(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of Cars, and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford, Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did. However, in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars, Ford, and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx. The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which seems about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named Jeep, but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having 75 KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

The Jeep folder in OE's folder tree was probably deleted by mistake. The
Jeep(1).dbx file is empty @ 75KB. Delete it from the message store leaving
the original Jeep.dbx file. Open OE and delete the new Jeep folder from the
tree. Restart your computer. Now, let's get those messages back.

Canned

First, make sure the folder isn't in Deleted Items. If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message store and manually restore
it as follows.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop. Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop, (Jeep). Open the new folder
and then 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
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of Cars, and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford, Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did. However, in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars, Ford, and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx. The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which seems about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named Jeep, but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having 75 KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Thanks, Bruce, but it didn't work. See my
comments/questions inserted below preceded by +++ symbols.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
The Jeep folder in OE's folder tree was probably deleted
by mistake. The
Jeep(1).dbx file is empty @ 75KB. Delete it from the
message store leaving
the original Jeep.dbx file. Open OE and delete the new
Jeep folder from the
tree. Restart your computer.

+++ Did that, no apparent problem.

Now, let's get those messages back.

Canned

First, make sure the folder isn't in Deleted Items.

+++ Checked, it isn't there.

If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message store and
manually restore
it as follows.

+++ Yes, it still exists, and I tried the steps below you
suggested.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing
folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop.

+++ Did that, and a small icon appears on the desktop.

Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop, (Jeep).

+++ Did that - and I wonder if it must be created directly
under "Local Folders" or if it can be created (nested)
within another folder, such as Cars?

Open the new folder ...

+++ Did that, and the only message shown is that "There are
no items in this view." (My view option is set to show all
messages.)

and then close OE.

+++ Did that.

Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag
the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder

+++ Did that, and the icon remained on the Desktop, after I
had dragged it to the store folder and released it. (Maybe
I don't know how to drag and drop? I believe what I was
doing was creating a "shortcut" on the desktop to the .dbx
file within the store folder - is that what I was supposed
to be doing?)

... that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

+++ When I was prompted I did click yes.

+++ But the messages do not show when I go to OE and click
on the folder that I created.

+++ Other ideas? Am I supposed to restart the computer
after doing these steps?

+++ Thanks - I look forward to more guidance.

======================
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of Cars,
and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved
various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford, Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did. However,
in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars, Ford,
and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows
Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx. The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which seems
about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in
Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named Jeep,
but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having 75
KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas,
and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Irrelevant portions sniped


If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message store and
manually restore
it as follows.

+++ Yes, it still exists, and I tried the steps below you
suggested.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing
folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop.

+++ Did that, and a small icon appears on the desktop.


This is done totally within Windows Explorer. Drag the Jeep.dbx file from
the message store opened in the right hand page and drag it to the Desktop
at the top of the Windows Explorer folder tree.




Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop, (Jeep).

+++ Did that - and I wonder if it must be created directly
under "Local Folders" or if it can be created (nested)
within another folder, such as Cars?


It shouldn't matter, but you must click on that new folder to open it.



Open the new folder ...

+++ Did that, and the only message shown is that "There are
no items in this view." (My view option is set to show all
messages.)


You should see a message as you did. There are no messages in this view.



and then close OE.

+++ Did that.



By closing OE while the new folder was open.



Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag
the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder

+++ Did that, and the icon remained on the Desktop, after I
had dragged it to the store folder and released it. (Maybe
I don't know how to drag and drop? I believe what I was
doing was creating a "shortcut" on the desktop to the .dbx
file within the store folder - is that what I was supposed
to be doing?)



You may have been working with a shortcut. (Not exactly sure how).

In Windows Explorer, you wanted to click on the Desktop at the top of the
folder tree to reveal all the Desktop icons in the right hand panel. Prior
to that, you wanted to expand the path to the message store. (The Outlook
Express folder in Documents and settings).

To drag & drop, you grab the Jeep.dbx folder, with the left mouse key, in
the right hand pane showing the desktop icons, and drag it over to the
Outlook Express folder in the left pane. The Outlook Express folder will
turn blue if you are over it. Now let go of the key and you should see the
overwrite prompt.


