That's why I tell people NOT to do what Frank suggested. I think its better
to move the entire message store to a subdirectory under Documents and then
once WinMail works, then use File | Import | Messages to get the messages
from the moved store. Otherwise people are continuously experiencing this
"recovered messages" issue.

steve

"Mike Benner" <Mike Benner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E59A808F-44E9-4DB6-859E-D9AB1EEE3D14@microsoft.com...
> So I had this same problem. Now my Windows Mail is a major mess. Every
> time
> I open up the program, it creates a new "Recovered Messages" folder, named
> for the date it was c reated and I think the time of day. Each "Recovered
> Messages" folder has 5 sub-folders. It is really bogging down my systtem.
> Any ideas?
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>
>> "mkitty" <mkitty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B2A89082-32EB-41C1-8969-27205DFBF5CC@microsoft.com...
>> > Ican delete from deleted folder but not from the inbox. Can you please
>> > help
>> > me. Thanks
>>
>> Email scanning should be turned off in any anti-virus. It provides no
>> protection not provided by the regular resident protection. Beside that,
>> McAfee and Norton are not compatible with Windows Mail.
>>
>> If you are not willing to just ignore them, the only way is to delete
>> both
>> copies of the database (which does not contain the messages, but only
>> references to them) and let WinMail rebuild it.
>> First close WinMail, then use Task Manager to make sure there are no
>> instances of it under applications or processes.
>> Then click Start | Search | Advanced Search
>> Check the box to include non-indexed, hidden and system files.
>> In the Name field type WindowsMail.MSMessageStore and click the Search
>> button.
>> It should show you two copies. Delete both of them and re-open WinMail.
>>
>> --
>> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
>> http://www.fjsmjs.com
>>
>>
>>
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