thanks very much. This worked and I have everything back. I noticed that
for some reason even though the deleted items in OE was empty in the store
folder the size was very large. I'll have to make sure that the deleted
stays empty in size. Thanks again

"Loretta" wrote:

Lost all the email folders in outlook express. tried to get them back with
the import but was unable to. I found all the folders that I am missing in
the recycle bin marked as a .BAK when I do a restore they move back to the
original folder and stay as a .BAK. I tried renaming them to a .dbx in hopes
that they can be imported - but I get "No messages can be found in this
folder or another application is running that has required files open"

Can anyone help me get thes back?