Re: WindowsMail problem - NO JOY.... it didn't work.

"Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
news:uNKtFZ$...
> Use www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/ to compact and repair the database. Then open
> and close WinMail and allow it to compact.

OK, it only worked one time but evidently it didn't compact the files at
all, and now when I close WMail the same thing keeps happening. It wants to
compress the files and can't. How can this be fixed? Isn't there any MS
techs here anymore? This is the error:

Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: WinMail.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp: 47918ed8
Fault Module Name: StackHash_669c
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 669c
Additional Information 2: d16ba466ee34eb747799e9fa028a8a38
Additional Information 3: 4bbb
Additional Information 4: d8cbffd7a53ee1a29e7c47f50d18fcaa

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>
> steve
>
> "Will B. Dunne" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Windows mail keeps trying to compact the the files. It keeps trying and
>> I get errors. How is this fixed? It's the most annoying thing as it
>> doesn't quit and I get another error. How do I get it to compact the
>> news/mail files? Never had this problem with OE.
>

Unfortunately Windows Mail has been pretty much abandoned by MS since
about July 2006. Windows Mail has some corruption issues which will
never be fixed.

There is a rather laborious way of resetting Windows Mail.
Follow this procedure:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/62...-problems.html
Scroll down to the section "PROBLEM TWO: How to Backup and Reset
Windows Mail ".

Even if you manage to fix the problem for now, it will probably come back later.
Frankly, you'd be much better off simply upgrading to Windows Live Mail:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Will B. Dunne" <> wrote in message news:...
>
> "Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
> news:uNKtFZ$...
>> Use www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/ to compact and repair the database. Then open
>> and close WinMail and allow it to compact.
>
> OK, it only worked one time but evidently it didn't compact the files at
> all, and now when I close WMail the same thing keeps happening. It wants to
> compress the files and can't. How can this be fixed? Isn't there any MS
> techs here anymore? This is the error:
>
> Problem Event Name: BEX
> Application Name: WinMail.exe
> Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
> Application Timestamp: 47918ed8
> Fault Module Name: StackHash_669c
> Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
> Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
> Exception Offset: 00000000
> Exception Code: c0000005
> Exception Data: 00000008
> OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
> Locale ID: 1033
> Additional Information 1: 669c
> Additional Information 2: d16ba466ee34eb747799e9fa028a8a38
> Additional Information 3: 4bbb
> Additional Information 4: d8cbffd7a53ee1a29e7c47f50d18fcaa
>
> Read our privacy statement:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?link...3&clcid=0x0409
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>
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Will B. Dunne" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Windows mail keeps trying to compact the the files. It keeps trying and
>>> I get errors. How is this fixed? It's the most annoying thing as it
>>> doesn't quit and I get another error. How do I get it to compact the
>>> news/mail files? Never had this problem with OE.
>>
>

Will,

Have you tried downloading Windows Live Mail? It's a better looking Winmail.
You can remove the hotmail profile from 'Tools > Accounts' if you want just
Gmail for example.

http://download.live.com/wlmail

Drew

"Will B. Dunne" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
> news:uNKtFZ$...
>> Use www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/ to compact and repair the database. Then
>> open and close WinMail and allow it to compact.
>
> OK, it only worked one time but evidently it didn't compact the files at
> all, and now when I close WMail the same thing keeps happening. It wants
> to compress the files and can't. How can this be fixed? Isn't there any
> MS techs here anymore? This is the error:
>
> Problem Event Name: BEX
> Application Name: WinMail.exe
> Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
> Application Timestamp: 47918ed8
> Fault Module Name: StackHash_669c
> Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
> Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
> Exception Offset: 00000000
> Exception Code: c0000005
> Exception Data: 00000008
> OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
> Locale ID: 1033
> Additional Information 1: 669c
> Additional Information 2: d16ba466ee34eb747799e9fa028a8a38
> Additional Information 3: 4bbb
> Additional Information 4: d8cbffd7a53ee1a29e7c47f50d18fcaa
>
> Read our privacy statement:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?link...3&clcid=0x0409
>
>
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Will B. Dunne" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Windows mail keeps trying to compact the the files. It keeps trying and
>>> I get errors. How is this fixed? It's the most annoying thing as it
>>> doesn't quit and I get another error. How do I get it to compact the
>>> news/mail files? Never had this problem with OE.
>>
>

It looks like you got it fixed in another thread. 3rd party program
interference again.

WMUtil only compacts the database files. The messages don't need
compacting.
steve

"Will B. Dunne" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> "Steve Cochran" <> wrote in message
> news:uNKtFZ$...
>> Use www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/ to compact and repair the database. Then
>> open and close WinMail and allow it to compact.
>
> OK, it only worked one time but evidently it didn't compact the files at
> all, and now when I close WMail the same thing keeps happening. It wants
> to compress the files and can't. How can this be fixed? Isn't there any
> MS techs here anymore? This is the error:
>
> Problem Event Name: BEX
> Application Name: WinMail.exe
> Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
> Application Timestamp: 47918ed8
> Fault Module Name: StackHash_669c
> Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
> Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
> Exception Offset: 00000000
> Exception Code: c0000005
> Exception Data: 00000008
> OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
> Locale ID: 1033
> Additional Information 1: 669c
> Additional Information 2: d16ba466ee34eb747799e9fa028a8a38
> Additional Information 3: 4bbb
> Additional Information 4: d8cbffd7a53ee1a29e7c47f50d18fcaa
>
> Read our privacy statement:
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?link...3&clcid=0x0409
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>
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Will B. Dunne" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Windows mail keeps trying to compact the the files. It keeps trying and
>>> I get errors. How is this fixed? It's the most annoying thing as it
>>> doesn't quit and I get another error. How do I get it to compact the
>>> news/mail files? Never had this problem with OE.
>>
>