[I suspect the OP here is running Windows Live Mail, Bruce. YMMV.]
Bruce Hagen wrote:
Quote:
> [crossposted to OE General group. This is for Windows Live Mail]
>
> If using XP/SP2 or SP3 and have recently compacted, you may have a bak
> file
> in either the Recycle Bin or the OE message store. Read on, but let us
> know
> if that is the case and check the date created to see if it would have all
> or most of the messages.
>
> First, make sure it isn't in Deleted Items. If not, see if the dbx file
> for
> the folder still exists in the message store and manually restore it as
> follows.
>
> Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
> your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in
> Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.
>
> In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, 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.
>
> In the message store in Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the
> missing folder and drag it to the Desktop at the top of the folder tree.
> Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
> Desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. (You must do this). Go
> back
> to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop
> to
> the OE store folder that you clicked on to reveal the .dbx files. Prompt -
> "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
>
> *Note* If you have moved the Outlook Express store folder from it's
> default
> location on drive C to another drive, drag the dbx file to a location on
> that drive and not the Desktop.
>
> If you have no dbx or bak file for the missing folder, you can try
> DBXpress.
>
> DBXpress:
> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
>
> You may need to run it in the Extract From Disk Mode if its normal
> recovery
> mode fails to find the lost messages.
>
> "smiles" <smiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:8DCE90CF-F88B-43D1-AB28-D9128EDF0D16@xxxxxx Quote:
>> Hi
>> Can anyone tell me how I can recover one of my subfolders which I
>> accidentally deleted in the Permanently deleted folder?
>> Im using Outlook express. XP operating system
>> Thanks