[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: Re: O_T Outlook express help!
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:02:48 -0500
Hi Chela,
This is valuable info. I didn't know these folders could be recovered.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>; <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:44 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: Re: O_T Outlook express help!
Sorry if this goes to you twice, I think I found a solution that will work
for you and anyone else with this problem.
How to Restore Deleted Files From Microsoft Outlook Express
Outlook Express is the email and news client for Internet Explorer. All
contact information is stored in the Windows Address Book. The similar style
of Outlook leads people to equate it with Microsoft Office Outlook. The two
applications are completely different. Different applications require
different methods of troubleshooting. This article will instruct the reader
on how to restore deleted files from Microsoft Outlook Express. You will be
instructed to navigate through the menu options of Outlook Express, search
the Recycle Bin and utilize the Windows File Explorer to restore your files
back to Outlook Express.
Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions
1.. Step 1
Open Outlook Express. Click on the Tools menu.
2.. Step 2
Click on Options.
3.. Step 3
Click on Maintenance.
4.. Step 4
Click on Store Folder. Locate the name of the folder where your files were
stored. These files often include outgoing email messages or messages that
you sent to someone. Note the name of the folder.
5.. Step 5
Close Outlook Express.
6.. Step 6
Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your Windows desktop.
7.. Step 7
Look at the side menu options. Click on "Restore most recent sent items
(.bak files)". Close the Recycle Bin.
8.. Step 8
Open Windows File Explorer, or simply right-click on the Start button and
select "Explore". Find the folder you located in Step 4. If you don't see it
in the Windows File Explorer, you can always select "Find" from the Start
menu. Open the folder that holds your deleted files.
9.. Step 9
Click Tools, then Folder Options, and select View. Then, enable the
"Display hidden and system files" in the same folder.
10.. Step 10
Remove the checkmark in "Hide extensions of known file types". You will
see the Sent Items.dbx file and the Sent Items.bak. file.
11.. Step 11
Rename the Sent Items.DBX to Sentold.dbx. Rename the Sent Items.Bak to
Sent Items.DBX. Open Outlook Express. Your messages should be restored.To
find out what version of Outlook Express you have currently, go to help
under the menu bar and then about. These steps were tested using Outlook
Express version 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
So in summary here is what you do:
The messages in every Outlook Express folder are stored in two files, a
*.idx file and a *.dbx file, on your system.
To back up a folder, simply create a copy of the corresponding *.dbx file,
(for example, Inbox.dbx or Sent Items.dbx), in a convenient location, such
as a floppy disk:
To back up a folder, exit Outlook Express, if you haven't already, and then
follow these steps:
1. Select Start + Find + Files or Folders.
2. Type *.dbx on the Named line.
3. On the Look In line, select your hard drive.
4. Click Find Now.
5. In the resulting list, hold down Ctrl as you click each folder you want
to back up, or press Ctrl + A to select all the folders.
6.a) To copy the files to a floppy disk, right-click the selection and
choose Send To + 3 1/2 Floppy (A).
6.b) To copy the files to a folder, right-click and drag the files into this
folder; then release the key and mouse button and select "Copy Here" from
the shortcut menu.
Notes:
* If you're copying the files to disk, the total size for all the folders
you're copying can't be over 1.44 MB. If it is, you need to either split the
files into smaller groups or compress the files by using a utility such as
WinZip.
* If you're copying the files to a CD, make sure you save the files and/or
CD and readable in any drive.
Now, here's how to restore this information to Outlook Express:
1. Exit Outlook Express, if you haven't already.
2. In an Explorer window, navigate your way to the folder that contains your
Outlook Express *.dbx files.
Typically, on a Windows 98 system, these files are located in the
"C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Mail" folder. If you
aren't sure, use Find to locate them.
3. Rename the *.idx and *.dbx files that correspond to the folders you're
about to restore. For example, if you plan to restore the Inbox folder,
rename Inbox.idx to Inbox.idx.bak and Inbox.dbx to Inbox.dbx.bak.
4. Copy the backed-up *.dbx files to the Mail folder.
5. Delete the file folders.nch from the Mail folder. The folders.nch file
contains a list of the current folder names. Launch Outlook Express and your
messages should be right back where they belong.
You can delete the renamed *.idx and *.dbx files once you're sure the
operation was a success.
I had purposely tested this out myself and everything is smooth sailing.
Hope this helps.
Chela Robles AKA, trumpeter Chris Botti
--------------------------------
"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,
but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,
then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in
the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality of
the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
--------------------------------
Chela Robles
E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Outlook express help!
> Yes there are several tutorials to restore those file types. Let me see
> what I can do for you.
> --------------------------------
> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
> sophisticated, but when you get the two of them together in a way people
> can relate to, then I think you're on to something. You want the
> sophistication to lie in the purity of the sound, the beauty of the
> arrangements, and the quality of the performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti
> --------------------------------
> Chela Robles
> E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
> --------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:17 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Outlook express help!