See the attached screen shot. If you expanded the path to the message store,
and then clicked on Desktop, this is what you should see. (Some folder names
different, of course).

Grab the Jeep.dbx file in the right pane and drag it over to the Outlook
Express folder in the left. Do you see the prompt?

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA




... that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

+++ When I was prompted I did click yes.

+++ But the messages do not show when I go to OE and click
on the folder that I created.

+++ Other ideas? Am I supposed to restart the computer
after doing these steps?

+++ Thanks - I look forward to more guidance.

======================
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of Cars,
and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved
various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford, Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did. However,
in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars, Ford,
and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows
Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx. The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which seems
about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in
Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named Jeep,
but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having 75
KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas,
and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Bruce,

It still doesn't work.

The only thing I see different than your screen shot is the
location of the message store folder. Your screen shot
shows it within the C drive, under an identity, and
apparently labeled Outlook Express.

On my computer the message store folder is on the D drive,
and under my name. Thus there is no folder above it labeled
Outlook Express - it has been renamed OEemail.

Earlier I was incorrectly following your directions, but the
result has been the same when I dragged the Jeep.dbx folder
to the Desktop heading on Windows Explorer, instead of to
the "main" desktop.

I'm guessing that I'm not doing something correctly with
respect to creating the Jeep folder in the Outlook Express
tree. I have tried it both nested within another folder,
and directly under Local Folders. In each case after
creating the folder I open it (meaning I click on it) and
then close Outlook Express by clicking on the X in the upper
right corner.

Any other ideas?

I appreciate the time you have taken already with this.

============================

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hagen"
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: .dbx Access Problem


Irrelevant portions sniped


If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message store
and
manually restore
it as follows.

+++ Yes, it still exists, and I tried the steps below
you
suggested.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the
missing
folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop.

+++ Did that, and a small icon appears on the desktop.


This is done totally within Windows Explorer. Drag the
Jeep.dbx file from
the message store opened in the right hand page and drag
it to the Desktop
at the top of the Windows Explorer folder tree.




Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop, (Jeep).

+++ Did that - and I wonder if it must be created
directly
under "Local Folders" or if it can be created (nested)
within another folder, such as Cars?


It shouldn't matter, but you must click on that new folder
to open it.



Open the new folder ...

+++ Did that, and the only message shown is that "There
are
no items in this view." (My view option is set to show
all
messages.)


You should see a message as you did. There are no messages
in this view.



and then close OE.

+++ Did that.



By closing OE while the new folder was open.



Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag
the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder

+++ Did that, and the icon remained on the Desktop,
after I
had dragged it to the store folder and released it.
(Maybe
I don't know how to drag and drop? I believe what I was
doing was creating a "shortcut" on the desktop to the
..dbx
file within the store folder - is that what I was
supposed
to be doing?)



You may have been working with a shortcut. (Not exactly
sure how).

In Windows Explorer, you wanted to click on the Desktop at
the top of the
folder tree to reveal all the Desktop icons in the right
hand panel. Prior
to that, you wanted to expand the path to the message
store. (The Outlook
Express folder in Documents and settings).

To drag & drop, you grab the Jeep.dbx folder, with the
left mouse key, in
the right hand pane showing the desktop icons, and drag it
over to the
Outlook Express folder in the left pane. The Outlook
Express folder will
turn blue if you are over it. Now let go of the key and
you should see the
overwrite prompt.


See the attached screen shot. If you expanded the path to
the message store,
and then clicked on Desktop, this is what you should see.
(Some folder names
different, of course).

Grab the Jeep.dbx file in the right pane and drag it over
to the Outlook
Express folder in the left. Do you see the prompt?

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA




... that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

+++ When I was prompted I did click yes.

+++ But the messages do not show when I go to OE and
click
on the folder that I created.

+++ Other ideas? Am I supposed to restart the computer
after doing these steps?

+++ Thanks - I look forward to more guidance.

======================
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of
Cars,
and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved
various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford,
Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did.
However,
in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars,
Ford,
and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows
Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx.
The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which
seems
about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in
that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in
Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named
Jeep,
but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having
75
KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to
sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not
quotas,
and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Hi CWLee,

The only program you have that can access the email stored in your Jeep.dbx
folder is Outlook Express.

