Restore files deleted in Outlook Express 6

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• 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]

• I want to delete my Outlook Express 6 program from my computer.

  Original title: Ms.

  I want to delete my Outlook Express 6 program from my computer.  I don't want no more of this program.  I now use XFinity E-mail and Outlook gets in my way when I train to attach attachments and other things.  How to remove Outlook Express 6 program from my computer?

  OE is integrated with XP so you cannot remove it. In the control panel. Add/Remove programs. Add/Remove Windows components, uncheck OE to remove access to it.
   
  Note that if you use Xfinity Webmail, if you try a right click on a file and send to | Recipient of the message, you will get an error message saying: there is no default e-mail program. Webmail is not recognized when you perform this action. You will need to open a new message window, and then attach the file.
   

• How can I repair file DBX corrupted outlook express.

  2 GB of data is available canned Inbox.dbx, but because of the corrupt header files dbx or any other problem, I'm not able to see the mails.

  Kindly help.

  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]

• Error: files currently use Outlook Express or another application.

  Original title: compact problem Outlook Express

  Recently, I get a consistent message that Outlook Express wants to compact my files. I click OK and it starts the process, then he gets in the "sent" folder and stops with the message "the folderis in use by Outlook Express or by another application" with a box of OK or cancel. Anyway the compaction closes and then some time later, the compact message comes back. Problem seems to have started when I enabled the indexation. I unchecked Outlook Express in the Index box option but still get the message. What I have to delete the "sent" folder and let recreate it or is there another problem miss me?

  As long as you have moved all your messages in the folders that you want to replace, go ahead and remove the dbx files to the files that you moved the messages of. At least, now, you will have a clean and functional items.

  Now, what is the size of the new folder with sent items? It can be a single message, or the full file.

• I get the error code 2691 code line 3 0 trying to recover items deleted in Outlook Express

  The initial problem is that none of my messages in Outlook Express when I open any folder. My representative Easy Tech told me to try to recover my deleted messages and that's when I got the error message. Easy Tech then the rep told me it was a script error and told me to run Windows updates and that would fix the problem. He did not. Help, please.

  If you can open OE, then go to file | Identities and setup a new identity. This will give you a store own message and a clean settings registry hive.   Then go to file | Import | Messages and import from the old identity.  If it works fine, so beware of interference antivirus (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3) and add your e-mail account to the new identity.  Then make a backup if you don't have it already.

  Steve

• cannot delete emails outlook Express 6.0

  Cannot delete emails

  You have corruption of dbx files.
   
  Spend most of your messages out of the Inbox and move the messages you want to record off deleted items, and sent items. Locate the OE message store and then close OE.
   
  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 icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.
   
  With OE closed, find the Deleted Items.dbx and Sent Items.dbx files and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open OE.
   
  Compact all folders as described below.
   
  To avoid this in the future:
   
  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

• Impossible to delete items deleted in outlook express

  When I click on the deleted items folder I get this message

  "Folder could not be displayed."

  Outlook Express could not open this folder.

  Possible causes are:

  • Low disk space.
  • Not enough memory.

  Outlook Express»

  I have a lot of room on drive c and other hard drive - have already packed files

  I can't delete the Inbox either - just nothing happens

  There was a lot of messages in the deleted folder.

  some would like to help

  Thank you

  Spend most of your messages out of the Inbox if you can and move the messages you want to record off deleted items, and sent items. Locate the OE message store and then close OE.

  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 icon | Opinion, or in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.

  With OE closed, find the Deleted Items.dbx and Sent Items.dbx files and delete them. New files will be created automatically when you open OE.

  Compact all folders as described below.

  To avoid this in the future:

  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

• Adding electronic signature from a file by using outlook express 6

  I use Outlook Express 6 for my emails and I'm trying to set up a signature to email when I send emails. I have no problem that when inserting in the text to help: Tools > Options > Signature > and selecting text in the section change Signature, and then by typing the text in French - it works very well.

  The problem is, I want to add a signature to a file that has color, different fonts and a logo. I tried to do to help to change Signature, and then click Add files, and then browse to select the file. He refuses to use the file for the signature to e-mail. I tried to save the file as a rich text, web page, pdf, and Word but still get the following message - WARNING: the signature file is not a valid text file. I even tried to copy / paste - still nothing. I'm out of ideas. Please can someone help?

  If you can not manually insert it into a new message, you can't have a sig out of it.

  Note: The HTML Signatures must be less than 4 KB.

  Open a new Message window and create your signature. (Insert the graphic & text). Click on the Source tab (view |) Source Edit if not already checked). Highlight the complete source code and copy / paste into Notepad. File | Save under and in the file name field, save as htm, (i.e. Sig1.htm). It will be saved in My Documents by default. Go to tools | Options | Signatures. Click: File | Browse and insert your saved signature | Apply. You can now rename it if you wish.

  Bruce Hagen ~ MS - MVP [Mail]

• Outlook Express will launch is no longer from the desktop. Tried to download a file to reinstall Outlook Express but the error message indicating that a later version of Microsoft Explorer is installed

  Outlook Express will launch is no longer from the desktop. Tried to download a file to re install outlook express but error indicating that a later version of Microsoft Explorer is installed.

  Is there a file with Outlook Express and the appropriate version of the Explorer on which can be downloaded.

  Do I have to uninstall Explorer 8, I'm sure I do, and I would then be able to use the file? I have download a file called ie6setupOe that has been 492 kb that I thought was Outlook Express. It is a .exe Win32 Cabinet Self Extractor file

  I'm on the wrong track thinking?

  Larry

  * original title - trying to re install Outlook Express__ *.

  Bruce; Thanks for all the advice and be so useful. Now we have all this work and has not lost a large part of all that we could not re create. Larry. I voted and I hope he did publish.

• Is there a way to convert Windows Live e-mail and files folders in Outlook Express format?

  I made the mistake (severe) a few years previously to install Windows Live Mail and Outlook Express abandonment on my Windows XP computer.  Now, I would run parallel iMAC and Windows messaging systems and e-mail iMAC tool does not recognize Windows Live Mail as mbox files. Therefore, I can't import Windows Live Mail in the iMAC email tool.  To add insult to injury, Microsoft Outlook email tool on the iMAC is import the Windows Live mail.  (No use asking, I guess, why Microsoft would enact incompatible messaging formats without integrating converters through the indexing schemes).  In short, is it possible to return to Outlook Express?

  Hello
  I suggest you according to the question in this forum and check if that helps:

  http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions.aspx?ProductID=1

  It will be useful.

• Pointer/file missing in Outlook Express 6? Not compact or export.

  Under XP with Outlook Express 6. Msgs compacting works (until the last folder?) and then said terminte because the file is in use.  Does not say which folder.  I have not opened - I know.  Do not use to do this.  Have auto update so not sure when something has been corrupted.

  This may be related to another problem.

  When I tried to export these msg on a Vista platform I got msg that an Outlook file is missing.  But the attempt to export error msg does not say which file is missing.

  Any suggestions?

  +++ More details: +++

  Thanks for the quick response.

  I'm the compaction of the command prompt.

  When you say "Click Outlook Express at the top of the folder hierarchy" - How do you get to this point?

  If I can get the Outlook Express on the XP machine compacted, then want to export these message (I have thousands hundreds stored in folders) so I can import then to a Vista machine (my more recent)

  You are compacting via the guest? Try it manually. There is a bug in SP3 that you should have installed years ago which makes the compaction via the quickie on Folders.dbx. You can see what folder it crashes on simply by moving this dialog box from the road entering the blue banner at the top.

  Compaction hangs on Folders.dbx after installation of the SP3 for XP:

  It is a known problem and will never be solved. As a result, compact your folders manually. The counter will be reset, and a compact manual won't hang it.

  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.

  If you have the habit of compaction before 100th closing, (i.e. once a week or more), you will never see the prompt again.

  ****************************'

  In regards to your problem may be related:

  Outlook Express does not work under Vista and Outlook is a totally different program, so that the problem is not related and not even on the same machine.

• Deleting tasks Outlook Express email incorrectly.

  I am trying to delete an e-mail message to the wrong address.  Whenever I get in Outlook Express, it try to send these messages again and again and again...  He told me that 2 tasks are not completed and see the part of the error.  I watch the error and try to remove them, but he did not see any place for deleter.

  Check for working offline and then open the shipping box and drag or delete the message. Bruce Hagen
  MS - MVP October 1, 2004 ~ September 30, 2010
  Imperial Beach, CA

• . EML files saved from Outlook Express in XP Mode change their date later in Windows 7

  I use Outlook Express in XP Mode on Windows 7. Sometimes I "save under" taken from emails Outlook Express Inbox in my data drive D:\, which is accessible from the two XP-Mode (such as % ComputerName % D) and Windows 7 (such as D:\).
  I saved an email as messages in "D % computername%:\folder", say, July 9, 2014.
  Then, 3 weeks later, I browse the D:\folder even under Windows 7 with Windows Explorer in Details view, and to my surprise, the update of this post changed July 29, 2014 at the precise moment that I'm over the file. The Date of creation remains as it was - 9 July 2014.
  Surprises I encounter almost every day, both at home and at work, where I also use Outlook Express to receive emails in XP mode on Windows 7. Simply by looking at a folder that contains recently saved .eml, change files automatically their update at the present moment in time, without even opening an any of them.

  This strange behavior is unique to .eml files. It does not affect any other type of file that I save in XP mode to be seen later in Windows 7.

  Surprises I encounter almost every day... Simply by looking at a folder that contains recently saved .eml, Exchange files automatically their update at the present moment in time

  When you head into a file in the Explorer, Windows will search to see if there is a manager of property for the type of file involved, and if there is, show a ToolTip which gives some of these properties. For an .eml file, it would be ofthe subject , DateReceived.

  

  These data are extracted the message headers and written to an alternative stream (ADS) in the file Explorer can find them and post them. This would normally happen as soon as the file is written to disk if the location it is written in is indexed, then perhaps the folder that you saved it is not indexed.

  Writing to the ADS is a change in the file, if its DateModified is updated accordingly. The file important dates are not affected - DateSent, DateReceived, DateCreated. Is this a problem?

  This strange behavior is unique to .eml files.

  I don't know if it's true. . EML files are plaintext files, so there is no provision for special properties in the file itself, because it is for, say, .doc or .jpg files. The NTFS file system is a file to has many flows of data, and this is where this type of metadata can be stored. If you want to keep your inviolate .eml files, save them to a FAT drive.

• Restore files deleted FRO trash

  Unfortunately I deleted a file important to the trash... is there a way to restore it?

  Hello

  I suggest you use your favorite search engine to find an application that meets your requirements to recover files deleted from the Recycle Bin. »

  WARNING: Using third-party software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the use of third-party software can be solved. Software using third party is at your own risk.