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January 17th 06, 05:12 PM
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OE6 in XPSP2 gone AWOL
Just got a phone call from the person...
....his Inbox has miraculously reappeared. Don't ask!! -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Thanks for all the tips guys... -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Why it happens: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DBXtract http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx DBXtend (additional functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx OEX (OE Enhancement Program) http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avoid Such Corruption in Futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - 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://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Peter wrote: A friend has this problem...his OE6 inbox has completely vanished. I tried sfc /scannow, repair installation of XP, but not sure how to go about using the Add/Remove Windows option to repair OE6. I tried it and it merely said installed OK and no repair option given. Still no inbox. I did locate an inbox.dbx somewhere in the machine. Any suggestions anyone? 
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January 17th 06, 05:22 PM
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OE6 in XPSP2 gone AWOL
Glad to hear it. Make sure he does some cleanup.
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while working *offline* and do it often. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}. -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Just got a phone call from the person... ...his Inbox has miraculously reappeared. Don't ask!! -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Thanks for all the tips guys... -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Why it happens: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DBXtract http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx DBXtend (additional functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx OEX (OE Enhancement Program) http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avoid Such Corruption in Futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - 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://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Peter wrote: A friend has this problem...his OE6 inbox has completely vanished. I tried sfc /scannow, repair installation of XP, but not sure how to go about using the Add/Remove Windows option to repair OE6. I tried it and it merely said installed OK and no repair option given. Still no inbox. I did locate an inbox.dbx somewhere in the machine. Any suggestions anyone?
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#3
January 17th 06, 06:06 PM
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OE6 in XPSP2 gone AWOL
Already told him all about that, thanks Bruce.
-- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... Glad to hear it. Make sure he does some cleanup. Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while working *offline* and do it often. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}. -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Just got a phone call from the person... ...his Inbox has miraculously reappeared. Don't ask!! -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Thanks for all the tips guys... -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Why it happens: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DBXtract http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx DBXtend (additional functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx OEX (OE Enhancement Program) http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avoid Such Corruption in Futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - 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://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Peter wrote: A friend has this problem...his OE6 inbox has completely vanished. I tried sfc /scannow, repair installation of XP, but not sure how to go about using the Add/Remove Windows option to repair OE6. I tried it and it merely said installed OK and no repair option given. Still no inbox. I did locate an inbox.dbx somewhere in the machine. Any suggestions anyone?
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January 17th 06, 08:12 PM
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OE6 in XPSP2 gone AWOL
Backup now!
steve "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Already told him all about that, thanks Bruce. -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... Glad to hear it. Make sure he does some cleanup. Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while working *offline* and do it often. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}. -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Just got a phone call from the person... ...his Inbox has miraculously reappeared. Don't ask!! -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Thanks for all the tips guys... -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Why it happens: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DBXtract http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx DBXtend (additional functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx OEX (OE Enhancement Program) http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avoid Such Corruption in Futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - 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://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Peter wrote: A friend has this problem...his OE6 inbox has completely vanished. I tried sfc /scannow, repair installation of XP, but not sure how to go about using the Add/Remove Windows option to repair OE6. I tried it and it merely said installed OK and no repair option given. Still no inbox. I did locate an inbox.dbx somewhere in the machine. Any suggestions anyone?
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January 17th 06, 08:15 PM
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OE6 in XPSP2 gone AWOL
Thanks, I've done my thing. I left the instructions, hopefully he'll follow
them. -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Steve Cochran" wrote in message ... Backup now! steve "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Already told him all about that, thanks Bruce. -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... Glad to hear it. Make sure he does some cleanup. Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible. After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while working *offline* and do it often. Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed. In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}. -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Just got a phone call from the person... ...his Inbox has miraculously reappeared. Don't ask!! -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "Peter" ex-brit AT rogers DOT com wrote in message ... Thanks for all the tips guys... -- Peter Toronto, Canada XP Home SP2 Fully Updated P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 360gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR. "PA Bear" wrote in message ... Why it happens: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/probl...s.htm#mailgone http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DBXtract http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx DBXtend (additional functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality) http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx OEX (OE Enhancement Program) http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Avoid Such Corruption in Futu - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local folders created for this purpose. - 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://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is automatically compacting your message store. - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org Peter wrote: A friend has this problem...his OE6 inbox has completely vanished. I tried sfc /scannow, repair installation of XP, but not sure how to go about using the Add/Remove Windows option to repair OE6. I tried it and it merely said installed OK and no repair option given. Still no inbox. I did locate an inbox.dbx somewhere in the machine. Any suggestions anyone?
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