As you noticed, creating a new Jeep folder in Outlook Express resulted in a
new .dbx folder being created in the message store but it ended up with the
title Jeep(1).dbx.

The first thing you should do is delete your newly created Jeep folder in
Outlook Express, this should remove the newly created Jeep(1).dbx folder in
message store.

You may have to close Outlook Express for the actual removal of Jeep(1).dbx
in message store to take place.

Next, move the Jeep.dbx folder that has ~7,000 KB of contents out of message
store.

This will allow you to be able to create new Jeep folder in Outlook Express
with the result of the new .dbx folder being created in the message store
ending up with the title Jeep.dbx.

Note: be sure to open and close the new empty Jeep folder in Outlook Express
(this activates the folder) and close Outlook Express before checking to see
if it is in message store. Remember, things happen in message store when
Outlook Express is closed, so you want Outlook Express closed so you are
seeing the final configuration of message store.

Now: move the Jeep.dbx folder that has ~7,000 KB of contents back into
message store.

Note: You will receive a warning message that Jeep.dbx exist do you want to
overwrite.

Of course you want to choose yes so the newly created empty jeep.dbx folder
is replaced with the Jeep.dbx folder that has ~7,000 KB of contents.

Open Outlook Express, the Jeep folder should display whatever was in those
~7,000 KB of contents.

Hope this helps,
Ken

"CWLee" wrote in message
...
|
| (I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)
|
| I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of Cars, and
| a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
| Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved various
| messages into three newly created folders, Ford, Chevy,
| Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did. However, in
| Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars, Ford, and
| Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows Explorer
| I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx. The
| Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which seems about
| right.
|
| My problem is how can I access the email stored in that
| Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in Outlook
| Express?
|
| (I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named Jeep, but
| that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
| resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having 75 KB.
| Unsuccessful attempt.)
|
| Any assistance appreciated.
|
| --
| ----------
| CWLee
| Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
| cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
| promote for performance, not preferences.
|

??????????
"CWLee"
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of Cars, and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford, Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did. However, in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars, Ford, and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx. The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which seems about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named Jeep, but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having 75 KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Dragging the dbx file to the Desktop at the top of the folder tree is the
correct way.

If the dbx file is Jeep.dbx, then the folder in OE should be named Jeep.

Did you move the message store? That is not the default location. See if you
have the correct location.

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, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) 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.

If you are in the right place, then it seams that you have done it right.
The only other choice now would be a retrieval tool.

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
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

Bruce,

It still doesn't work.

The only thing I see different than your screen shot is the
location of the message store folder. Your screen shot
shows it within the C drive, under an identity, and
apparently labeled Outlook Express.

On my computer the message store folder is on the D drive,
and under my name. Thus there is no folder above it labeled
Outlook Express - it has been renamed OEemail.

Earlier I was incorrectly following your directions, but the
result has been the same when I dragged the Jeep.dbx folder
to the Desktop heading on Windows Explorer, instead of to
the "main" desktop.

I'm guessing that I'm not doing something correctly with
respect to creating the Jeep folder in the Outlook Express
tree. I have tried it both nested within another folder,
and directly under Local Folders. In each case after
creating the folder I open it (meaning I click on it) and
then close Outlook Express by clicking on the X in the upper
right corner.

Any other ideas?

I appreciate the time you have taken already with this.

============================

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hagen"
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: .dbx Access Problem


Irrelevant portions sniped


If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message store
and
manually restore
it as follows.

+++ Yes, it still exists, and I tried the steps below
you
suggested.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the
missing
folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop.

+++ Did that, and a small icon appears on the desktop.


This is done totally within Windows Explorer. Drag the
Jeep.dbx file from
the message store opened in the right hand page and drag
it to the Desktop
at the top of the Windows Explorer folder tree.




Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop, (Jeep).

+++ Did that - and I wonder if it must be created
directly
under "Local Folders" or if it can be created (nested)
within another folder, such as Cars?


It shouldn't matter, but you must click on that new folder
to open it.



Open the new folder ...

+++ Did that, and the only message shown is that "There
are
no items in this view." (My view option is set to show
all
messages.)


You should see a message as you did. There are no messages
in this view.



and then close OE.

+++ Did that.



By closing OE while the new folder was open.



Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag
the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder

+++ Did that, and the icon remained on the Desktop,
after I
had dragged it to the store folder and released it.
(Maybe
I don't know how to drag and drop? I believe what I was
doing was creating a "shortcut" on the desktop to the
.dbx
file within the store folder - is that what I was
supposed
to be doing?)



You may have been working with a shortcut. (Not exactly
sure how).

In Windows Explorer, you wanted to click on the Desktop at
the top of the
folder tree to reveal all the Desktop icons in the right
hand panel. Prior
to that, you wanted to expand the path to the message
store. (The Outlook
Express folder in Documents and settings).

To drag & drop, you grab the Jeep.dbx folder, with the
left mouse key, in
the right hand pane showing the desktop icons, and drag it
over to the
Outlook Express folder in the left pane. The Outlook
Express folder will
turn blue if you are over it. Now let go of the key and
you should see the
overwrite prompt.


See the attached screen shot. If you expanded the path to
the message store,
and then clicked on Desktop, this is what you should see.
(Some folder names
different, of course).

Grab the Jeep.dbx file in the right pane and drag it over
to the Outlook
Express folder in the left. Do you see the prompt?

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA




... that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

+++ When I was prompted I did click yes.

+++ But the messages do not show when I go to OE and
click
on the folder that I created.

+++ Other ideas? Am I supposed to restart the computer
after doing these steps?

+++ Thanks - I look forward to more guidance.

======================
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of
Cars,
and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved
various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford,
Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did.
However,
in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars,
Ford,
and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows
Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx.
The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which
seems
about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in
that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in
Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named
Jeep,
but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having
75
KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to
sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not
quotas,
and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Thanks again, Bruce - and thanks to Ken who posted with some
similar suggestions. First, Bruce, I'll address your
comments below, preceded by +++ symbols, and then I'll ask
some questions of both you and Ken about your common
suggestion.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hagen"
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:31 AM
Subject: .dbx Access Problem


Dragging the dbx file to the Desktop at the top of the
folder tree is the
correct way.

If the dbx file is Jeep.dbx, then the folder in OE should
be named Jeep.

Did you move the message store? That is not the default
location. See if you
have the correct location.

+++ Yes, I moved the message store a long time ago, and I am
sure I am correctly navigating to it when needed.

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, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB)
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.

+++ I had already done that also, a long time ago.

If you are in the right place, then it seams that you have
done it right.

+++ Bruce says to open the Jeep folder in OE, and then close
OE whereas Ken says to open and then close the Jeep folder
before closing OE. I'll try it Ken's way to see if that
makes a difference.

+++ Ken says to move the Jeep.dbx folder "out of message
store." That may be the same step Bruce intended when he
spoke of moving the Jeep.dbx folder to the Desktop. It may
be that what I was doing was placing a copy of Jeep.dbx on
the Desktop, instead of removing Jeep.dbx from the message
store. My first indication of that is when asked to
overwrite, both the old and new .dbx files are the same
size. Ken's suggestion implies that the one being
overwritten should be zero.

+++ So, Bruce, could you confirm that I should use "cut and
paste" rather than "copy and paste" when moving the Jeep.dbx
folder to the Desktop. I'm uneasy about doing that unless
one or both of you assure me that is the proper method.

+++ Many thanks to both of you - again and again!

=======================

The only other choice now would be a retrieval tool.

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
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

Bruce,

It still doesn't work.

The only thing I see different than your screen shot is
the
location of the message store folder. Your screen shot
shows it within the C drive, under an identity, and
apparently labeled Outlook Express.

On my computer the message store folder is on the D
drive,
and under my name. Thus there is no folder above it
labeled
Outlook Express - it has been renamed OEemail.

Earlier I was incorrectly following your directions, but
the
result has been the same when I dragged the Jeep.dbx
folder
to the Desktop heading on Windows Explorer, instead of
to
the "main" desktop.

I'm guessing that I'm not doing something correctly with
respect to creating the Jeep folder in the Outlook
Express
tree. I have tried it both nested within another
folder,
and directly under Local Folders. In each case after
creating the folder I open it (meaning I click on it)
and
then close Outlook Express by clicking on the X in the
upper
right corner.

Any other ideas?

I appreciate the time you have taken already with this.

