Outlook Express .bak files in Recycle Bin

[Steve Hughins]

I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support,

Steve

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 7/1/2008 7:27 AM, and on a whim, Steve Hughins
pounded out on the keyboard:

I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support,

Steve

Hi Steve,

Usually right clicking on the file and selecting "Restore" will put it
back in it's location. If you have more than one though, they will just
keep getting overwritten. Restore the one you need, leave the rest.

--
Terry R.

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[p]

I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support,

Steve

Why do you want to do this?

P

 

[Nepatsfan]

I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support,

Steve

Have you recently compacted your OE folders? Every 100 times you close OE, it
should automatically offer to compact your folders. During the process, OE will
place a copy of each folder in the Recycle Bin with a .bak extension. Should a
problem develop during compaction, you would be able to recover your messages
from the Recycle Bin by renaming the .bak files .dbx and restoring them to your
OE message store.

Bottom line is that unless you're having problems with OE you don't need to
restore those files. You can delete them from the Recycle Bin any time you want.

Take a look at these web sites for more info.

Check out the box outlined in red.
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6.0 Service Pack
1 or Outlook Express 6.0 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?

 

[ps56k]

I suspect they are only used during the "compacting" of the Oailbox files,
and then moved to the trash....
ie - compacting => copying to new file, renaming, trashing old

[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak
files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I suspect they are only used during the "compacting" of the Oailbox files,
and then moved to the trash....
ie - compacting => copying to new file, renaming, trashing old

[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak
files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support

They are copies made before the compacting as a safety measure and can be
used to restore an OE folder to what it was before the compacting (which
does not compress anything).

 

[Steve Hughins]

I am sorry if everyone did not take me seriously. I will ask again for your
help.

How can I get the OE .bak files out of the Recycle Bin and restored back
into OE?

Thank you,

Steve

I suspect they are only used during the "compacting" of the Oailbox files,
and then moved to the trash....
ie - compacting => copying to new file, renaming, trashing old

[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak
files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support

 

[p]

I am sorry if everyone did not take me seriously. I will ask again for your
help.

How can I get the OE .bak files out of the Recycle Bin and restored back
into OE?

Thank you,

Steve

Why do you want to do that?

P

I suspect they are only used during the "compacting" of the Oailbox files,
and then moved to the trash....
ie - compacting => copying to new file, renaming, trashing old

[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Steve Hughins wrote:
I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak
files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Crossposted to OE General, WinXP General, and OE6 newsgroups]

I answered your identical question in your separate thread in OE6 newsgroup
yesterday, Steve:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ookexpress/browse_frm/thread/2f57bd910e160ac9

Also see this archived post/thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general/msg/3674aeb3adcdee57

====================
It doesn't help matters by having 2 concurrent & related threads in 3
newsgroups. Please stick to one (1) thread in the future. Thanks.

Multiposting vs Crossposting:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I am sorry if everyone did not take me seriously. I will ask again for
your
help.

How can I get the OE .bak files out of the Recycle Bin and restored back
into OE?

Thank you,

Steve

I suspect they are only used during the "compacting" of the Oailbox
files,
and then moved to the trash....
ie - compacting => copying to new file, renaming, trashing old

[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Steve Hughins wrote:
I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak
files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support

 

[Steve Hughins]

I have tried to rename the .bak files within the Recycle Bin and there is no
option to rename files. How do I get the 'option' for 'rename' highlighted?
I have tried to 'restore' the files , but they just disappear and then
reappear when I do a refresh.

Thank you for your support.

Steve

[Crossposted to OE General, WinXP General, and OE6 newsgroups]

I answered your identical question in your separate thread in OE6 newsgroup
yesterday, Steve:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ookexpress/browse_frm/thread/2f57bd910e160ac9

Also see this archived post/thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general/msg/3674aeb3adcdee57

====================
It doesn't help matters by having 2 concurrent & related threads in 3
newsgroups. Please stick to one (1) thread in the future. Thanks.

Multiposting vs Crossposting:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I am sorry if everyone did not take me seriously. I will ask again for
your
help.

How can I get the OE .bak files out of the Recycle Bin and restored back
into OE?

Thank you,

Steve

I suspect they are only used during the "compacting" of the Oailbox
files,
and then moved to the trash....
ie - compacting => copying to new file, renaming, trashing old


[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Steve Hughins wrote:
I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with .bak
files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

I said nothing about renaming BAK files in Recycle Bin, Steve.

I have tried to rename the .bak files within the Recycle Bin and there is
no
option to rename files. How do I get the 'option' for 'rename'
highlighted?
I have tried to 'restore' the files , but they just disappear and then
reappear when I do a refresh.

