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Are you doing something wrong? Yes. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder is in Outlook Express, not WE. It will show you the path you need to take in WE to the message store.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"jmatt21" <jmatt21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:77BEB766-B704-47AC-AA87-E0248246C6D8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi, I've been going through your instructions on trying to restore bac
folders, and have come across a problem. I followed your instructions

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

but in my WE it has tools, but only a Folder Option appears when I click on
that, there's no Maintenance Option. Am I doing something wrong?

Is there something missing from my Tools?

Thanks for your help.

John.


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You don't need to increase memory in OE. The problem is that when you delete
messages, the space they used is not reclaimed until you compact.

For your second question, this is my canned reply for people that have lost
messages when compacting. It should make things clearer and the importance
of a backup program.

The two most common reasons for what you describe is disruption of the
compacting process, (never touch anything until it's finished), or bloated
folders. More on that below.

Why does OE insist on compacting folders when I close it?:
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#compact

Why Mail Disappears:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

About File Corruption:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx

Recovery tools:

If you are running XP/SP2, and are fully patched, then you should have a
backup of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, copied as bak files.

To restore a bak folder to the message store folder, first close OE and
locate the Message Store in Windows Explorer.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WinXP, the .dbx files 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.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing, or empty, folder
and drag it to the Desktop. It can be deleted later once you have
successfully restored the bak file. Minimize the Message Store.

Open OE and, if the folder is missing, create a folder with the *exact* same
name as the bak file you want to restore but without the .bak. Eg: If the
file is Saved.bak, the new folder should be named Saved. Open the new folder
and then close OE. If the folder is there, but just empty, continue on to
the next step.

Open the Recycle bin and right click on the bak file for the folder in
question and click Restore. Open the Message Store back up and change the
file extension from .bak to .dbx. Close the Message Store and open OE. The
messages should now be back in the folder.

If the messages are successfully restored, you can go ahead and delete the
old dbx file that you moved to the Desktop.

If you do not have bak copies of your dbx files in the Recycle Bin, then:

DBXpress run in Extract From Disk Mode is the best chance to recover
messages:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

And see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

A general warning to help avoid this in the future:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and
causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes
and has even been responsible for lose of messages. Your up-to-date A/V
program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

And backup often.

Backup and Restore:

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

And this good one click backup program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"jmatt21" <jmatt21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3FAE7AE6-B9CC-4312-B32B-6745EF3D2DC1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi, thank you for your reply. I just did that and it compacted all the
> folders. I was just wondering though, two things, the first is:-
>
> Is there any way to increase the memory for Outlook Express?
>
> The second is:-
>
> Every time I have compacted Outlook Express files, if ever I have had
> problems with corrupted OE and meed to reinstall, trying to get the
> e-mails
> back I've never been able to do it. Once they have been compacted if > its
> needed can they be found again?
>
> Sorry, not very good with technical stuff, hope you can understand what
> I'm
> asking.
>
> John
>
> "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
>
>> Compact your folders.
>>
>> Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders >> are
>> open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
>> Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything
>> until
>> the compacting is completed.
>> -- >> Bruce Hagen
>> MS-MVP Outlook Express
>> Imperial Beach, CA
>>
>>
>



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