"Compacting Files" wiped out my personal folders (OE6) and History

[Guest]

I received a popup that (I believe) said compacting messages would free up
disc space and improve performance. I did that. Now all my personal folders
(in OE6) are gone plus when I click on "History" for previous websites
visited (Internet Explorer), there is nothing there.
- I may have clicked on something else before the compacting process was
complete, because it starting acting screwy when I did
- I have done a "System Restore" to dates prior to the compacting and they
still aren't there

 

[Dave Patrick]

Try something here in the left pane.

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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[M8RIX]

Have you looked in the recycle bin?
Compacting folders now puts copies of your message stores in the recycle bin
in the form of backup files (.BAK).
I am not sure how this has affected your IE history.

 

[Guest]

I originally did see some of the items in the Recycle Bin. I clicked on
Restore All Items, and now they can't be found anywhere.

 

[PA Bear]

I received a popup that (I believe) said compacting messages would free up

disc space and improve performance. I did that. Now all my personal
folders
(in OE6) are gone

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Recovering the missing data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx (#2 and #4)
and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918069 (Notes section under
Resolution)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

...when I click on "History" for previous websites
visited (Internet Explorer), there is nothing there.

Automatic Compacting did not cause the above.
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OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

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

 

[Guest]

I found all my files by following the "Find Store Folder" at the following:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
Thanks!
Now, how can I get some of the files back back (uncompact them?), see saved
e-mails within the DBX files, and move them back to OE6?

I received a popup that (I believe) said compacting messages would free up
disc space and improve performance. I did that. Now all my personal
folders
(in OE6) are gone

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Recovering the missing data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx (#2 and #4)
and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918069 (Notes section under
Resolution)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

...when I click on "History" for previous websites
visited (Internet Explorer), there is nothing there.

Automatic Compacting did not cause the above.
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

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

I received a popup that (I believe) said compacting messages would free up
disc space and improve performance. I did that. Now all my personal
folders
(in OE6) are gone plus when I click on "History" for previous websites
visited (Internet Explorer), there is nothing there.
- I may have clicked on something else before the compacting process was
complete, because it starting acting screwy when I did
- I have done a "System Restore" to dates prior to the compacting and they
still aren't there

 

[PA Bear]

Repost:
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

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

I found all my files by following the "Find Store Folder" at the
following:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
Thanks!
Now, how can I get some of the files back back (uncompact them?), see
saved
e-mails within the DBX files, and move them back to OE6?

I received a popup that (I believe) said compacting messages would free
up
disc space and improve performance. I did that. Now all my personal
folders
(in OE6) are gone

Why it happens:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Recovering the missing data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx (#2 and
#4)
and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=918069 (Notes section under
Resolution)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

...when I click on "History" for previous websites
visited (Internet Explorer), there is nothing there.

Automatic Compacting did not cause the above.
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

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

I received a popup that (I believe) said compacting messages would free
up
disc space and improve performance. I did that. Now all my personal
folders
(in OE6) are gone plus when I click on "History" for previous websites
visited (Internet Explorer), there is nothing there.
- I may have clicked on something else before the compacting process was
complete, because it starting acting screwy when I did
- I have done a "System Restore" to dates prior to the compacting and
they
still aren't there