Help with deleting a send file

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I am trying to delete in the sent box a file that was way to big for my ISP
to handle......everytime I hit delete on this file, my computer locks up and
freezes...how can I get rid of that message??
 
And your Mail Client is...?
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Outlook-specific newsgroup:
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
 
do you mean who my isp provider is?

PA Bear said:
And your Mail Client is...?
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OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
Outlook-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
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Nope, what Client application, is it Outlook, outlook express, Fedora,
Thunderbirds, Bittorrent,..etc.
What the folder that your ISP cannot handle is it a document for word.excel,
a folder, an application software.
Try Safe Mode and see if you can get rid of it.
Make sure the system is clean from scumware and spyware, also run disk clean
u.
HTH.
nass
 
When I do a re-boot & hit F8, nothing happens, so I can't get into safe mode.
What next?

Thanks
 
P.S. Mail client is outlook express

nass said:
Nope, what Client application, is it Outlook, outlook express, Fedora,
Thunderbirds, Bittorrent,..etc.
What the folder that your ISP cannot handle is it a document for word.excel,
a folder, an application software.
Try Safe Mode and see if you can get rid of it.
Make sure the system is clean from scumware and spyware, also run disk clean
u.
HTH.
nass
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Please remember to state your Windows version in your first post to an MS
newsgroup.

1. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted
Items folders and into other folders you've created for archiving (saving)
such messages.
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**If you can't move any messages out of Sent Items and/or Deleted Items
folders and you need them, stop here and reply to this thread!**

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2. Write down the location of your identity's store
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

3. Close OE.

4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder, find & delete the
files Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, and Deleted Items.dbx.

To avoid such problems in the future:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
 
I figured it out...got it off of preview pane & then I was able to delete it!
Thanks everybody!

PA Bear said:
Please remember to state your Windows version in your first post to an MS
newsgroup.

1. Move any messages that you want to keep out of Sent Items and Deleted
Items folders and into other folders you've created for archiving (saving)
such messages.
===============================

**If you can't move any messages out of Sent Items and/or Deleted Items
folders and you need them, stop here and reply to this thread!**

===============================
2. Write down the location of your identity's store
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

3. Close OE.

4. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder, find & delete the
files Outbox.dbx, Sent Items.dbx, and Deleted Items.dbx.

To avoid such problems in the future:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org

do you mean who my isp provider is?
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P.S. Mail client is outlook express
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5hulses said:
When I do a re-boot & hit F8, nothing happens, so I can't get into safe
mode.
What next?
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When you reboot keep tapping F8. Don't just hit it once.
 
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