Corrupt DBX files in outlook express 6.0??

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Brian Woo

I was doing a compaction of my dbx files in outlook
express 6.0. I believe my pc might have rebooted and now
when I go back in, my personal folders are all gone.

I've renamed the folder.dbx and restarted but still they
are not showing up. I have like 10 - 15 personal folders
and none show up at all. Each are varying in size .. I
tried to import and I get an error saying store folder in
use please close out.

Does anyone have any ideas??

Brian
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Make sure that you still have the DBX files and try creating a new identity
and importing the old mail into the new identity. If you get an illegal
operation in folders.dbx then you may need to use the DBXtract tool to try
and salvage your old mail. I have included the link below. This is not a
Microsoft tool and it not supported by Microsoft. It does do a pretty good
job and leaves the original DBX file intact. The tool is very easy to use
and the link below includes all the instructions needed.

http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx


Norbert Evans
 
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