![]() |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
You shouldn't store messages in any default OE folder, and why would you
keep messages in Deleted Items? It's a garbage pail. The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated folders. More on that below. Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?: http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact Why Mail Disappears: http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone About File Corruption: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...orruption.mspx Recovery tools: If you are running XP/SP2, and are fully patched, then you should have a backup of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, (or possibly the message store), copied as bak files. To restore a bak folder to the message store folder, first find the location of the Message Store. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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. Close OE and then 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. If you do not have bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, then: DBXpress run in Extract From Disk Mode is the best chance to recover messages: http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx And see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4 A general warning to help avoid this in the futu 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. Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes and has even been responsible for lose of messages. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 And backup often. Backup and Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ And this good one click backup program. Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB): http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "Ash08" wrote in message ... Hello I have a slight problem Yesterday I went into my email (Outlook Express) there were no emails in my inbox or deleted items? I run a restore to see if that would work but no luck Is there any way of getting these emails back? I have emails on there from 2004 with important info I run a search of .dbx files and it came back with 20 odd results one was inbox(1).dbx and the size of it 178318kb - do you think that is it??? if it is how do I go about putting it back on outlook express Any help will be greatly appreciated Thanks -- Ash08 |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Hello I have a slight problem Yesterday I went into my email (Outlook Express) there were no emails in my inbox or deleted items? I run a restore to see if that would work but no luck Is there any way of getting these emails back? I have emails on there from 2004 with important info I run a search of .dbx files and it came back with 20 odd results one was inbox(1).dbx and the size of it 178318kb - do you think that is it??? if it is how do I go about putting it back on outlook express Any help will be greatly appreciated Thanks -- Ash08 |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
![]()
"Ash08" wrote in message
... Hello I have a slight problem Yesterday I went into my email (Outlook Express) there were no emails in my inbox or deleted items? I run a restore to see if that would work but no luck Is there any way of getting these emails back? I have emails on there from 2004 with important info I run a search of .dbx files and it came back with 20 odd results one was inbox(1).dbx and the size of it 178318kb - do you think that is it??? if it is how do I go about putting it back on outlook express While in the Inbox click View | Current View and make sure "Show all messages" is the only thing checked. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM Do not reply with email |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Loss of Conection to Exchange | Keith | Outlook - Installation | 3 | March 19th 08 12:03 PM |
loss my explorer tool bar | romey rome | Outlook Express | 2 | July 9th 07 04:24 AM |
some Users can not connect to Server to fetch Emails !!! (URGENT) | Namakdoon | Outlook - General Queries | 0 | April 9th 07 01:52 PM |
Loss of profile... | og | Outlook Express | 4 | January 7th 07 12:35 PM |
Urgent Trés Urgent! | Alain Philibin | Outlook Express | 7 | September 28th 06 09:43 AM |