I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21 Dec
a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local Folders
on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in alphabetical order
starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can no longer
open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the "disappeared" personal
mail folders are still present in the Store Folder. Now, the, "Jokes Etc"
folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an inkling that might be something
to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.
Can anybody help?
--
Roger B, Australia

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General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose. = hint

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--


--
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"Roger B" wrote in message ...
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21 Dec
a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local Folders
on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in alphabetical order
starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can no longer
open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the "disappeared" personal
mail folders are still present in the Store Folder. Now, the, "Jokes Etc"
folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an inkling that might be something
to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.
Can anybody help?
--
Roger B, Australia

"Roger B" wrote in message
...
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21
Dec
a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local
Folders
on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in alphabetical order
starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can no
longer
open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the "disappeared"
personal
mail folders are still present in the Store Folder. Now, the, "Jokes Etc"
folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an inkling that might be
something
to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.

This usually indicates that the computer was shutdown before compacting was
finished or that msimn.exe (Outlook Express) was closed from Task Manager.

Create new folders in OE with EXACTLY the same names.
Open each of the new folders once.
Close OE.
Move the BAK folders to OE's Store Folder.
Delete the newly created DBX files.
Rename the BAK files to DBX files.
Reopen OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

Is the machine fully patched at Windows Update?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Roger B wrote:
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21
Dec a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local
Folders on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in
alphabetical
order starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can
no longer open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the
"disappeared" personal mail folders are still present in the Store Folder.
Now, the, "Jokes Etc" folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an
inkling
that might be something to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.
Can anybody help?

See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2 and the link at the end of that section.
Make a backup of the current store first.

steve

"Roger B" wrote in message
...
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21
Dec
a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local
Folders
on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in alphabetical order
starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can no
longer
open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the "disappeared"
personal
mail folders are still present in the Store Folder. Now, the, "Jokes Etc"
folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an inkling that might be
something
to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.
Can anybody help?
--
Roger B, Australia

I carried out the sequence of actions as indicated by Frank Saunders.
Unfortunately, nothing changed; the newly created, "same name" folders
remained empty.

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
--
Roger B, Australia


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

"Roger B" wrote in message
...
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21
Dec
a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local
Folders
on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in alphabetical order
starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can no
longer
open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the "disappeared"
personal
mail folders are still present in the Store Folder. Now, the, "Jokes Etc"
folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an inkling that might be
something
to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.

This usually indicates that the computer was shutdown before compacting was
finished or that msimn.exe (Outlook Express) was closed from Task Manager.

Create new folders in OE with EXACTLY the same names.
Open each of the new folders once.
Close OE.
Move the BAK folders to OE's Store Folder.
Delete the newly created DBX files.
Rename the BAK files to DBX files.
Reopen OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

Yes, my machine is set up to receive automatic critical XP downloads and is
fully up-to-date patch-wise.
--
Roger B, Australia


"PA Bear" wrote:

Is the machine fully patched at Windows Update?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Roger B wrote:
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21
Dec a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local
Folders on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in
alphabetical
order starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can
no longer open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the
"disappeared" personal mail folders are still present in the Store Folder.
Now, the, "Jokes Etc" folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an
inkling
that might be something to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.
Can anybody help?

Thanks for the tips, I will use them all from now on.
--
Roger B, Australia


"Peter Foldes" wrote:

Copied and Taken from

Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org



General OE Caveats:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose. = hint

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

- Do not attempt to close OE via Task Manager or shutdown your machine if
Automatic Compacting is taking place (WinXP SP2 only).

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--


--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Roger B" wrote in message ...
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on 21 Dec
a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local Folders
on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in alphabetical order
starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can no longer
open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the "disappeared" personal
mail folders are still present in the Store Folder. Now, the, "Jokes Etc"
folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an inkling that might be something
to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.
Can anybody help?
--
Roger B, Australia

Do you have BAK files of the missing folders in the Recycle Bin? If you do:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

To restore a bak folder to the message store folder, first close OE and
locate the Message Store in Windows Explorer.

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 WinXP, the .dbx files 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, or empty, folder
and drag it to the Desktop. It can be deleted later once you have
successfully restored the bak file. Minimize the Message Store.

Open OE and, if the folder is missing, create a folder with the *exact* same
name as the bak file you want to restore but without the .bak. Eg: If the
file is Saved.bak, the new folder should be named Saved. Open the new folder
and then close OE. If the folder is there, but just empty, continue on to
the next step.

Open the Recycle bin and right click on the bak file for the folder in
question and click Restore. Open the Message Store back up and change the
file extension from .bak to .dbx. Close the Message Store and open OE. The
messages should now be back in the folder.

If the messages are successfully restored, you can go ahead and delete the
old dbx file that you moved to the Desktop.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~



"Roger B" wrote in message
...
I carried out the sequence of actions as indicated by Frank Saunders.
Unfortunately, nothing changed; the newly created, "same name" folders
remained empty.

Any further suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
--
Roger B, Australia


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

"Roger B" wrote in message
...
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on
21
Dec
a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local
Folders
on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in alphabetical
order
starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore can no
longer
open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the "disappeared"
personal
mail folders are still present in the Store Folder. Now, the, "Jokes
Etc"
folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an inkling that might be
something
to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying
mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.

This usually indicates that the computer was shutdown before compacting
was
finished or that msimn.exe (Outlook Express) was closed from Task
Manager.

Create new folders in OE with EXACTLY the same names.
Open each of the new folders once.
Close OE.
Move the BAK folders to OE's Store Folder.
Delete the newly created DBX files.
Rename the BAK files to DBX files.
Reopen OE.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't send mail.

See Bruce's most recent reply.

Roger B wrote:
Yes, my machine is set up to receive automatic critical XP downloads and
is
fully up-to-date patch-wise.

Is the machine fully patched at Windows Update?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

Roger B wrote:
I run XP Pro SP2 with IE7 and OE6. When I compacted my mail folders on
21
Dec a number of my personal mail folders no longer displayed in my Local
Folders on the main (Inbox) screen. All my Personal folders in
alphabetical
order starting with, "Jokes Etc" are no longer displayed. I therefore
can
no longer open them, or transfer new messages into them. All the
"disappeared" personal mail folders are still present in the Store
Folder.
Now, the, "Jokes Etc" folder is quite large (~550Mb), and I have an
inkling
that might be something to do with the problem.
My Question: HOW can I get renewed access to the now non-displaying mail
folders. All mail files are present in the Recycle Bin as .BAK files.
Can anybody help?