============================

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hagen"
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: .dbx Access Problem


Irrelevant portions sniped


If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message
store
and
manually restore
it as follows.

+++ Yes, it still exists, and I tried the steps below
you
suggested.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the
missing
folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop.

+++ Did that, and a small icon appears on the
desktop.


This is done totally within Windows Explorer. Drag the
Jeep.dbx file from
the message store opened in the right hand page and
drag
it to the Desktop
at the top of the Windows Explorer folder tree.




Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop,
(Jeep).

+++ Did that - and I wonder if it must be created
directly
under "Local Folders" or if it can be created
(nested)
within another folder, such as Cars?


It shouldn't matter, but you must click on that new
folder
to open it.



Open the new folder ...

+++ Did that, and the only message shown is that
"There
are
no items in this view." (My view option is set to
show
all
messages.)


You should see a message as you did. There are no
messages
in this view.



and then close OE.

+++ Did that.



By closing OE while the new folder was open.



Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and
drag
the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder

+++ Did that, and the icon remained on the Desktop,
after I
had dragged it to the store folder and released it.
(Maybe
I don't know how to drag and drop? I believe what I
was
doing was creating a "shortcut" on the desktop to the
.dbx
file within the store folder - is that what I was
supposed
to be doing?)



You may have been working with a shortcut. (Not exactly
sure how).

In Windows Explorer, you wanted to click on the Desktop
at
the top of the
folder tree to reveal all the Desktop icons in the
right
hand panel. Prior
to that, you wanted to expand the path to the message
store. (The Outlook
Express folder in Documents and settings).

To drag & drop, you grab the Jeep.dbx folder, with the
left mouse key, in
the right hand pane showing the desktop icons, and drag
it
over to the
Outlook Express folder in the left pane. The Outlook
Express folder will
turn blue if you are over it. Now let go of the key and
you should see the
overwrite prompt.


See the attached screen shot. If you expanded the path
to
the message store,
and then clicked on Desktop, this is what you should
see.
(Some folder names
different, of course).

Grab the Jeep.dbx file in the right pane and drag it
over
to the Outlook
Express folder in the left. Do you see the prompt?

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA




... that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

+++ When I was prompted I did click yes.

+++ But the messages do not show when I go to OE and
click
on the folder that I created.

+++ Other ideas? Am I supposed to restart the
computer
after doing these steps?

+++ Thanks - I look forward to more guidance.

======================
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in
message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway
Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of
Cars,
and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via
Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I
moved
various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford,
Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did.
However,
in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars,
Ford,
and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use
Windows
Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and
Jeep.dbx.
The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which
seems
about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in
that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in
Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named
Jeep,
but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that
merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx.
having
75
KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to
sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not
quotas,
and
promote for performance, not preferences.

Inline, with some snipping

"CWLee" wrote in message
...

Thanks again, Bruce - and thanks to Ken who posted with some
similar suggestions. First, Bruce, I'll address your
comments below, preceded by +++ symbols, and then I'll ask
some questions of both you and Ken about your common
suggestion.



Did you move the message store? That is not the default
location. See if you
have the correct location.

+++ Yes, I moved the message store a long time ago, and I am
sure I am correctly navigating to it when needed.


If you are in the right place, then it seams that you have
done it right.

+++ Bruce says to open the Jeep folder in OE, and then close
OE whereas Ken says to open and then close the Jeep folder
before closing OE. I'll try it Ken's way to see if that
makes a difference.


It should work either way because the point is that the folder must be
accessed once in order to get the overwritee prompt.



+++ Ken says to move the Jeep.dbx folder "out of message
store." That may be the same step Bruce intended when he
spoke of moving the Jeep.dbx folder to the Desktop. It may
be that what I was doing was placing a copy of Jeep.dbx on
the Desktop, instead of removing Jeep.dbx from the message
store. My first indication of that is when asked to
overwrite, both the old and new .dbx files are the same
size. Ken's suggestion implies that the one being
overwritten should be zero.



Ken & I meant the same thing, I just suggedted the Desktop as a place to
drag it to. If you did not physically drag it out, (AKA there was still a
Jeep.dbx in the store folder), then the operation will fail. You want the
new folder to create a new dbx file when you drag it from the Desktop to the
store folder. If one already exists, nothing will be accomplished excepting
another file with (1) included in the name.



