IE 6.0 Repair

[Graeme]

After using IE Repair option on Windows ME, I lost about
15 months of e-mail from my Outlook Express 8 Inbox.

I presume the "lost" e-mails are still on the disk drive
somewhere but how do I recover them, please?

I hope someone can help me, please.

Graeme

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

After using IE Repair option on Windows ME, I lost about
15 months of e-mail from my Outlook Express 8 Inbox.

I presume the "lost" e-mails are still on the disk drive
somewhere but how do I recover them, please?

I hope someone can help me, please.

Graeme

In OE got to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and see where OE
is currently storing its data files.
Now, go to Start | Find (or Search) and look for *.dbx (with Win2K and WinXP
and Win2K3 you will have to set the search to include hidden files and
folders).
If they are found in a different place go back to OE and use
File | Import | Messages.
Select Outlook Express 5 (or 6, they are the same for this purpose).
Select the lower radio button to import from an Outlook Express store
directory and navigate to the location that OE is not using.

Also, see this article:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

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