>
>
>> Hi Shelly,
>>
>> I have never restored messages from .bak files; but what if you just hit
>> enter on them? What does Windows say? .bak is a fairly common file
>> extension, so Windows may already have a program associated with them, or
>> if not, it should ask you which program you want to open them with. I
>> would think that you could choose Outlook Express from the list of
>> programs at that point. But I am just guessing because, as I said, I have
>> never done this before.
>>
>> There's a lot of info on Outlook Express on the Internet. I am betting
>> strongly that that would include how to restore messages from .bak files,
>> since the program itself creates them when compacting message folders.
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:57 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Outlook express help!
>>
>>
>>> It is what I thought it might be, smile, and I am slowly getting some of
>>> the information back, or at least seeking it, sigh, smile.
>>>
>>> But, not cool OE, I know you thought I had way too much junk, but you
>>> didn't have to purge it like this.
>>>
>>> Sue, what happened is while Outlook Express was compacting messages
>>> Windows crashed and restarted itself, so naturally when I opened OE
>>> again, all and every single message was gone!
>>>
>>> My folder structure is there, my message rules are in place, the
>>> messages are just not there.
>>>
>>> I can see the .bac files in my Recycle Bin, which I know OE makes while
>>> compressing files as a back up, but I can't see how to take those bac
>>> files and do something with them, smile. Picking restore does nothing,
>>> and Import only allows me to import from another email program, which I
>>> don't want to do. This wouldn't be so bad except I also misplaced a
>>> thumb drive, and that had my training journal on it, and well, am
>>> aggrevated beyond belief. I know I can get the stuff back it is just
>>> going to take time.
>>>
>>> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
>>> and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
>>>
>>> Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a
>>> rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and
>>> in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with
>>> natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and
>>> without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the
>>> action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery. -George Polya,
>>> professor of mathematics (1887-1985)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:01 PM
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Outlook express help!
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Shelley,
>>>>
>>>> I have Outlook Express, and I hate to tell you this, but when things
>>>> disappear from the deleted items folder, they are just gone. They do
>>>> not go
>>>> to the recycle bin!!! Any more good news I can help you with? (smile)
>>>> Not
>>>> funny, I know.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck,
>>>> Sue S.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 7:33 PM
>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Outlook express help!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Evan, I can't seem to figure out how to do this. But all i see in
>>>> my
>>>> recycle bin is the .bac files for each of the folders. Am i to assume
>>>> that
>>>> I lost everything?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
>>>> and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
>>>>
>>>> Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a
>>>> rule to
>>>> the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in
>>>> cases
>>>> where it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with natural
>>>> ease,
>>>> with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever
>>>> letting
>>>> the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the
>>>> opportunities
>>>> of the situation, is mastery. -George Polya, professor of mathematics
>>>> (1887-1985)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 11:36 PM
>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Outlook express help!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hey Shelly, if you are sure the email is in the Recycle bin, you can
>>>>> import all the messages back into your Outlook Express. You don't have
>>>>> to
>>>>> know what the original error was. If they are in there, you can import
>>>>> them back again. All this assumes they weren't corrupted, of course.
>>>>> If
>>>>> the folder compaction was actually happening when the shutdown
>>>>> occurred,
>>>>> then you may well lose one or more of your folders. I know because it
>>>>> happened to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are sure they are in your Recycle bin, go into OE and arrow
>>>>> down to
>>>>> Import on the File menu and follow the prompts in that dialogue box.
>>>>> You
>>>>> have to tell OE where the messages are, and it will import any that
>>>>> are
>>>>> not corrupted back into their original folder structure if it can.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck and let me know if you need more details.
>>>>>
>>>>> Evan
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 10:25 PM
>>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: O_T Outlook express help!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Shelly, can you tell me what the error was before it shut down?
>>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>>> "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
>>>>>> forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
>>>>>> sophisticated, but when you get the two of them together in a way
>>>>>> people
>>>>>> can relate to, then I think you're on to something. You want the
>>>>>> sophistication to lie in the purity of the sound, the beauty of the
>>>>>> arrangements, and the quality of the performances."-Trumpeter Chris
>>>>>> Botti
>>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>>> Chela Robles
>>>>>> E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> --------------------------------
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 6:32 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] O_T Outlook express help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi everyone, I need some big help.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was doing a compression of my Outlook Express email and lost my
>>>>>>> email,
>>>>>>> Microsoft Windows did a serious error and shut down.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How do I restore my mail from the back up files that are in the
>>>>>>> recycle
>>>>>>> bin, or can I? Is the mail lost for good?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> help, smile.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
>>>>>>> and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a
>>>>>>> rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry... To apply a rule with
>>>>>>> natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and
>>>>>>> without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery. -George
>>>>>>> Polya,
>>>>>>> professor of mathematics (1887-1985)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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