+++ So, Bruce, could you confirm that I should use "cut and
paste" rather than "copy and paste" when moving the Jeep.dbx
folder to the Desktop. I'm uneasy about doing that unless
one or both of you assure me that is the proper method.



You should /not/ use cut and paste, or copy and paste. You /must/ drag the
files.


This is another way of explaining how to import a single folder. It may make
things clearer, or it may confuse you more. I hope it's not the latter.

How to restore individual dbx files:
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA






+++ Many thanks to both of you - again and again!

=======================

The only other choice now would be a retrieval tool.

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
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

Bruce,

It still doesn't work.

The only thing I see different than your screen shot is
the
location of the message store folder. Your screen shot
shows it within the C drive, under an identity, and
apparently labeled Outlook Express.

On my computer the message store folder is on the D
drive,
and under my name. Thus there is no folder above it
labeled
Outlook Express - it has been renamed OEemail.

Earlier I was incorrectly following your directions, but
the
result has been the same when I dragged the Jeep.dbx
folder
to the Desktop heading on Windows Explorer, instead of
to
the "main" desktop.

I'm guessing that I'm not doing something correctly with
respect to creating the Jeep folder in the Outlook
Express
tree. I have tried it both nested within another
folder,
and directly under Local Folders. In each case after
creating the folder I open it (meaning I click on it)
and
then close Outlook Express by clicking on the X in the
upper
right corner.

Any other ideas?

I appreciate the time you have taken already with this.

============================

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hagen"
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:12 PM
Subject: .dbx Access Problem


Irrelevant portions sniped


If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message
store
and
manually restore
it as follows.

+++ Yes, it still exists, and I tried the steps below
you
suggested.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the
missing
folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop.

+++ Did that, and a small icon appears on the
desktop.


This is done totally within Windows Explorer. Drag the
Jeep.dbx file from
the message store opened in the right hand page and
drag
it to the Desktop
at the top of the Windows Explorer folder tree.




Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop,
(Jeep).

+++ Did that - and I wonder if it must be created
directly
under "Local Folders" or if it can be created
(nested)
within another folder, such as Cars?


It shouldn't matter, but you must click on that new
folder
to open it.



Open the new folder ...

+++ Did that, and the only message shown is that
"There
are
no items in this view." (My view option is set to
show
all
messages.)


You should see a message as you did. There are no
messages
in this view.



and then close OE.

+++ Did that.



By closing OE while the new folder was open.



Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and
drag
the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder

+++ Did that, and the icon remained on the Desktop,
after I
had dragged it to the store folder and released it.
(Maybe
I don't know how to drag and drop? I believe what I
was
doing was creating a "shortcut" on the desktop to the
.dbx
file within the store folder - is that what I was
supposed
to be doing?)



You may have been working with a shortcut. (Not exactly
sure how).

In Windows Explorer, you wanted to click on the Desktop
at
the top of the
folder tree to reveal all the Desktop icons in the
right
hand panel. Prior
to that, you wanted to expand the path to the message
store. (The Outlook
Express folder in Documents and settings).

To drag & drop, you grab the Jeep.dbx folder, with the
left mouse key, in
the right hand pane showing the desktop icons, and drag
it
over to the
Outlook Express folder in the left pane. The Outlook
Express folder will
turn blue if you are over it. Now let go of the key and
you should see the
overwrite prompt.


See the attached screen shot. If you expanded the path
to
the message store,
and then clicked on Desktop, this is what you should
see.
(Some folder names
different, of course).

Grab the Jeep.dbx file in the right pane and drag it
over
to the Outlook
Express folder in the left. Do you see the prompt?

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA




... that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

+++ When I was prompted I did click yes.

+++ But the messages do not show when I go to OE and
click
on the folder that I created.

+++ Other ideas? Am I supposed to restart the
computer
after doing these steps?

+++ Thanks - I look forward to more guidance.

======================
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in
message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway
Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of
Cars,
and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via
Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I
moved
various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford,
Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did.
However,
in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars,
Ford,
and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use
Windows
Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and
Jeep.dbx.
The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which
seems
about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in
that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in
Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named
Jeep,
but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that
merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx.
having
75
KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
----------
CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to
sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not
quotas,
and
promote for performance, not preferences.