Thank you for your support.

Steve

[Crossposted to OE General, WinXP General, and OE6 newsgroups]

I answered your identical question in your separate thread in OE6
newsgroup
yesterday, Steve:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ookexpress/browse_frm/thread/2f57bd910e160ac9

Also see this archived post/thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general/msg/3674aeb3adcdee57

====================
It doesn't help matters by having 2 concurrent & related threads in 3
newsgroups. Please stick to one (1) thread in the future. Thanks.

Multiposting vs Crossposting:
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

I am sorry if everyone did not take me seriously. I will ask again for
your
help.

How can I get the OE .bak files out of the Recycle Bin and restored back
into OE?

Thank you,

Steve

:


I suspect they are only used during the "compacting" of the Oailbox
files,
and then moved to the trash....
ie - compacting => copying to new file, renaming, trashing old


[Crosspost to OE General]

Why do you ask, Steve?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/


Steve Hughins wrote:
I have a Windows XP SP2 system that has Outlook Express (OE) with
.bak
files
in the Recycle Bin. How do I get them back into OE?

Thank you for your support

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 7/2/2008 7:12 AM, and on a whim, Steve Hughins
pounded out on the keyboard:

I am sorry if everyone did not take me seriously. I will ask again for your
help.

How can I get the OE .bak files out of the Recycle Bin and restored back
into OE?

Thank you,

Steve

Hi Steve,

I answered your question directly.

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[Steve Hughins]

I believe I haven't made myself clear about the problem I have. There are a
lot of .bak files within the Recycle Bin. I cannot restore them. When I
select 'restore' on a file or a range of files, they will disappear; however,
when I do a refresh within the Recycle Bin they reappear. How do I get these
..bak files from the Recycle Bin back into OE?

I hope I am not sounding redundent, I just am not sure of why the process of
restoring these files is not working.

Than you,

Steve

 

[cornedbeef007-groups]

I believe I haven't made myself clear about the problem I have.  There are a
lot of .bak files within the Recycle Bin.  I cannot restore them.  When I
select 'restore' on a file or a range of files, they will disappear; however,
when I do a refresh within the Recycle Bin they reappear.  How do I get these
.bak files from the Recycle Bin back into OE?  

I hope I am not sounding redundent, I just am not sure of why the process of
restoring these files is not working.

Than you,

Steve








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Steve,

When you right click and Restore the .bak files, the .bak files are
place back where they came from, by default they are at C:\Documents
and Settings\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{GUID}
\Microsoft\Outlook Express.

With OE closed, use Explorer to go to that folder, rename any
existing .dbx files to .dbx.old or something like that, then rename
the .bak files to .dbx.
When you open OE, your mail will have been restored.
If you are satisfied with the results, delete the .dbx.old files.

Good luck.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069 (see the "Note" section
under Resolution; You do NOT need to download either of the updates on that
page!)

The BAK files are Restored to your store folder
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

Example: Close Outlook Express | Restore, e.g., INBOX.BAK | Open Windows
Explorer to your store folder* | Delete INBOX.DBX or Move it to another
Windows folder (e.g., one you created on your desktop for this purpose) |
Right-click on INBOX.BAK and Rename it to INBOX.DBX | Close Windows Explorer
| Open Outlook Express and your Inbox folder should contain any/all messages
that were in it when you last compacted all OE folders.

If you're missing any messages, you can try running DBXtract or DBXpress on
the moved INBOX.DBX file. Any messages recovered can be dragged to an open
OE folder.

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

DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are marked as hidden by
default. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show
Hidden Files and Folders via Start > Control Panel > Folder Options > View
(cf. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial62.html).

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I have tried to rename the .bak files within the Recycle Bin and there is
no
option to rename files. How do I get the 'option' for 'rename'
highlighted?
I have tried to 'restore' the files , but they just disappear and then
reappear when I do a refresh.

Please read this whole article. All of it. It works.

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6.0 Service
Pack 1 or Outlook Express 6.0 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Please read this whole article. All of it. It works.

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6.0 Service
Pack 1 or Outlook Express 6.0 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

NB: If your machine is fully patched, you do NOT need to install either of
the updates cited in KB918069!

 

[Steve Hughins]

Thank you for your suggestions with my problem. I will try and implement
them as soon as I can. I appreciate everyone's help. Your support is
invaluable. Again thank you all.

I will reply with the results of your direction as soon as I can.

Steve

 

[Michael Jennings]

Do not have OE running while you are messing with its guts.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=restore+OE+bak+files