DBXpress run in Disk Mode is the best chance to recover messages:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

AFAIK, it is the only program that can read from your HDD rather than the
dbx file, which is needed after compacting has been done.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"G. Silber" wrote in message
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I found a program called OE Mail Recovery, and what it did was extract all
known .dbx files into it's email form. Unfortunately my deleted e-mails by
the cleanup/compression utility were not in any folders that the program
uncovered. Does dbexpress or dbextract work the same? At this point I may
just consider it a loss and download the patch which backs up deleted files
by the utility. I also know how to reset the utility counter back to zero
in the registry so the next time the program wants to run, I will cancel
and then reset the counter.

"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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There is a patch that addresses this issue. See
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

Also see point 4 for message recovery techniques. Your only recourse may
be the extract from disk feature of DBXpress.

steve

"G. Silber" wrote in message
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Sorry if this has been discussed, I've searched for answers without
success. The problem - Outlook Express does a cleanup/compact routine
every so often which does whatever it does whenever it does and I
haven't paid much attention to it because I assume it truncates old
messages. But today after a cleanup, all my messages from June 25 until
today are GONE. Unbelievable!!! If this process isn't so darn annoying
in itself, it now deletes new messages??? Anyway, I know where the .dbx
folder is for my identity, but don't know if this is any help. My
question is - how do I retrieve these messages? Also, is there a way to
stop this extremely annoying task of automatic cleanup? Thanks in
advance.