Re: Losing background settings and e-mails in Outlook Express

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From: PA Bear (PABearMVP_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/19/05


Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:21:56 -0500

Start here: http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone.
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DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXtend (additional functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx

DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
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For lost Inbox messages:
Inbox.dbx is damaged. Close OE and then Move Inbox.dbx from your store
folder (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm) to another Windows (not OE)
folder and run any of the above applications on the moved file. (A new,
empty Inbox.dbx will be created when you next open OE.)

Other folders:
Close OE. Move the associated DBX file to another Windows folder and run
any of the above applications on the moved file.

If one of the above applications successfully recovers any messages, count
yourself fortunate. Do *not* import the moved DBX file back into OE!
Recovered messages may be dragged into an open OE folder, but...

Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm.

Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP
Inside Outlook Express
http://www.insideoe.com
south_lad2003 wrote:
> I really need some help and don't know where to start! I have WinXP (SP2) 
> on
> a Dell Latitude D600 laptop. I am connected to the network at my place of
> work and can also use it at home.
>
> The problem is that at least 75% of the time, when starting Windows, I get
> the 'Applying your personal settings' for a few seconds longer than normal
> and when Windows does load I find that my wallpaper has disappeared to a
> blank blue background and that all my e-mails in Outlook Express have 
> gone.
>
> I reset my wallpaper to a photograph from 'My Pictures' but it is not
> possible to retrieve any e-mails lost. The addresses in my address book
> remain though. 


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