Q130983: Removing Faxes from the Microsoft Fax Queue

Article: Q130983
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
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Keyword(s): kbtool win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to manually remove faxes from the queue in Microsoft
Exchange in Windows 95.

MORE INFORMATION
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You may want to clear the fax queue by manually removing the temporary files
that compose the faxes in the queue. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Quit and log out of Microsoft Exchange.

2. Open an MS-DOS command prompt session.

3. Type the following command to move to the fax queue directory

  " cd\<windir>\spool\fax " (without the quotation marks)

  where <windir> is the Windows 95 directory.

4. Type the following commands to remove the temporary spool files:

  " del *.mg3
  del *.efx " (without the quotation marks)

5. Type "exit" (without the quotation marks) to close the MS-DOS command prompt
  session.

6. Restart Microsoft Exchange.

NOTE: A fax sitting in the outbox will start the faxing process and put the fax
or faxes back into the queue.

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Keywords          : kbtool win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Issue type        : kbinfo

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