-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express in box - poof!! gone
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:03:37 -0400
Cris,
Any luck with this yet?
Peace,
Gman
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:38 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Outlook Express in box - poof!! gone
> Look in your deleted items folder. If they are not there, look in
> your recycle bin for a file named Inbox.dbx. If the date deleted is
> the date you lost the emails then it is likely the folder with your
> saved emails in it.
>
> To recover them, open OE and then save any messages in the existing
> Inbox by moving them to any other convenient folder. Then close OE
> and return to the recycle bin. Right click on the Inbox.dbx and
> select restore. Click OK to overwrite if prompted.
>
> Open OE and your emails should be back. If not, they may be gone
> forever. If you have a recent backup you could restore the latest
> Inbox.dbx by saving messages as described above and closing OE and
> then opening your backup software and restoring the latest copy of
> Inbox.dbx. Click OK to overwrite if prompted.
>
> If overwriting does not restore as expected, try navigating to the
> message store folder and deleting the inbox.dbx first. The message
> store folder can be located by going to Outlook
> Express/Tools/Options/Maintenance/Store Folder.
>
> Do NOT click on Change. To close, click Cancel.
> Be sure Outlook Express is closed when deleting or restoring dbx
> files.
>
> Don
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