outlook express dbx files

[Guest]

i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to archive1
but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have no
hair to pull out

 

[Gordon]

i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to
archive1
but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have
no
hair to pull out

Copy them to a DIFFERENT folder to the standard OE message store location.
(In "My Documents for example). Make sure that there is a file called
Folders.dbx within those copied files. Then import from within OE.

HTH

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

i have a trashed pc but i have access to the dbx files when i simply copy
them into the correct folder and open oe i can not read the mail inside i
have created a new folder called archive1 in outlook and closed oe then
navigated and renamed achive1 to archiveold and renamed inbox.dbx to
archive1
but when i open oe i still dont see any email in there please help i have
no
hair to pull out

Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
and
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/OEtopten.mspx#EBAA
Number 1
and
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

 

[Guest]

i have done this i have copie dthe data off the c: and onto v: made sure its
not read only and there is a file called folder.dbx

when i import i select oe6 store browse to that location and it comes up
with 2 folders inbox and outbox no other folders when i select all it imports
nothing

 

[Newbie Coder]

Stuart,

As long as you have them in a folder & none of the DBX files are read only just
open Outlook Express

FILE menu | IMPORT | MESSAGES...

Choose Main Identity & make sure all DBX folders are selected & import them

This will automatically import them into the MailStoreRoot for you

 

[Gordon]

i have done this i have copie dthe data off the c: and onto v: made sure
its
not read only and there is a file called folder.dbx

when i import i select oe6 store browse to that location and it comes up
with 2 folders inbox and outbox no other folders when i select all it
imports
nothing

then your dbx files must be corrupt and/or empty.....

 

[Guest]

the inbox.dbx is 675mb large
when i choose this folder it states that not all of the messages have
imported and closes

when i look none are there
is there any clean up tool like scanpst for dbx files

 

[PA Bear]

675MB?! Jeez...

Your best bet would be to run DBXpress on the DBX file. Any messages
recovered (don't set your hopes too high) can be dragged to an open OE
folder.

Why you have the problem now:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

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

 

[- Bobb -]

If you can't open ANYTHING,
do you know ... are there lots of NON-standard folders ?
( Like I have "Inbox Bobb" , " Read" etc as well as Inbox)
Read all of this:

Do you have MS Office ? Can you install Outlook ( not Express) ? and map
to that file ? Once imported break it into smaller folders - I've done
that in the past to fix corrupt OE accounts - Outlook can handle much
larger files ( which is why one is free)

With OE only, from Windows Explorer go to OE folder and
Rename Folder.dbx to folders.dbx.old. ( so if you later want to use
original you can delete the new and rename the old one back to original
name)
You will LOSE any subfolders and if it works all messages will be in one
folder.
Open OE - it will create a new FOLDER.dbx file.
If it works at all ( I agree OE can't handle 675mb )

675MB?! Jeez...

Your best bet would be to run DBXpress on the DBX file. Any messages
recovered (don't set your hopes too high) can be dragged to an open OE
folder.

Why you have the problem now:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
--
OE-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

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

the inbox.dbx is 675mb large
when i choose this folder it states that not all of the messages have
imported and closes

when i look none are there
is there any clean up tool like scanpst for dbx files