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Corrupt Outlook Express 6 .DBX File
You might use following methods, short guide from Microsoft below and if your corruption is severe check this out
https://outlookexpress.recoverytoolbox.com/ Recovery Toolbox for Outlook Express
1) Identify all the .DBX files (folders) that you are going to restore but which do not exist yet on the new machine. This list of files would only include folders that you have created yourself and would not include folders like inbox, outbox, etc.
2) Start Outlook Express and create a new folder for each one you identified in (1).
3) For each new folder you have created you *must* highlight it - select it with your mouse as if you were going to see what is inside it. We know it is empty, but Outlook Express will not create the .dbx file until you do this. [Thanks to Ethan and "Biggles" separately for their input]
4) Close Outlook Express. Now you will see that your Outlook Express installation will have a .DBX file for every folder you are about to restore.
5) Now restore the .DBX files - that is you replace the empty dbx files created in 2 and 3 with the files from your backup.
6) If you restored from CD it may be that the read attribute on the files has been set. In this case you will need to ensure that the read attribute is cleared for each file you restored (right-click on the file and choose "Properties"). [Contributed by Aaron Kuhn]
7) If all is well, when you open Outlook Express now you will get all your restored messages.
If you receive a message in your message body window "cannot display folder, you may be out of memory or disk space" after restoring, then it is likely you missed step 6. Go back and ensure your DBX files are NOT set to Read-Only.
1/13/2023 2:12:00 PM •
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on Jan 13, 2023
Outlook Express restore emails
Try downloading Firefox's Thunderbird which should be able to open them and convert them to a pst file. There is a converter called DBXTriever you can download as well, although I have no experience with that product (so cannot recommend).
11/27/2021 7:18:28 PM •
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on Nov 27, 2021
Cannot open Outlook Express after compacting the files...
Thanks Everyone.. I fixed it with ther help of a great person.. DONT BUY THE PROGRAMS THAT CLAIM TO FIX ... All I did was the following:
Rename the Folders.dbx file:
- Click Start, point to Search, and then click Files or Folders.
- In the File name etc type, type folders.dbx.
- In the Look In box, click your primary hard disk (usually drive C), and then click Search.
- Right-click the identified Folders.dbx file or files, and then click Rename.
- Type folders.old, and then click OK.
- Start Outlook Express. This creates a new Folders.dbx file automatically.
Just change .dbx to .old That is all that was required.. RENAME!!! Not buying programs that dont work...
When I opened it the folders were a little messy.. but that is fine when you consider I felt that I had lost the program and all Emails stored. Problem only occurred after a suggested compacting of emails by the program.
RegGenie DID NOT FIX
Errorwiz DID NOT FIX
Good luck and I hope it works for you..
Bill
1/25/2021 7:22:19 AM •
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on Jan 25, 2021
When I click tools, when writing an E mail, the
Outlook Express does not come with it's own spell check installed with program. It utilizes Microsoft Office's spell check if it is installed or a 3rd party spell checker.
To configure Outlook express to spell check you need to go to the tools-options-spelling tab. If it is greyed out or unavailable then you don't have spell checking installed. If you don't have any of the office products or don't want to install them then you need a third party spell checking product.
4/17/2020 10:04:16 AM •
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on Apr 17, 2020
Address book error
My suggestion use Gmail and import your old email with the aid of the video above. Not all is lost.
Most of the time you can recover the old email and the old address book
Good Luck
2/16/2019 5:35:01 AM •
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on Feb 16, 2019
My Aunt is having difficulty receiving even
There is no setting as such. I suggest she check her anti virus settings and make sure it isn't giving 'false positives'. If it is not anti virus related she should contact her ISP/POP email provider and ask them for assistance.
2/7/2018 7:16:11 AM •
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on Feb 07, 2018
I run Outlook Express 6.0, Unfortunately somehow
Hello
Thank you for using FixYa for your problem
ok, the program does not have spell checker, it is useing the spell checker from MS Office.
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1/9/2017 9:10:08 AM •
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on Jan 09, 2017
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