You're welcome. (Sorry Steve). Glad you got them back.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"joeri" wrote in message
...
Thank you very much, this did the trick.
I now can restore every single folder with all the message inside.
Quite a job but at least they are all still there.
And it saved me buying DBXpress!
Cheers!!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

See if the dbx file for the folder still exists in the message store.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise,
write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show
Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options |
View.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing folder 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 file 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~

"joeri" wrote in message
...
I have several files where I keep emails that are important to me,
business,
family, etc.
Somehow the file that I use to keep the emails to do with my work has
dissapeared.
Perhaps I accidently deleted the entire file with all its subfiles
while
pushing the shift button as well... I cant imagine but its the only
possibility I can think off.
Either way, its gone, not in the deleted items folder, no where.
Does anybody know if I can recover it somehow?