Re: OE6 not starting error message

I don't think there was a download for Win9x or WinMe.

I think he just needs to delete folders.dbx

steve

"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23HiucN%23ZGHA.1560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I believe this patch was for all OS that are using OE6.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Rocco1" <Rocco1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:81DF4171-632D-4FEA-A274-D7105B79E675@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bruce -

I did not mention but we are running, now don't laugh, Windows ME.
will this still help me
--
Rocco


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

If you recently downloaded the patch KB911567 see the following link.
Disregard that it does not mention your problem.

www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#14

Reboot after uninstalling.

If you have not downloaded that patch, or removing it did not fix your
problem, then:

From:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store. Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. You
will lose your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news
servers, but it might get you into OE. Note: The DBX file are hidden files
in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as
Folders.dbx. You should now get into OE. Try importing the messages from the
folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use one of these
tools to extract the messages:

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress: {much faster for large files}
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a folder
in an open instance of OE.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Rocco1" <Rocco1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:2C28DC48-181D-4885-B67F-E93A7217887A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> OE 6 will not start.
> I get a popup window error message that states msimn has caused an > error
> in
> the file DIRECTDB.DLL what can I do to fix this?
> Tried MIE online help to no avail, am afraid all of my emails will be
> lost.
>
> can someone help.....
>
> thanks
>
> -- > Rocco




.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: OE6 not starting error message
    ... We moved all the .dbx files to a different windows folder and attempted to ... >>> If you recently downloaded the patch KB911567 see the following link. ... Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows>>> folder. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Cant load MSOE.dll
    ... >> Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder (with OE ... the DBX files are hidden in Win2K, ... >> Please respond in Newsgroup only. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: Cant load MSOE.dll
    ... Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. ... the DBX files are hidden in Win2K, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: OE6 not starting error message
    ... We moved all the .dbx files to a different windows folder and attempted to ... Bruce Hagen ... Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
  • Re: OE6 not starting error message
    ... Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder. ... If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder as ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress)
Loading