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re: Outlook Express 6 will not open
Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 7:25 am
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Stan Levin
(4 messages posted)
Dear Worm,
I tried that but Restore didn't seem to work? I did put in another 5 hours on this
problem and I found out that in the last Identity I was using (that had all my latest
emails in many different folders called dbx files) the only folder that was damaged
was my Inbox. By deleting that dbx file and reinstalling that Identity I could open
OE and see all except my Inbox emails. Then by replacing the blank Win generated
Inbox with an Inbox I had earler saved I was able to recover all emails except the
those Inbox emails from 10/23 to 12/1. New the new question is: Is there any way
to look inside the bad Inbox file and to recover some of the emails inside? Or maybe
even fix the damaged part so it wouldn't hang OE. I'll bet a hacker could do it.
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 5:15 am, worm wrote:
>Hi Stan,
>
I've never tried this, so I can't say whether it will work or not...but we are
>now in a desperate situation by the sound of it...
>
>Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > System Restore. Choose a Restore
>Point from the calendar to restore the system to.
>This will probably restore the fault again, but your emails should be back (hopefully).
>
>OE stores folders with .dbx extension. So after you're restored the system, go to
>C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{XXX}\Microsoft\Outlook Express (where "{XXX}"
>represents your unique identity) and then make a copy of all the files that you
want
>to keep.
>
>If there are no files there with a ".dbx" extension, create a boot floppy via Start
> Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Startup Disk (tab) > Create Disk
>(button).
Leave the floppy in the drive and reboot. Choose to Start the machine
>without CDROM support when you get the menu. At the A: prompt, type "Scanreg /Restore"
>and hit Enter. Choose a date from the menu before you deleted the Identity file.
>
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>It's best not to rely too much on OE folders as a means of storing important mails
>though. You can drag and drop emails into a folder you create somewhere on your
hard
>drive, or on a floppy disk. Windows will save them with an ".eml" extension. If
you
>double click any of those, they will open in OE automatically.
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