I don't see what this has to do with Word? You should never open Word
documents from e-mail applications. Save them to the hard drive and open
them from there.

Rename the folder to (say) olddb and then see what happens for a few days
normal use with the MSN application. If nothing untoward happens, delete it.
If it causes a problem, rename it back again to db.


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Dee wrote:
I'm sorry
i failed to include that this is a problem with MSN email
it doesnt involve Win XP recycle bin
it is a folder set up within MSN called TRASH.
actually there are 2 folders
one saves email to MSN storage whcih is what i prefer
the other section -which was already there upon instalalation of MSN
-saves emails to folders on the computer HD.
Supposedly you can designate where you want to save them
I never designated to save to my HD

what is happeneing is:
i Trash an email...it goes into the MSN trash folder
when i empty that folder it is apparently going into the
"Trash/folder on my computer"
I do not know how to avoid this
the bigger problem is....
i cannot get rid of them once they are in the folder on my
computer they are automatically going into a db file
path is:
documents & settings/owner/ local settings/application
data/microsoft/MSN/db

i need to know if i can purge that file without harm
files within that folder cannot be opened to check (Windows
message-can't find program that created it)
the properties window indicates the file size of this folder to be
1.6GB
i need to get rid of it to free up space-but need to know if that
folder contains something crucial to running the MSN software
i hope this clarifies the situation
thanks for your help
d

Unless you explicitly delete files (by pressing Shift+Delete) or tell
Windows to skip it, they go to the Recycle Bin. Deleted emails go to
the Delete Items folder unless you press Shift while deleting. The
folder you describe may be something created by a document
management application.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Dee" wrote in message
...
I am having a similar problem
when i trash email it goes into a folder that is saved on my
computer ( i did not designate this to happen)
i recently found this folder by accident and it had 2 yrs worth of
deleted emails of over 1.6 GB...no wonder my computer is running so
slow
the problem is...i am not sure if the folder contains only
email...it wount let me open the files ( does not know what program
to use)
i would like to just ppurge the entire folder
the folder is marks db
any suggestions?
d
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Dee from NJ


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

What is the path for "Word documents" on the File Locations tab of
Tools

Options? That will be the default save folder for *new* documents.
The default folder for existing documents, however (when you use
Save As), is the folder where the open document is stored. If you
have opened a document from an email attachment, this will be a
temp folder; if you save the document there, it will be deleted
when you close Word, so you *must* navigate to My Documents or
some other folder. If you open a file from a removable disk (which
you shouldn't do), then Word will default to saving there.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"lisa" wrote in message
...
the defaul (active) folder is "my documents" however, when I go
to save as, the automatic folder that comes up is a folder I
never created and is listed as a"briefcase" type. I am also
then not able to always find this folder unless I go to "my
recent documents" when I go to open. can someone explain what
this folder is, because other things are in here and I don't know
if I can delete the entire folder