accidently i deleted all emails in my inbox using shift+delete key.
Please let me know how to recover the mails for free.

The first program here is free.

Macallan Outlook Express Extraction:
http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Are you using XP? If you compacted recently and still have the bak copy in
the Recycle Bin, you can use that to restore up to that point.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


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accidently i deleted all emails in my inbox using shift+delete key.
Please let me know how to recover the mails for free.

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accidently i deleted all emails in my inbox using shift+delete key.
Please let me know how to recover the mails for free.


In the future, keep your finger off the Shift key when hitting the Del
key. That key combo is for a PERMANENT delete action. Bruce noted
some utilities that can recover the delete-marked records in the
database files but if you or OE has compacted the database files then
those delete-marked records got physically purged from those files.
Then your only recourse is to restore from your backups. If you don't
regularly run [scheduled] backups then you have deemed your data as
unimportant.

Are they found in your back-up?

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accidently i deleted all emails in my inbox using shift+delete key.
Please let me know how to recover the mails for free.

On Dec 7, 2:28 am, "PA Bear" wrote:
Are they found in your back-up?



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No i did'nt back up them

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Are they found in your back-up?



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where can i find bak up

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accidently i deleted all emails in my inbox using shift+delete key.
Please let me know how to recover the mails for free.

Is there an Inbox.bak in your Recycle Bin?

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
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accidently i deleted all emails in my inbox using shift+delete key.
Please let me know how to recover the mails for free.

Is there an Inbox.bak in your Recycle Bin?

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WMwww.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

Yes, there is an inbox.bak in recycle bin

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On Dec 7, 7:57 am, "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM"
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accidently i deleted all emails in my inbox using shift+delete key.
Please let me know how to recover the mails for free.

Is there an Inbox.bak in your Recycle Bin?

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WMwww.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

Yes, there is an inbox.bak in recycle bin



Then did you see my reply to you? This will restore all messages that are in
the bak folder in the Recycle bin. It will only restore messages that were
in the Inbox when you last compacted.

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

In OE: 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 Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under
Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer |
Tools | 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.

First, check if there is a bak file already in the message store. If there
is, and you removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it to dbx.

If it isn't already in the message store, 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
Imperial Beach, CA