.DBX Associations

[Guest]

Hello All,

I've had an idiot attack !! I tried to view a .dbx file outside of O.E.6
and wound up associating all my .DBX files with Outlook Express.EXE
I can still download and view my outlook express mail but I don't know
what will hoppen if I don't fix it.
Is there a way to unassociate these .dbx files from OE6 back to the
original "no association"? All I seem able to do currently is to associate
them to a "different" program instead of "none"?

Oh My ............ What have I done ??
Thank You

PS/ no trees were destroyed to post this

However millions of electrons were terribly inconvenienced

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Hello All,

I've had an idiot attack !! I tried to view a .dbx file outside of O.E.6
and wound up associating all my .DBX files with Outlook Express.EXE
I can still download and view my outlook express mail but I don't know
what will hoppen if I don't fix it.
Is there a way to unassociate these .dbx files from OE6 back to the
original "no association"? All I seem able to do currently is to associate
them to a "different" program instead of "none"?

Oh My ............ What have I done ??
Thank You

Nothing will happen is you don't fix it as long as you don't EVER try to
open the DBX files with anything else.

 

[Charlie Tame]

There isn't an outlook express.exe - the OE executable is called MSIMN.EXE
(MicroSoft Internet Mail (and) News), so find a dbx file and right click on
it.

Select open with from the context menu and unless by some miracle OE is
listed there hit the browse button. Browse to program files>outlook express
and choose msimn.exe (If that's not the right place just search for it)

MAKE SURE the "always use the selected program for this type of file box is
checked"

Hit the Okay button

Probably nothing would have happened, except you lose the ability to double
click a dbx and have OE open it.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

No association required for .DBX files. To unassociate, type this in Start,
Run:

reg delete "HKCR\.dbx" /ve /f

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello All,

I've had an idiot attack !! I tried to view a .dbx file outside of O.E.6
and wound up associating all my .DBX files with Outlook Express.EXE
I can still download and view my outlook express mail but I don't know
what will hoppen if I don't fix it.
Is there a way to unassociate these .dbx files from OE6 back to the
original "no association"? All I seem able to do currently is to associate
them to a "different" program instead of "none"?

Oh My ............ What have I done ??
Thank You

PS/ no trees were destroyed to post this

However millions of electrons were terribly inconvenienced

 

[Ron Sommer]

Do not associate msimn.exe with dbx files.

If you want to view the contents of a dbx file, follow the instructions for
Single Folder:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/partial.htm

 

[Charlie Tame]

From the original post I assumed the files had at some time been associated
and thus clickable and that was what the OP had wanted. It is certainly
something I have seen before. Is there some reason not to have that
association? One would think it safer to have OE associated than something
else.

Charlie

 

[Ron Sommer]

Ramesh posted this:

No association required for .DBX files. To unassociate, type this in Start,
Run:

reg delete "HKCR\.dbx" /ve /f

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
----======

Ramesh should have written, No association is wanted for .DBX files.
OE uses dbx files, but will not open a dbx file if you click on one dbx
file.
The OE store folder contains a dbx file for every message folder in OE plus
folders.dbx, pop3uidl.dbx, and offline.dbx.
When OE displays the folder list, it uses folders.dbx to show the folders
used in that Identity.
If you open the Inbox folder in OE, OE uses inbox.dbx.
File, Open in OE opens a folder or a message.
It doesn't open a dbx file.

The safest is to have no program associated to dbx files.

 

[Charlie Tame]

Ramesh should have written, No association is wanted for .DBX files.
OE uses dbx files, but will not open a dbx file if you click on one dbx
file.
The OE store folder contains a dbx file for every message folder in OE
plus folders.dbx, pop3uidl.dbx, and offline.dbx.
When OE displays the folder list, it uses folders.dbx to show the folders
used in that Identity.
If you open the Inbox folder in OE, OE uses inbox.dbx.
File, Open in OE opens a folder or a message.
It doesn't open a dbx file.

The safest is to have no program associated to dbx files.

Indeed I agree, however I have never really seen any disastrous result and
figure it is at least safer to have OE do it than something like (say)
Irfanview which has (or at least had) a nasty habit of saving changes on
exit

dbx gone astray then maybe.

