View | Current Vies. Is Show All Messages checked and nothing else? Have you
checked Deleted Items and all other folders? Did you compact after moving
the messages? If you are running a fully patched version of XP/SP2, check
the Recycle Bin and the message store for an Inbox.bak file. It would have
been created the last time you compacted.
If still no joy, rename the Inbox as described below and then use a recovery
tool.
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in
Windows Explorer.
In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
With OE closed, find the Inbox.dbx file and rename it to Inboxold.dbx it. A
new Inbox will be created automatically when you open OE. Now you can use
one of these tools to try to recover the messages.
Macallan Outlook Express Extraction:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan
DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
If you compacted after you moved the messages and do not have a bak file,
only DBXpress run in Extract From Disk mode has a chance of recovering the
messages.
To help avoid this in the futu
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.
Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
And backup often.
Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"Louis" wrote in message
...
After moving some selected email (sorted by year)from inbox to new folder
(Year 2007) all inbox mail was disappear,any solution to recover back??
Please revert..SOS
Louis..