Might be that you have a virus checking software that's trying to access the OE folders. Or how about one that indexes your folders after closing? Seems to me that OE is complaining due to some other application trying to get at the folders whilst trying to compress them. And, yes, I'm again guilty of answering a non-JAWS question, but it's hard to resist. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Gilland" <clgilland07@xxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:43 Subject: Why can I not Compact folders ok, this is weird. Every now and then, I get the following dialog when I close Outlook distress, o oops, did I say that... I meant, Express. sorry. anyway, seriously: here's the msg. To free up disk space, Outlook Express can compact messages. This may take up to a few minutes. When I hit ok, though I know what this msg means, can someone explain why on both! my computers, I get the following message after hitting ok? The folder is currently in use by Outlook Express or by another application. Um, no, it, ain't, thank you? I closed the son of a gun. I'm really perplexed. Any reason why this would be happening? Chris. -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw Alternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.html If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx