Outlook express all emails in inbox missing

I opened outlook express this morning to discover all of the emails in inbox missing.  What's past and how to bring them back?

This happens often.  Records often self-destruction in OE and messages have disappeared.  Check your Inbox for an inbox.bak file which is a backup of the Inbox.dbx file (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2 and also point 4 on this page).  If there is no bak file so you will need a message recovery program, as my program of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/), which may or may not be able to recover the lost messages (but if any program can, it will be).

In the future, its very important to regularly backup your messages, as often happens to people and hard drives die every day.  It is very easy to backup and leaves with a sense of security.  See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#6

Steve

Tags: Windows

Similar Questions

  • When I set uo Outlook Express, all of my emails that were on my cox mail server have been transferred to outlook express and then dissapered. Where have all my messages and how to get them back?

    When I set uo Outlook Express, all of my emails that were on my cox mail server have been transferred to outlook express and then dissapered. Where have all my messages and how to get them back?

    You did not indicate EO to leave a copy of messages on the server, so when he downloaded from the server, they have been removed from it.  Go to tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced and check the box leave a copy on the server for the future.
     
    Steve
     

    When I set uo Outlook Express, all of my emails that were on my cox mail server have been transferred to outlook express and then dissapered. Where have all my messages and how to get them back?

  • When I click on Outlook Express, all I get is the blue 'title field' then the hourglass and it won't go any further than that.

    When I click on Outlook Express, all I get is the blue 'title field' then the hourglass and it won't go any further than that.  The blue box stays there indefinitely, and all other functions on my PC just slowing down.  Any ideas please?

    original title: Outlook express open used

    Glad you got it work & you are the very welcome, but some tips to follow in order to avoid this in the future, if you don't mind.

    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.

    Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the processors and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. 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 receive email in Outlook Express or view the Inbox; can access the address book & all the other options.

    I can't view the Inbox or receive emails with Outlook Express; address book, sent & project options are ok.

    I ignored the request of compact messages.

    Your Inbox may be altered.  Go to file | Identities and set up a new identity and add your email account and see if it works.  If Yes, then you can try to import older identity, but you may need a program to extract messages otherwise (see www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/).  You should not ignore the request to compact the database messages, like at the time, the Inbox and other folders get corrupted and you lose messages - see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2 .

    Steve

  • Outlook express-all inbox message just disappeared without deleting me anything, and I only put clean Inbox. That's happened?

    I was checking email as I always did in outlook express, I hit send and receive, and all of a sudden, everything in my Inbox was gone... more than 1,500 messages.

    I did not clean up messages or anything like that automatically remove.

    There was no progress bar for deletion and deleted items were not in the trash.   they have simply disappeared.

    That's happened?  How can I stop this from happening?

    That's happened?  How can I stop this from happening?

     
    See further down on prevention.
     
    Firstly: in mode | Current view, is to show all Messages checked? If Yes, 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
     
    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  
  • can't open saved outlook express 6 emails

    Help, when I try to open my saved emails and my outlook express opens the email registered. How can I solve this problem?

    1. What is a POP3 account?
    2. Missing messages from the Inbox?
    3. Everything else works fine?

    While in the Inbox (or the folder in question): see | Current view. Make sure show all messages is the only option that is checked.

  • Outlook express 6 emails disappear without be deleted where are they going?

    I recently started to find Emails on outlook express 6 arrived in my Inbox that I opened them stop for the night

    come back the next day and they disappeared, not to be found in any folder, clues?

    View | Current view. Show all Messages is checked and nothing else?

  • In Outlook Express lost emails and get the 0X800C0133 error

    I lost all my emails in my Inbox and now cannot receive emails at all. Error message is 0X800C0133. Need help to restore the email account and also I was wondering if it will be possible to recover the lost emails.

    Thank you

    Error number: 0x800C0133 = a corrupt Inbox.
     
    Move any message you want to save to a local folder that you create if you can.
     
    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, 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 | View.
     
    With OE closed, find the box of Inbox.dbx and rename it to Inboxold.dbx. Another will be created automatically when you open OE.
     
    Now, you have an Inbox clean and fresh. Check the Windows Recycle Bin and the message OE store folder for a file Inbox.bak. If you have one, note the date of creation and after return before doing anything. If you do not have a bak file, DBXpress is your best chance to retrieve your messages.
    http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/default.aspx
     
    You may need to run in the extract from disk Mode if its normal recovery mode fails to find lost messages.
    **********************************************************
     
    General precautions for Outlook Express:
     
    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.
     
    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.
     
    Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the processors and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
    http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
  • Outlook Express lost emails

    My outlook express compressed in order to free disk space and lost all the emails of the 15/06/10 abreast. How to make a comeback?

    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

    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

  • Help please in Outlook express 6 emails not just send receive

    Please when I try to send emails via Outlook Express 6 or number 587 or 25port error and still

    in the Outbox with the error can help you please

    Do not give you the runaround, but you'll have to ask the experts of Hotmail.
     
    Help for Windows Live Hotmail is located in this forum
    http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/Forum/Hotmail?tab=all
     
  • Why is outlook express send emails with attachments multiple times

    Whenever I send an email with attachments, it remains in the Outbox but continues to send. An error message is displayed, but there are no details or error number

    Hello Warren,

    1. What is the exact error message?

    2 did you change on your computer before the show?

    3. should we come up with any particular mail or all mail?

    Perform the following troubleshooting steps:

    Step 1:

    I suggest to create a new identity in Outlook Express.

    Check out the following link to create a new identity.

    OLEXP: How to create and use identities in Outlook Express 5.x and 6.0

    Step 2:

    Import all contacts from the old identity to the new identity.

    Check out the following link to import the contacts.

    OLEXP: How to import and export address books in Outlook Express

  • Outlook Express 6 emails were stored on an external drive and are stored in folders with the name of people. Is it possible to import them to Windows Mail on Windows 7?

    The strange things about this is that the mails are visible when you view them via Solution Explorer and they can be added to Windows Mail one by one.  However, they do not seem to be in a dbx file and they are not imported when the folder is selected.  Don't know how all these emails got it sorted by name of the person (in the folders).

    The strange things about this is that the mails are visible when you view them via Solution Explorer and they can be added to Windows Mail one by one.  However, they do not seem to be in a dbx file and they are not imported when the folder is selected.  Don't know how all these emails got it sorted by name of the person (in the folders).

    First of all, please note that Windows Mail is not provided and does not normally work under Windows 7. Perhaps mean you Windows Live Mail, which is a differnet program and also does not come with Windows7, well that many manufacturers together with the computers they sell.

    However, there are solutions that allow you to run Windows Mail in Windows 7, so, assuming that you've used such a workaround, please read here:

    http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/import-messages-into-Windows-mail-from-Outlook-Express

    or http://tinyurl.com/yjzlr9b

  • 7 eliminated Windows Outlook Express & all files and settings. Are they buried somewhere were I can get back in?

    Laptop is a Dell Studio 15, about 1 month.
    Upgrade Vista to Windows 7.
    Previously, I used Outlook Express and saved some important emails into different folders in Outlook.   I didn't know that outlook Express would be gone.  Message says "e-mail & settings files will remain available after the upgrade".  Loaded a new email program (Mozilla Thunderbird) but can not find some old files of e-mail.

    If you use Outlook on a previous version of Windows, and then once you have upgraded to Windows 7 then you should be able to reinstall Outlook and open your previous email information.  For longer instructions with migration check Outlook the

    Office forum.

    Mike - Engineer Support Microsoft Answers
    Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

  • In Outlook Express deleted emails go to the trash folder and remain.

    Using Windows XP.  No matter what I do, I can't do these messages disappear and trash folders are becoming bigger and bigger.  This just started a few days ago.

    By trash, I assume you mean deleted items? Deleted items is probably damaged. On the off chance that you want messages to be saved in deleted items, (a garbage can), move them to a local folder, you create and then follow these steps.
     
    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 files of user OE (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 | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.
     
    With OE closed, find the DBX file for deleted items and delete it.  Another will be created automatically when you open OE.
     
     
     
    General precautions for Outlook Express:
     
    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.
     
    Disable analysis in your e-mail anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that devours the processors and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A / V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more information, see:
    http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
     
    In tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in the background box and let it unchecked. {N/a if running XP/SP2}.
     
    And backup often.
     
    Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
    http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/default.aspx 
  • Outlook Express 'compacting emails.

    Several times a DAY Outlook Express wants to compact my emails. Even if I leave compact emails, it returns & return. What can I do to stop this? I use IE8.

    Windows Search is installed? You must tell Windows Search to stop indexing OE.

    In the control panel. Indexing Options. Change. Clear the check box for Outlook Express.

Maybe you are looking for