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**RogerC**

Thanks for the advice.
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RogerC

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

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.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"RogerC" wrote in message
...
Thanks for response.I have already used DBExtract and recovered some of
the
e-mails but most are corrupted. I have since run Registry Fix and Spybot
and
am now recieving e-mails. Thanks again.
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RogerC

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:

"RogerC" wrote in message
...
Outlook Express: The contents of my inbox have dissapeared. I have
renamed
the inbox.dbx and a new inbox.dbx is created but still no e-mails
appear.
Will I need to reload Outlook Express and if so, how do I go about it?
(Windows XP with IE7, SP2 and all updates)
I have copied the original inbox and tried to import to outlook express
on
another PC but, although it goes through the motions no e-mails are
imported.
I can receive e-mails on that PC though.

RogerC

Reloading OE won't help. The old Inbox.dbx is corrupted. Move to to a
folder that has nothing else in it. Use one of these tools to recover
any
messages that may still be in it:
DBXtract ($7): http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
There is also a free alternative to DBXtract, though not for DBXpress:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan
DBXpress: ($25) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

This is usually caused by someone interrupting the compacting process.
If
you have SP2 there should be an Inbox.bak in the Recycled bin. Move that
to
its own folder, rename it to a DBX extension and use one of the above
tools
to recover messages from it.

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
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