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DBX files damaged .
If an Outlook Express database (dbx) file is broken, there does not seem to be any way to repair
it without losing its contents. The best option is therefore to save any recent mail, by
dragging it from Outlook Express to a folder in Windows Explorer, and then replace the broken
Inbox.dbx file with your back-up copy. (If the back-up is from CD, be sure to right-click the
file and change it from Read-Only first.) You can restore the most recent email by dragging it
from its folder in Windows Explorer and dropping it into Outlook Express, when it is open at
Inbox.
Alternatively you can close Outlook Express and rename Inbox.dbx to something else, such as
Oldinbox.dbx. When you restart Outlook Express offline, it will notice Inbox.dbx is missing and
automatically create a new one. You can then put your back-up inbox.dbx file in a temporary
directory and import it. Do this by going to File|Import| Messages, selecting the correct
program, then clicking the lower radio button to import mail from a store folder. The unofficial
OE FAQ at offers help with this and other OE problems. Also see the
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q270670, How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data.
You can find this by searching Google for Q270670. However, if you do not have a recent backup,
you should download Stephen Cochran's free program, DBXtract, from >
This will extract all the mail from any dbx file and save each message as a separate plain text
file. These files are named from the Subject line and have an eml extension, so, again, you can
put them back in your mailbox by dragging them from Windows Explorer and dropping them in
Outlook Express. An even better solution would be to import them into a proper database.
This does that .
StoMail from >
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OE5 has a proprietary binary format that makes archiving
individual messages difficult. In addition, a number of
people have indicated that their message folders have
become corrupted and OE can not read them. Consequently,
they have lost all the messages in that folder.
DBXtract.exe extracts all mail and news messages from
individual dbx files. After extracting the messages one
can drag them from a Windows Explorer folder into an Outlook
Express mail folder.
PS. if you have a lot , make sure you nominate/create a folder , or you will have them all over
& off your desktop .
If an Outlook Express database (dbx) file is broken, there does not seem to be any way to repair
it without losing its contents. The best option is therefore to save any recent mail, by
dragging it from Outlook Express to a folder in Windows Explorer, and then replace the broken
Inbox.dbx file with your back-up copy. (If the back-up is from CD, be sure to right-click the
file and change it from Read-Only first.) You can restore the most recent email by dragging it
from its folder in Windows Explorer and dropping it into Outlook Express, when it is open at
Inbox.
Alternatively you can close Outlook Express and rename Inbox.dbx to something else, such as
Oldinbox.dbx. When you restart Outlook Express offline, it will notice Inbox.dbx is missing and
automatically create a new one. You can then put your back-up inbox.dbx file in a temporary
directory and import it. Do this by going to File|Import| Messages, selecting the correct
program, then clicking the lower radio button to import mail from a store folder. The unofficial
OE FAQ at offers help with this and other OE problems. Also see the
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q270670, How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data.
You can find this by searching Google for Q270670. However, if you do not have a recent backup,
you should download Stephen Cochran's free program, DBXtract, from >
This will extract all the mail from any dbx file and save each message as a separate plain text
file. These files are named from the Subject line and have an eml extension, so, again, you can
put them back in your mailbox by dragging them from Windows Explorer and dropping them in
Outlook Express. An even better solution would be to import them into a proper database.
This does that .
StoMail from >
----------------------------------------------
OE5 has a proprietary binary format that makes archiving
individual messages difficult. In addition, a number of
people have indicated that their message folders have
become corrupted and OE can not read them. Consequently,
they have lost all the messages in that folder.
DBXtract.exe extracts all mail and news messages from
individual dbx files. After extracting the messages one
can drag them from a Windows Explorer folder into an Outlook
Express mail folder.
PS. if you have a lot , make sure you nominate/create a folder , or you will have them all over
& off your desktop .
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Many thanks for your suggestions.
Forgive me my ignorance. I downloaded DBXtract, but do not know how to 'unzip' it.(it is a long time since I performed an 'unzipping')I do have PKunzip.(this appears to be a dos file)
Would appreciate a simple explanation.
Henry
You can get a working shareware version of winzip from here (ie, will get nag screen when it starts, but functionally ok). Lot easier than pkunzip - after install, just double click on zip file and you'll get a window with contents of file and can specify where to extract to.
Get Winzip here . Old version , but OK .
Tutorials .
Tutorials .
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