I keep getting some kind of direct or director.dll or .dbx error which shuts down my O/E 6 program when I click it off. I understand it is some kind of .dbx file error/corruption that can be repaired somekind of way. I tried to rename the .dbx file and I lost all of my old email somewhere. I tried several freeware O/E 6 repair software and none works without buying the full version which I would IF I knew it would work well to repair O/E 6. Any possible way to repair/reinstall with my WIN ME CD without losing my existing email address contacts and old emails I have saved? Please direct me to the best way to correct this problem ASAP> I will be waiting for your help. Thanks, Kenny

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Hi Kenny.






On Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 12:00 am, Kenny Ourso wrote:
|I tried to rename the .dbx file and I lost all of my old email somewhere.

Well if you renamed them rename them back. You don't need to rename them just move 
them to another folder.

|without buying the full version which I would IF I knew
|it would work well to repair O/E 6. Any possible way
|to repair/reinstall 

O/E 6 is free when you install Internet Explorer. Do you use IE6.0? If so then just 
use download and install

Internet 
Explorer 6.0 SP1

 

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You probably have a fairly easy to fix problem.

Here are some links. Read the information they link to, which will help you to understand how Outlook Express works. You should then be able to work out what is wrong, and to correct it.

These links also include some tools (utility programs) for correcting a range of OE problems, including a program for extracting e-mails from .dbx files if you can't open them in any other way.

http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/

http://www.netyorum.com/bolum/sorucevap/20010412-09.htm

Ed




On Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 12:00 am, Kenny Ourso wrote:
>I keep getting some kind of direct or director.dll or .dbx error which shuts down
>my O/E 6 program when I click it off. I understand it is some kind of .dbx file error/corruption
>that can be repaired somekind of way.
>I tried to rename the .dbx file and I lost all of my old email somewhere. I tried
>several freeware O/E 6 repair software and none works without buying the full version
>which I would IF I knew it would work well to repair O/E 6. Any possible way to repair/reinstall
>with my WIN ME CD without losing my existing email address contacts and old emails
>I have saved?
>Please direct me to the best way to correct this problem ASAP>
>I will be waiting for your help.
>Thanks,
>Kenny

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Hey Guys, I went to IE6 install/remove then did a repair IE6, in fact twice. The first time when I reopened OE6, it gave me the directdb.dll error again. So far the second time it seems to be helping. I didn't know IF I should try to reinstall IE6 again on top of my existing IE6. I will try the links that you sent to me and see what I can do with them, hopefully I can get it resolved. I did try to rename the folder.old back to folder.dbx but it either refused to allow it to revert OR I could not find the original file on my pc. Any other possible ways to find and save/move my old emails in the bad .dbx file? Thanks and keep the ideas coming, Kenny

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On Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 7:25 pm, Kenny Ourso wrote:
|I didn't know IF I should try to reinstall IE6 again on top of my existing IE6. 

Yes you can do a reinstall of IE6 I've done that before now, only because I've had 
problems with IE not OE. 

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