[SOLVED] Wierd Folders in Deleted Items Outlook 2003

jinglestelf · 07-08-2008, 01:02 PM

Hey Everyone,

I have researched this to no avail....and this is by boss' email so important doesn't even begin to describe the urgency.

Under her Deleted Items are 2 folders that I assume were generated by the system somehow - They are Recovered 8082 and Recovered 80C2 - They contain thousands of emails that should have been hard deleted. When I try to delete these folders of even just emails within them I get the "messaging interface has an unknown error" message or a message saying that I don't have permission to delete the folder. I have tried repairing the .pst, I have tried exporting (that bombs with the permissions error).

I am trying to clean out her files as best I can, because things have been very slow. She is one who keeps around 700-800 emails in her inbox and over 3000 in her sent box. I thought if I could get rid of these two wierd files, it might help things.

Many thanks in advance.

djaburg · 07-08-2008, 02:29 PM

If you're sure that you don't need the items in the deleted items folder, try creating a new PST file, make it the default pst, then import all folders EXCEPT the deleted items folder. Tedious, but that should do it.

jinglestelf · 07-11-2008, 01:43 PM

Thanks...finally got it done...

07-08-2008, 01:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
jinglestelf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	[SOLVED] Wierd Folders in Deleted Items Outlook 2003 Hey Everyone, I have researched this to no avail....and this is by boss' email so important doesn't even begin to describe the urgency. Under her Deleted Items are 2 folders that I assume were generated by the system somehow - They are Recovered 8082 and Recovered 80C2 - They contain thousands of emails that should have been hard deleted. When I try to delete these folders of even just emails within them I get the "messaging interface has an unknown error" message or a message saying that I don't have permission to delete the folder. I have tried repairing the .pst, I have tried exporting (that bombs with the permissions error). I am trying to clean out her files as best I can, because things have been very slow. She is one who keeps around 700-800 emails in her inbox and over 3000 in her sent box. I thought if I could get rid of these two wierd files, it might help things. Many thanks in advance.

07-08-2008, 02:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
djaburg Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 320 OS: XP SP2	Re: Wierd Folders in Deleted Items Outlook 2003 If you're sure that you don't need the items in the deleted items folder, try creating a new PST file, make it the default pst, then import all folders EXCEPT the deleted items folder. Tedious, but that should do it. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. Andy Rooney

07-11-2008, 01:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
jinglestelf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	Re: Wierd Folders in Deleted Items Outlook 2003 Thanks...finally got it done...