If it is only one folder, and by the size it appears to have mail in it, try
this first. You should rename the folder in the Folder Tree, and in the
Message store. If this does not work, then go get the tool.

In Windows Explorer, click on the file and drag it to the Desktop. Open OE
and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your desktop.
***Copy a message from any folder to the new one. You MUST do this.*** Close
OE. Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag the folder from
the Desktop to the OE store folder that you clicked on to reveal the .dbx
files. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"TomYoung" wrote in message
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PA Bear wrote:
Why it happens:

[big snip of lots of useful info]
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org



Thank you. After looking through all this I think I was guilty of the
sin of storing too much inside Outlook Express. Hopefully DBXtract
will save my bacon on the one dbx file I'd like to save.

TomYoung wrote:
Hi all:

A few days ago, for whatever reason, when I opened Outlook Express 6
the various folders I'd set up to sort incoming mail had disappeared.
My Sent Mail folder was empty and the Deleted Items folder had nothing
in it more recent than several weeks ago. My message rules and address
book were intact.

I tried all sorts of things to restore my folders without sucess and
finally just gave up. However, there's one folder - still sitting in
the message store folder - that I'd really like to have back. Is there
any way to do this?

TIA

Tom Young