Welcome to the club!
Frankly, I'd advise you to hold off on attempting to employ
the purported fixes that are floating around, because we
don't know yet what's causing the problem.
Gary VanderMolen
"Lorraine 113071" <Lorraine
113071@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A68B27F5-9482-4979-83F8-FEAEE3527C57@microsoft.com...
>I am having the exact same problems, complete with the same messages, as
> Bernice. I had three messages stuck in my outbox, and I was able to drag and
> drop two of them into the deleted items folder. Apparenlty, the culprit is
> the last message, which gives this message in the mail body:
> Message could not be displayed
> Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this
> message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try again.
> I am not able to drag and drop this one. When I try to do so, or try to
> delete it by right clicking and deleting, a box pops up that says:
> Windows Mail
> An Unknown Error has Occured
> Should I try to get rid of it by doing what you've suggested that Bernice
> try? Or would you recommend something else. FYI, mine too is a brand new
> computer, so space isn't an issue. I got that error as well. Weird. Thanks
> for any help you can offer!
>
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> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> I just tested and if you delete the two database files, then it rebuilds the
>> database and reincorporates the information of the files into the "recovered
>> folders". So you won't lose messages.
>>
>> The alternative is to move everything out of the Windows Mail directory (all
>> files and directories) and then it will start over completely fresh. If you
>> take that alternative, then you can go to File | Import | Messages and point
>> to where you moved them. Or worse case scenario, drag the eml files back
>> into a WinMail folder. The messages are not going to be lost.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Bernice" <bernice05901@comcast.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> news:A09657A5-7472-4387-B86A-F3EC20D36F4B@microsoft.com...
>> > Does this mean I would lose all of my folders and messages? And are what
>> > I
>> > am calling "folders" what you guys are calling "stores"?
>> >
>> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well the sledgehammer solution is to wipe out the database and its
>> >> backup.
>> >>
>> >> Delete the WindowsMail.MSMessageStore file in the Windows Mail directory
>> >> and
>> >> then delete the backup copy in the \backup\new subdirectory and then try
>> >> starting it.
>> >>
>> >> steve
>> >>
>> >> "Mel Fishman" <Mel Fishman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news
F87ED5A-0814-4626-8A0D-04193DCCAB2A@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I am having the same proble. Tried the toolkit with no luck
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Try my WMUtil program first and compact and then repair the database.
>> >> >> See
>> >> >> if that fixes it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> steve
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Bernice" <bernice05901@comcast.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:AE4B6E40-A8AE-46D2-9745-FE1D80CE700C@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >I did what you suggested and low and behold the message doesn't even
>> >> >> >show
>> >> >> >up
>> >> >> > with the other messages in that location! Of course when I open
>> >> >> > Windows
>> >> >> > Mail
>> >> >> > up again in the hopes it is now miraculously gone it is still there.
>> >> >> > It
>> >> >> > is
>> >> >> > evil I tell you. EVIL! ;-) I just don't know what to do. I
>> >> >> > haven't
>> >> >> > been
>> >> >> > able to send mail now for ten days and I'm getting desperate here.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Any other ideas?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "DGuess" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> "Bernice" <bernice05901@comcast.com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
>> >> >> >> news:925C1B72-CEC5-436F-B28C-04934498597B@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> >> >I have a message that appears to be "blocking" my other messages
>> >> >> >> >from
>> >> >> >> >being
>> >> >> >> > sent. This is what it says in the body of the message:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > "Message could not be displayed
>> >> >> >> > Windows Mail encountered an unexpected problem while displaying
>> >> >> >> > this
>> >> >> >> > message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and
>> >> >> >> > try
>> >> >> >> > again."
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I have tons of memory and disk space (brand new computer with
>> >> >> >> > 160G
>> >> >> >> > hard
>> >> >> >> > drive and 2 Ghz RAM). My OLD computer had/has no problem with
>> >> >> >> > sending
>> >> >> >> > this
>> >> >> >> > little .jpg message.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > When I try to delete the e-mail message I receive the following
>> >> >> >> > message:
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > "An unknown error has occurred."
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > I click the "OK" button and now it says it is deleting the
>> >> >> >> > message
>> >> >> >> > but
>> >> >> >> > it
>> >> >> >> > has shown that message for more than ten minutes now. I
>> >> >> >> > seriously
>> >> >> >> > doubt
>> >> >> >> > it
>> >> >> >> > is really deleting the message. Can anyone help me get this
>> >> >> >> > message
>> >> >> >> > deleted
>> >> >> >> > from my Outbox?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> You will have to delete it from the Outbox folder via Windows
>> >> >> >> Explorer.
>> >> >> >> Tools | Options | Advanced tab | Manintenance button | Store
>> >> >> >> Folders
>> >> >> >> button.
>> >> >> >> Note the location of the messages stores.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Close Windows Mail.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder location you found
>> >> >> >> in
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> Store Folder dialog.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Locate the Outbox and find the message that won't send and delete
>> >> >> >> it.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
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