outlook express dbx files

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i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to archive1
but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have no
hair to pull out
 
"stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E90249C4-7D57-40CF-98FC-E1B2F54ABC49@microsoft.com...
>i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
> them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
> have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
> navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to
> archive1
> but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have
> no
> hair to pull out
>


Copy them to a DIFFERENT folder to the standard OE message store location.
(In "My Documents for example). Make sure that there is a file called
Folders.dbx within those copied files. Then import from within OE.

HTH
 
"stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E90249C4-7D57-40CF-98FC-E1B2F54ABC49@microsoft.com...
>i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
> them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
> have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
> navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to
> archive1
> but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have
> no
> hair to pull out

Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
and
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/OEtopten.mspx#EBAA
Number 1
and
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.
 
i have done this i have copie dthe data off the c: and onto v: made sure its
not read only and there is a file called folder.dbx

when i import i select oe6 store browse to that location and it comes up
with 2 folders inbox and outbox no other folders when i select all it imports
nothing

"Gordon" wrote:

> "stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E90249C4-7D57-40CF-98FC-E1B2F54ABC49@microsoft.com...
> >i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
> > them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
> > have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
> > navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to
> > archive1
> > but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have
> > no
> > hair to pull out
> >
>
>
> Copy them to a DIFFERENT folder to the standard OE message store location.
> (In "My Documents for example). Make sure that there is a file called
> Folders.dbx within those copied files. Then import from within OE.
>
> HTH
>
>
>
 
Stuart,

As long as you have them in a folder & none of the DBX files are read only just
open Outlook Express

FILE menu | IMPORT | MESSAGES...

Choose Main Identity & make sure all DBX folders are selected & import them

This will automatically import them into the MailStoreRoot for you

--
Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)


"stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E90249C4-7D57-40CF-98FC-E1B2F54ABC49@microsoft.com...
> i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
> them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
> have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
> navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to archive1
> but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have no
> hair to pull out
 
"stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:15F89935-B7C5-4492-80E8-F956F8793EDF@microsoft.com...
>i have done this i have copie dthe data off the c: and onto v: made sure
>its
> not read only and there is a file called folder.dbx
>
> when i import i select oe6 store browse to that location and it comes up
> with 2 folders inbox and outbox no other folders when i select all it
> imports
> nothing
>

then your dbx files must be corrupt and/or empty.....
 
the inbox.dbx is 675mb large
when i choose this folder it states that not all of the messages have
imported and closes

when i look none are there
is there any clean up tool like scanpst for dbx files

"Newbie Coder" wrote:

> Stuart,
>
> As long as you have them in a folder & none of the DBX files are read only just
> open Outlook Express
>
> FILE menu | IMPORT | MESSAGES...
>
> Choose Main Identity & make sure all DBX folders are selected & import them
>
> This will automatically import them into the MailStoreRoot for you
>
> --
> Newbie Coder
> (It's just a name)
>
>
> "stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E90249C4-7D57-40CF-98FC-E1B2F54ABC49@microsoft.com...
> > i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
> > them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
> > have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
> > navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to archive1
> > but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have no
> > hair to pull out
>
>
>
 
675MB?! Jeez...

Your best bet would be to run DBXpress on the DBX file. Any messages
recovered (don't set your hopes too high) can be dragged to an open OE
folder.

Why you have the problem now:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Avoiding Such Corruption in Future:

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

stuart macleod wrote:
> the inbox.dbx is 675mb large
> when i choose this folder it states that not all of the messages have
> imported and closes
>
> when i look none are there
> is there any clean up tool like scanpst for dbx files
>
> "Newbie Coder" wrote:
>
>> Stuart,
>>
>> As long as you have them in a folder & none of the DBX files are read
>> only
>> just open Outlook Express
>>
>> FILE menu | IMPORT | MESSAGES...
>>
>> Choose Main Identity & make sure all DBX folders are selected & import
>> them
>>
>> This will automatically import them into the MailStoreRoot for you
>>
>> --
>> Newbie Coder
>> (It's just a name)
>>
>>
>> "stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> news:E90249C4-7D57-40CF-98FC-E1B2F54ABC49@microsoft.com...
>>> i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply
>>> copy
>>> them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside
>>> i
>>> have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
>>> navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to
>>> archive1 but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please
>>> help i have no hair to pull out
 
If you can't open ANYTHING,
do you know ... are there lots of NON-standard folders ?
( Like I have "Inbox Bobb" , " Read" etc as well as Inbox)
Read all of this:

Do you have MS Office ? Can you install Outlook ( not Express) ? and map
to that file ? Once imported break it into smaller folders - I've done
that in the past to fix corrupt OE accounts - Outlook can handle much
larger files ( which is why one is free)

With OE only, from Windows Explorer go to OE folder and
Rename Folder.dbx to folders.dbx.old. ( so if you later want to use
original you can delete the new and rename the old one back to original
name)
You will LOSE any subfolders and if it works all messages will be in one
folder.
Open OE - it will create a new FOLDER.dbx file.
If it works at all ( I agree OE can't handle 675mb )




"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:uYa3dpyvHHA.4796@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> 675MB?! Jeez...
>
> Your best bet would be to run DBXpress on the DBX file. Any messages
> recovered (don't set your hopes too high) can be dragged to an open OE
> folder.
>
> Why you have the problem now:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Avoiding Such Corruption in Future:
>
> - Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
> folders created for this purpose.
>
> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
>
> - Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
> perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline".
> More at http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm
>
> - WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
> automatically compacting your message store.
>
> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause
> such corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
> --
> OE-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
>
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
>
> stuart macleod wrote:
>> the inbox.dbx is 675mb large
>> when i choose this folder it states that not all of the messages have
>> imported and closes
>>
>> when i look none are there
>> is there any clean up tool like scanpst for dbx files
>>
>> "Newbie Coder" wrote:
>>
>>> Stuart,
>>>
>>> As long as you have them in a folder & none of the DBX files are read
>>> only
>>> just open Outlook Express
>>>
>>> FILE menu | IMPORT | MESSAGES...
>>>
>>> Choose Main Identity & make sure all DBX folders are selected & import
>>> them
>>>
>>> This will automatically import them into the MailStoreRoot for you
>>>
>>> --
>>> Newbie Coder
>>> (It's just a name)
>>>
>>>
>>> "stuart macleod" <stuartmacleod@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>>> message
>>> news:E90249C4-7D57-40CF-98FC-E1B2F54ABC49@microsoft.com...
>>>> i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply
>>>> copy
>>>> them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail
>>>> inside i
>>>> have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe
>>>> then
>>>> navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to
>>>> archive1 but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there
>>>> please
>>>> help i have no hair to pull out
>
 
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