Re: Deleted Items file
From: PA Bear (PABear_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:49:58 -0400
My rant aside [you may feel free to ignore anything prepended with <rant>,
as is customary in newsgroups: it was /not/ directed at you], have you
managed to recover any of the messages?
Do not presume that I am *not* your age, my friend. We all gotta start
somewhere.
As a future fail-safe, it's a very good idea to create periodic backups of
your OE data. A backup would have come in handy right now:
References:
Backup & Restore OE Data
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
OE Files & Settings
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/index.htm
Importing OE Data
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
OE Freebie Backup
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm
-- ~PA Bear Old Scot wrote: > I thank you for your reply but please remember that not everyone is as > knowledgeable as you. Perhaps one day you when are my age you may need > help > from someone and get a reply like this from someone. I think there was no > need for it to be put in the terms you have used. As an eldery novice > using > computers for the first time I am learning all the time from people who > are > most helpful without making comments like yours. > > Thank you and I hope you will reconsider the way you reply to people who > are > only wanting to learn from others who have the knowledge they do not have. > > Old Scot > > "PA Bear" wrote: > >> [<rant> Why anyone needs/or wants anything in Deleted Items is beyond me, >> assuming one deleted the message intentionally. That's like using your >> trash bin to store your groceries IMO. </rant>] >> >> You now find Deleted Items.dbx in Recycle Bin? (Hmm.) Right-click on it >> > >> Cut > Paste it into a new folder on your desktop which you've created for >> this purpose. Do *not* Restore it to your identity's store! >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> 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 >> ~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> Close OE. Run any of the above applications on Deleted Items.dbx in the >> desktop folder. If one of them successfully recovers any messages, count >> yourself fortunate. Do *not* import Deleted Items.dbx back into your >> store! Recovered messages may be dragged into an open OE folder, but... >> >> Don't use Inbox, Sent Items or Deleted Items to archive messages. Move >> them to local folders created for this purpose. >> >> Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a >> manual >> compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at >> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm. >> >> Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such >> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection. >> -- >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) >> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP >> >> WinXP SP2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/ieoeoverview.mspx >> >> What You Should Know About Spyware >> http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/devioussoftware.mspx >> >> AumHa Forums >> http://forum.aumha.org >> >> Old Scot wrote: >>> Thanks to you all as it now seems to be working OK but just one further >>> question. I have them in the deleted file in the recycle bin but how do >>> I >>> open it to get a couple of the messages out of it that were receipts for >>> goods puchased and what programme do I use to get them in a readable and >>> printed version. As you may gather I am just getting started with these >>> computer things and sometime it is just above me how to do things. So >>> much >>> for being a silver surfer. >>> >>> Old Scot >>> >>> "PA Bear" wrote: >>> >>>> Addendum: In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default >>>> marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show >>>> Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View. >>>> -- >>>> ~PA Bear >>>> >>>> Kath Adams wrote: >>>>> Tools>options>maintenance>store folder and note the location. >>>>> Close OE. >>>>> Navigate to the place you noted in Windows Explorer and delete Deleted >>>>> Items.dbx >>>>> A new, empty deleted items folder will be created next time you open >>>>> OE. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Old Scot wrote: >>>>>> Thanks for the reply but could you please tell me how I can get into >>>>>> the deleted folder to do this as it will not respond to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Old Scot >>>>>> >>>>>> "Tom Koch" wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> "Old Scot" <OldScot@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:D788938B-BAED-4566-B027-AAF3F4416CE7@microsoft.com >>>>>>>> Since installing SP2 for some reason I am having trouble getting >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> deleted items folder open. Some times it will work and at others >>>>>>>> it >>>>>>>> will just locks out and I have to close OE down as it is not >>>>>>>> responding. Inbox and sent items works OK. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anyone have any idea why it is now doing this and how can I fix it? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> That can happen if the Deleted Items folder is damaged. Move all >>>>>>> messages you might want to keep out of the Deleted Items folder and >>>>>>> into another mail folder you create. Close OE, then delete the file >>>>>>> "Deleted Items.dbx" in your Identity's store folder. OE will create >>>>>>> a new one when you re-open OE. >>>>>>> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#cantdel >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> ----Please post questions and replies in the newsgroups---- >>>>>>> Tom Koch - MVP for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express >>>>>>> Awareness is free. >>>>>>> Inside Outlook Express: http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com
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