Outlook Express- recovering stuff (1 Viewer)

[therealjohnny]

Can someone recommend a program that will find and restore a folder I accidently deleted in Outlook Express- I've found some free demos but they won't allow me to save the mails it finds, so they're not much use.

 

[hanley]

ive used this software to recover stuff deleted off a digital camera card. free too.

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2248-10118664.html

 

[therealjohnny]

ive used this software to recover stuff deleted off a digital camera card. free too.

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2248-10118664.html

Thanks Hanley- i tried this but I keep getting an error message

something about IP address error

 

[hanley]

Thanks Hanley- i tried this but I keep getting an error message

something about IP address error

were the files stored on your computers harddrive or server/online/somewhere else?

 

[therealjohnny]

were the files stored on your computers harddrive or server/online/somewhere else?

On my hard drive- it appears to be working , but then this message comes up-i dont think its an IP thing after all...

 

[hanley]

hmmmm, not sure really.
maybe try http://www.geocities.jp/br_kato/rest2514.zip

or a different version of pc inspector thing


what OS are you using?

 

[therealjohnny]

Thanks- I'll try that

Im on XP

 

[pete]

try Restoration. free, small, runs from a floppy. read the readme.

edit: with all these things, try and make sure you don't restore an older copy of a file on top of a newer file with the same name

 

[therealjohnny]

try Restoration. free, small, runs from a floppy. read the readme.

edit: with all these things, try and make sure you don't restore an older copy of a file on top of a newer file with the same name

thanks for this

Any idea how I can search for a folder from Outlook Express?
I dont know what the file extension is for these, and It's not finding it by name

 

[pete]

thanks for this

Any idea how I can search for a folder from Outlook Express?
I dont know what the file extension is for these, and It's not finding it by name

Look in your current Outlook Express data folder - it's buried in your user profile, but you can find the path to it in the OE preferences. You should find a load of .dbx files, each of which corresponds to a mail folder. Anyway you're looking for deleted .dbx files with Restoration & that's where they go when you find them.

There's also an index file in there called folders.dbx which you might need to delete to force OE to 'see' the restored folder (it'll be recreated automatically when you restart OE), but that has its consequences

This is the master index of the entire Store Folder and without it, Outlook Express cannot do anything. Should you find yourself in this situation, the only solution is to delete the corrupt file from the Store Folder. That will allow Outlook Express to start and to build a new "Folders.dbx" by re-indexing all DBX files it finds in the Store Folder. This is not without consequences however, and so is not something to do unless absolutely necessary. You will have to do some work to replace the information lost, namely:

•Re-create your mail folder hierarchy by dragging folders into place in the Folder list. Note that any folder you have created to group sub-folders but that does not itself contain messages will not appear in the Folder list and so must be created again.
•Re-download the list of newsgroups from each news account.
•Reset your subscribed newsgroups and download messages again.
•Reset synchronization options on IMAP and newsgroup folders.
•Edit any message rule that moves or copies messages to folders other than the Inbox.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

edit: now that you know where your Outlook Express data is stored it would be a good time to take a complete backup of it, particularly if you plan on deleting / moving anything....

 

[therealjohnny]

sorry, this is a bit like wading through treacle but

where can i find this stuff..

Outlook Express data folder - it's buried in your user profile, but you can find the path to it in the OE preferences

 

[pete]

sorry, this is a bit like wading through treacle but

where can i find this stuff..

Outlook Express data folder - it's buried in your user profile, but you can find the path to it in the OE preferences

from that link:

Finding Your Store FolderHere is a quick and easy way to display your Store Folder with just a few clicks and keystrokes.


1.
In Outlook Express, click Options on the Tools menu.
2.
Click the Maintenance tab.
3.
Click the Store folder button.
4.
Press the TAB key to highlight the Store Folder path.
5.
Press CTRL+C to copy the path to the clipboard.
6.
Click OK, then again OK to close the Options panel.
7.
Click Start, and then click Run.
8.
Press CTRL+V to paste the path into the command line.
9.
Click OK.
10.
If you do not see any files in the folder that opens, click Folder Options on the Tools menu, click the View tab, and then click "Show hidden files and folders" and click OK.

Click the Store Folder button to see the path to your Outlook Express DBX files.

 

[therealjohnny]

from that link:

Thanks again

 

[pete]

Thanks again

no bother

now write it out a hundred times or i'll cut your balls off