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Here's my issue.
My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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I screwed up that reply. Should be:
Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: 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 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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![]() I screwed up that reply. Should be: Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: 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 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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That did it, Bruce. Thank you, as always, for your kindness & expertise!
"Bruce Hagen" wrote: I screwed up that reply. Should be: Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: 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 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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That did it, Bruce. Thank you, as always, for your kindness & expertise!
"Bruce Hagen" wrote: I screwed up that reply. Should be: Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: 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 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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You're welcome & thanks for posting back.
-- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message news ![]() That did it, Bruce. Thank you, as always, for your kindness & expertise! "Bruce Hagen" wrote: I screwed up that reply. Should be: Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: 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 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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You're welcome & thanks for posting back.
-- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message news ![]() That did it, Bruce. Thank you, as always, for your kindness & expertise! "Bruce Hagen" wrote: I screwed up that reply. Should be: Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: 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 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... 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 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. Either this: How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 Or: How to restore BAK files: 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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![]() "GTifeld" wrote in message ... Here's my issue. My friend's DBX files became corrupted (for whatever reason) and he seemingly lost all his mail. It may have been just the pointer that was the problem as I was able to restore most of his messages from the DBX files in his "Outlook" folder. Everything seemed to be better, but although I got about 90% of his messages back, there is still a block of them missing. I beleieve I may have found them in the *.BAK folders in his recycle bin. I retrieved & renamed them and am now tyring to import them to a separate folder in OE, but it's not letting me. I created new folders in OE to match the names of the .DBX files I want to add and I've also checked to make sure they're not read-only. When I try, I get the message that "No messages can be found in this folder or another application..." etc. Can someone advise what I'm doing wrong or how I can get around this? Thanks in advance. |
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