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"To free up disk space, outlook express can compact messages ..."

Every time I start my computer (HP laptop, Win XP) I get this message:
"To free up disk space, outlook express can compact messages ..."
I want this to go away.
I do not use Outlook Express.
I do use Outlook.
What can I do?

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1.Start the registry editor. Start>Run>Regedit
2.Open this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{identity}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0
where identity is a string of letters, numbers, and dashes.
3.Set the value of Compact Check Count to 0.
4.Close the registry editor.

Hahahhaah you beat me to it brendanmeyer:
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the regedit worked