on our stuff and not in the news groups. ;)

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Peter Foldes asked:

| I took it for granted that someone would know to close OL first to
| set it to offline. I guess I am wrong doing that. Thanks Milly
|
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| || You forgot to mention that Outlook needs to be closed completely and
|| restarted in Offline mode for this to work.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
||
|| After furious head-scratching, Peter Foldes asked this group:
||
||| Put Outlook OFFLINE and delete.
|||
|||
||| |||| windows xp pro sp2 and outlook 2003
||||
|||| i have a big (15mb) file sitting in outbox. i cannot move, or
|||| delete. when double click the file, it says: "can't open this item.
|||| outlook has already begun transmitting this message" while i
|||| already canceled transmitting.
||||
|||| i tried to compack the folder and it dit not help.
||||
|||| - robert
 
Robert said:
i also tried to click start,
search and found outbox.dbx and delete. but when i start outlook, the
file still sitting in outbox.
Click to expand...

That's because outbox.dbx is Outlook Express' Outbox and has nothing to do
with Outlook.
 
Hi all. Found an easier way by sheer luck:
close down all programs after saving all files. Go to Start=> All Programs
=>Accessories =>System Restore. Click on it and choose a date prior to the
date that you sent the Too-Big-File.
The System Restore Programs restores your system to a date before the
Too-Big-File started blocking Outlook. Open Outlook, go to the Outbox and it
let me delete the offending file without hassles, deleted it out of your
Deleted Items just to make sure.
Went back to System restore as above and got the computer back to todays
date and Bob was my uncle again, the file is gone, Outlook is working again.


I hope it works for all of you like it did for me, changing personal files
and all that is just too complicated for me.

url:http://www.ureader.com/msg/10704073.aspx
 
herbert starik said:
Hi all. Found an easier way by sheer luck:
close down all programs after saving all files. Go to Start=> All
Programs =>Accessories =>System Restore. Click on it and choose a
date prior to the date that you sent the Too-Big-File.
Click to expand...

That doesn't work. While it may have appeared to work in your case, it was
coincidental.
 
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