If they were merely hidden, you just need to change your View, Current
View settings.

Do you have a backup copy of the file to restore? If you didn't make
one, but have a reasonably up to date OE6, then there may be an
Inbox.BAK file in your Recycle bin which OE made prior to the last
compacting that you did. If that exists and is sufficiently recent for
your needs, you can restore that.
- In the Recycle Bin select the Inbox.bak file and restore it. That
will put in your OE store folder
- In OE create a new folder, call it Inbox2 and access it. Do not put
any messages in it.
- Look at Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store Folder for the location of
the Store folder
- Close OE
- In Windows Explorer go to the OE Store folder, and locate the
Inbox2.dbx file. It should be about 59 KB with today's date on it. If
larger than that, you have the wrong file - STOP. If the right file
delete it.
- Rename Inbox.Bak to Inbox2.dbx
- Reopen OE and Inbox2 should have all the messages prior to the last
compact.

If the above doesn't help, you'll need to use some recovery utilities.
Take a look at:
DBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
DBXpress - http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
DBXtend - http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Geoff" wrote in message
...
read the threads about restoring dbx files but my problem is that
immediately after dragging some emails from Inbox to a personal
folder, my
system froze. When I rebooted, the dragged emails have gone. My
Inbox dbx
file looks large and I suspect the emails are there but marked
internally for
deletion / hidden (I have not compacted for some days). How can I
import or
restore a copy of this file so as to bring all emails into view,
including
those marked to be deleted or hidden?
--
Geoff