(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:14 pm
Post subject: How do I get my inbox back from a .dbx file Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windows>inetexplorer>ie6_outlookexpress (more info?)
Hi I recently formatted the hardrive and save all the folders in OE as
..dbx files
I have relocated them and set the Store Folder to the right location.
All the subfolders have their information in them...
(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:23 pm
Post subject: Re: How do I get my inbox back from a .dbx file [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
You need to copy all the DBX files (including folders.dbx) to a folder on
your hardrive. Then make sure the Read Only attribute is not set (as it
will be if you copied them a CD. Then open Outlook Express and use
File/Import/Messages, selecting From a Message Store and point to the folder
containing the DBX files. Copy/Paste will not work in most cases.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.
"hevfev" <HeatherKMS.RemoveThis@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:1142381676.289955.284250@j52g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
> Hi I recently formatted the hardrive and save all the folders in OE as
> .dbx files
>
> I have relocated them and set the Store Folder to the right location.
>
> All the subfolders have their information in them...
>
> But the Inbox and Sent box are empty.
>
> HELP I need by inbox back.
>
>
> Thanksssssssssssss..
>
(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:20 pm
Post subject: Re: How do I get my inbox back from a .dbx file [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
hevfev wrote:
> Hi I recently formatted the hardrive and save all the folders in OE as
> .dbx files
>
> I have relocated them and set the Store Folder to the right location.
>
> All the subfolders have their information in them...
>
> But the Inbox and Sent box are empty.
>
> HELP I need by inbox back.
>
>
> Thanksssssssssssss..
(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:59 pm
Post subject: Re: How do I get my inbox back from a .dbx file [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
I still have the same problem, all the subfolders import OK but the
messages in the inbox do not!!
(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:26 am
Post subject: Re: How do I get my inbox back from a .dbx file [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
How many messages were in the Inbox folder before you backed-up Inbox.dbx?
Did you compact all OE folders before backing them up?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
hevfev wrote:
> I still have the same problem, all the subfolders import OK but the
> messages in the inbox do not!!
>
> Thanks
(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:23 am
Post subject: Re: How do I get my inbox back from a .dbx file [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
"hevfev" <HeatherKMS.RemoveThis@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:1142405962.580048.8590@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com
> I still have the same problem, all the subfolders import OK but the
> messages in the inbox do not!!
>
> Thanks
Don't store messages in the Inbox. It is the folder most apt to be
corrupted. As soon as you read them move them to user created folders.
Then compact the Inbox regularly.
Go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and write down where OE
is storing its data.
Close OE.
Go there with Windows Explorer and move (not copy) Inbox.dbx to an empty
Windows
folder. With Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3 it will be a hidden file.
You can use either of these tools to extract the messages from the old DBX
file:
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