Cannot delete messages on my Outlook Express Inbox

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• Is it possible to delete all the messages in my Outlook Express Inbox at once or all messages must be deleted individually?

  Is it possible to delete all the messages in my Outlook Express Inbox at once or all messages must be deleted individually?

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  Hello

  Hold down the Ctrl Key do randon emails selection > then delete.

  Hold down the SHIFT key, then click on the first email and you will select all the >, and then delete.

  Or click on the first one you want to delete > then hold down the SHIFT key > scroll to where you want to stop everything now shift key > click on that e-mail > between the two will be selected > delete them.

  See you soon.

• messages disappeared from Outlook Express (Inbox) e-mail account

  Most of my messages "Inbox floder" has simply disappeared from my Outlook Express email.  There were some files with images on them that I really want to come back. I want to know if I can get back them on my PC and if so, how could I do.

  Two reasons the most common for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated folders. More about that below.

  Why OE insists 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/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

  Recovery tools:

  If you use XP/SP2 or SP3, 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 folder bak on 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. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.

  In Windows XP, the .dbx files are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in the Solution Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder options | View.

  Close OE and in Windows Explorer, click on the dbx to the file missing or empty file, then 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. For example: 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 to the next step.

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

  If it is not already in the message, open the trash and do a right-click on the file bak for the folder in question and click on restore. Open the message store up and replace the .bak by .dbx file extension. Close the message store and open OE. Messages must be in the folder.

  If messages are restored successfully, you can go ahead and delete the old dbx file that you moved to the desktop.
   
  If you have not then bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin:

  DBXpress run in extract disc 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 future:

  Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They finally are damaged. Create your own folders defined by the user for mail storage and move your mail to them. Empty the deleted items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 300 MB, and also empty as is possible to default folders.

  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the 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 the loss of messages. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

  And backup often.

  Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware)
  http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx

  Bruce Hagen MS - MVP [Mail]

• I can't delete messages on my outlook express system... should I download a new system?

  My express system outlook does not delete messages, so I am faced with a large generation to the top of messages, spam etc, do I have to download another system?

  Your deleted items folder is corrupted.  Delete the file deleted items.dbx (hidden) with OE closed and OE will create a new uncorrupted.

  Steve

• Outlook express cannot delete messages in the Inbox

  my outlook express cannot delete messages in the Inbox. After that, click on Delete on any e-mail item, nothing happens.

  You are the very welcome, but please take into account preventive advice.
   

  Do not archive mail in the receipt or sent items box.  Create your own user-defined folders and move messages you want to put in them. Empty the deleted items folder daily. Although the dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2 GB, I recommend all a 300 MB max for less risk of corruption.

  Information on the maximum size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=903095

  After you're done, followed by compacting your folders manually while working * off * and do it often.

  Click Outlook Express at the top of the the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work offline (or double-click on work online in the status bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.

• When I opened outlook express Inbox, all messages have been deleted, please help restore the same

  When I opened outlook express Inbox, all messages have been deleted, please help restore the same

  Go to view | Current view | Show all messages to make sure that you have just selected 'Hide read messages.

  If this does not help, check your Recycle Bin, the bak files which are dbx files, you can restore backups.  See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

  If this does not help, then you will probably need my program DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/), which will extract the messages from individual dbx files, and if messages are no longer in the files, it can extract from the disc itself.

  Steve

• import messages in outlook express inbox in outlook

  I have 8 window. I tried to import messages from outlook express inbox messages to outlook but the computer just imported in items sent and delete items only. She did not import messages in the Inbox. The computer says windows encountered mail import your OE Mail errors. I did something wrong?

  Thank you

  DD

  As a general rule, you must import OE to Outlook on the same computer (XP) and then transfer them to the new machine.
   
  You try to import from the storage folder in OE dbx files?
   
  If you still have the machine with OE set up, you can do it this way.
   
   
   
  To create a Windows folder on the desktop from the old machine.
  * Open a folder in OE and drag the messages into the folder on the desktop. (They will remain in OE).
  To copy this folder on the desktop on the new machine.
  Open the folder and drag the messages to a folder in the new e-mail program.
   
   

• Cannot send e-mail in Outlook Express. Message "could not open the message from the Outbox folder. 0x800420C8 error number.

  Cannot send e-mail in Outlook Express. Message "could not open the message from the Outbox folder. Account email Sympatico Server SMTPHM.sympatico.ca Protocol SMTP Port 25 secure (SSL) Yes, error number0x800420C8

  original title: 0x800420C8 error NUMBER

  Never seen a port 25, who wanted to use SSL, but by checking, Sympatico's apparently.

  1. This account has already worked? Is it simply to start?
  2. What is the exact verbatim error message? Otherwise, copy & paste it into a response.
  3. Have you tried to send a message and the message stuck in the Outbox?

• I lost my files in my outlook express Inbox. How can I get back them?

  I lost my files in my outlook express Inbox. How can I get back them?

  The email you see in sent items. Is - this mail you thought you deleted a long time ago? If so, it almost sounds like you had an old identity.

  File | Identities | Manage identities. Is there more than one list? If Yes, go to the other identity. If not, read on...

  Two reasons the most common for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated folders. More about that below.

  Why OE insists 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/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

  Recovery tools:

  If you use XP/SP2 or SP3, 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 folder bak on 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. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.

  In Windows XP, the .dbx files are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in the Solution Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder options | View.

  Close OE and in Windows Explorer, click on the dbx to the file missing or empty file, then 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. For example: 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 to the next step.

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

  If it is not already in the message, open the trash and do a right-click on the file bak for the folder in question and click on restore. Open the message store up and replace the .bak by .dbx file extension. Close the message store and open OE. Messages must be in the folder.