 

[Guest]

You answered my ".DBX File Associations" question "exactly" and I
appreciate it. I already knew I shouldn't have associated .dbx files with
anything. You showed me how to unassociate them with anything and leave them
completely unassociated and that's what I needed. (not a bunch of
explanations of what I shouldn't have done or speculations of what I was
trying to do)
I have not tried it yet as I am not at my home computer yet.
Will this work for all file associations if I were to replace ".dbx" in
the command with the extension I want?

Thanks,
Jeff
--


As I always suggest,

Please be careful out there !

PS/ no trees were destroyed to post this

However millions of electrons were terribly inconvenienced

Ramesh posted this:

No association required for .DBX files. To unassociate, type this in Start,
Run:

reg delete "HKCR\.dbx" /ve /f

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
----======

Ramesh should have written, No association is wanted for .DBX files.
OE uses dbx files, but will not open a dbx file if you click on one dbx
file.
The OE store folder contains a dbx file for every message folder in OE plus
folders.dbx, pop3uidl.dbx, and offline.dbx.
When OE displays the folder list, it uses folders.dbx to show the folders
used in that Identity.
If you open the Inbox folder in OE, OE uses inbox.dbx.
File, Open in OE opens a folder or a message.
It doesn't open a dbx file.

The safest is to have no program associated to dbx files.
--
Ron Sommer

From the original post I assumed the files had at some time been
associated and thus clickable and that was what the OP had wanted. It is
certainly something I have seen before. Is there some reason not to have
that association? One would think it safer to have OE associated than
something else.

Charlie

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome Jeff.

Those "bunch" of explanations are required in some cases. Ron Sommer gave a
great explanation in this case.

Yes.


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


You answered my ".DBX File Associations" question "exactly" and I
appreciate it. I already knew I shouldn't have associated .dbx files with
anything. You showed me how to unassociate them with anything and leave them
completely unassociated and that's what I needed. (not a bunch of
explanations of what I shouldn't have done or speculations of what I was
trying to do)
I have not tried it yet as I am not at my home computer yet.
Will this work for all file associations if I were to replace ".dbx" in
the command with the extension I want?

Thanks,
Jeff
--


As I always suggest,

Please be careful out there !

PS/ no trees were destroyed to post this

However millions of electrons were terribly inconvenienced

 

[Charlie Tame]

You answered my ".DBX File Associations" question "exactly" and I
appreciate it. I already knew I shouldn't have associated .dbx files with
anything. You showed me how to unassociate them with anything and leave
them
completely unassociated and that's what I needed. (not a bunch of
explanations of what I shouldn't have done or speculations of what I was
trying to do)

From the original post it appeared that for some reason you wanted to click
on a file and open OE... not up to me to question why you would want to do
that but certainly OE is the only possible association that isn't downright
dangerous... however the first part of your original post was perfectly
clear and apparently accurate...

More recently you said

I have not tried it yet as I am not at my home computer yet.
Will this work for all file associations if I were to replace ".dbx" in
the command with the extension I want?

Today Outlook Express, tomorrow the entire operating system perhaps?

Thanks,
Jeff

As I always suggest,

Please be careful out there !

Is it any use suggesting you follow your own advice?

Charlie

 

[Guest]

Just wanted to report your command line did the trick (i'm sure you already
knew it would) and thanks again.
I'll keep this command in my arsenal

Again Thanks for your's (and others') time
--


As I always suggest,

Please be careful out there !

PS/ no trees were destroyed to post this

However millions of electrons were terribly inconvenienced

You're welcome Jeff.

Those "bunch" of explanations are required in some cases. Ron Sommer gave a
great explanation in this case.

Yes.


--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


You answered my ".DBX File Associations" question "exactly" and I
appreciate it. I already knew I shouldn't have associated .dbx files with
anything. You showed me how to unassociate them with anything and leave them
completely unassociated and that's what I needed. (not a bunch of
explanations of what I shouldn't have done or speculations of what I was
trying to do)
I have not tried it yet as I am not at my home computer yet.
Will this work for all file associations if I were to replace ".dbx" in
the command with the extension I want?

Thanks,
Jeff
--


As I always suggest,

Please be careful out there !

PS/ no trees were destroyed to post this

However millions of electrons were terribly inconvenienced