  If messages are restored successfully, you can go ahead and delete the old dbx file that you moved to the desktop.
   
  If you have not then bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin:

  DBXpress run in extract disc 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 future:

  Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They finally are damaged. Create your own folders defined by the user for mail storage and move your mail to them. Empty the deleted items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 300 MB, and also empty as is possible to default folders.

  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the 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 the loss of messages. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

  And backup often.

  Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware)
  http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx

  Bruce Hagen ~ MS - MVP [Mail]

• Outlook Express Inbox full-error Ox800C0131

  Outlook Express Inbox folder does not open, so I'm unable to see all messages to delete them to free up space. Disk space is full. Works with Windows 98. Any ideas how to access the file and retrieve my messages?

  Bruce, thank you I'll follow your instructions to create a new Inbox. On the issue of data recovery, I have a second computer running on Windows XP with a bigger Inbox folder. If I export the old Inbox on this computer to the newest one with the bigger Inbox folder, I'll be able to read my messages or is corrupted from the Inbox? And I'll be able to export the Inbox folder as it will not be open right now?

• Cannot receive emails through my Outlook Express 6 account all of a sudden. I have 2 computers set up with it, a Windows XP and the other Windows Vista.

  Cannot receive emails through my Outlook Express 6 account all of a sudden.  I can send messages but not receive. I removed all mail rules and blocked senders and I still cannot receive anything.  I tested it by sending a mail to it through different accounts (gmail, yahoo) so I know that there must be some messages.  I also had people reply to my email that I send to what they do, but I don't get their answers.  I have 2 computers in place, using Windows XP and the other is Windows Vista.  I've never had a problem until now. Any help?

  My server contacted me and told me to check my spam using their webmail account, because it was full.  It seems that when I used the rules of the mail I had clicked on delete from the server, just "do not download".  My spam folder was so full that I couldn't receive. Thanks for all your advice!  Mark as resolved.

• messages lost in Outlook Express in the month of September 2011.

  messages lost in outlook express in the month of September 2011 and they reappeared last week, then again disappeared. How to restore the mEssages'.

  1. View | Current view. Is checked all show messages?
  2. What is a pop3 account?

  If the answer is Yes, then the two main reasons for what you describe is disruption of the compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated folders. More about that below.

  Why OE insists 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

  Recovery methods:

  If you use XP/SP2 or SP3, 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 folder bak on 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. Note the location and navigate on it in Explorer Windows or, copy and paste in start | Run.

  In Windows XP, the .dbx files are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in the Solution Explorer, you must enable Show hidden files and folders under start | Control Panel | Folder options | View.

  Close OE and in Windows Explorer, click on the dbx to the file missing or empty file, then 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. For example: 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 to the next step.

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

  If it is not already in the message, open the trash and do a right-click on the file bak for the folder in question and click on restore. Open the message store up and replace the .bak by .dbx file extension. Close the message store and open OE. Messages must be in the folder.

  If messages are restored successfully, you can go ahead and delete the old dbx file that you moved to the desktop.
   
  If you have not then bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin:

  DBXpress run in extract disc 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 future:

  Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They finally are damaged. Create your own folders defined by the user for mail storage and move your mail to them. Empty the deleted items folder regularly. Keep user created folders under 300 MB, and also empty as is possible to default folders.

  Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the 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 the loss of messages. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
  http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

  And backup often.

  Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware)
  http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx

• I can't send an e-mail as a group, with or without an attachment, I always get error 0x800CCC0B the message, I have outlook express.

  cannot send error 0x800CCC0B group

  I can't send an e-mail as a group, with or without an attachment, I always get error 0x800CCC0B the message, I have outlook express (not sure which version) under XP, I used to be able to send a group with 500 more emails in it, I tried to narrow the group to 200, but it makes no difference can anyone help?
  Check out this link. Apparently there is a max of 100 recipients simultaneously and they also will disable your account temporarily if you try many times.
   
   
  http://help.virginmedia.com/system/selfservice.controller?CONFIGURATION=1002&PARTITION_ID=1&TIMEZONE_OFFSET=&USERTYPE=1&VM_CUSTOMER_TYPE=&CMD=VIEW_ARTICLE&ARTICLE_ID=75643&RELATED_ARTICLE_CLICK=1&RELATED_ARTICLE_NAME=Sending%20limits%20in%20Virgin%20Media%20Mail

• lost/deleted a folder in outlook express

  I lost/deleted a folder in outlook express and do not know how to get it back, I have a lequipetv.fr email accounrt if it's important. I have windows vista ultimate 2007 service pack 2

  Look in the list of folders and make sure that the folder is not listed under the deleted items folder (you can move it if it is).  If you simply delete a file, this is what usually happens.

  If it is not listed under the deleted items folder, you can also check the message store (Tools |) Options | Maintenance | Folder for the storage location) to see if the file is still there as a dbx file (hidden).  Also check him Recycle Bin and the message save a file bak with the name of the folder since it is a backup which you can restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2).

  Finally, if it is really gone and there is no dbx or bak file, then my DBXpress program (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/) has an excerpt from disc feature that will scan the hard drive for messages and if they are still on the disk, it will recover them.

  Steve

• Cannot delete messages

  I try to follow the support page of Mozilla on "Thunderbird - cannot delete messages."

  I opened the file as directed in step 4.

  While step 5, Trash.msf deleted but Trash is not as he said that I have authorities. Where from here?

  You must LEAVE the Thunderbird before deleting the file (Trash.msf).

  More question, try with the new profile

  Create a new profile as a test to see if your profile is the source of the problems.

  • https://support.Mozilla.org/en-us/KB/Profiles-TB

  If the new profile works then you can transfer files from a profile already used in the new profile, but be careful not to copy files corrupted to avoid transporting on the problem

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Thunderbird
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager