Vista - Recover deleted subfolder in Outlook express

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

[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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"smiles" <smiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you've permanently deleted a folder in Outlook Express, you might
have luck with an undelete utility looking for DBX files.

Or this program might be able to recover messages
DBXpress - http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

The longer you wait or the more activity on your PC, the less likely
you'll be able to recover much.

For further help use the following newsgroup for questions or problems
with OE
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...xpress.general

You can also get to the Outlook Express newsgroups via this web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...s/default.mspx
There select Internet Explorer, then Outlook Express.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"smiles" <smiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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[I suspect the OP here is running Windows Live Mail, Bruce. YMMV.]

Bruce Hagen wrote:

Hi again,
I have tried the "(Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)":, but I'm not sure
if I'm doing the right thing. Is there a step by step method? I saw that it
back up my existing files, but how do I try the recovery method?


"Michael Santovec" wrote:

OEQB does not work for Windows Live Mail.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"smiles" <smiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Im sorry Bruce if I misled you. When I downloaded WLM, I was given the option
to synchronize all my mail which included OE. So I have been using this
method eversince.
Thanks anyway for your kind assistance

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Instead of synchronize, do you mean that WLMail gave you the option to
import mail from OE?
What do you mean by method?
In what program did you lose the folder?
Are you using OE and WLMail?
OEQB will backup OE files, so there must be OE files on your computer.
--
Ron Sommer

"smiles" <smiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,
Maybe I'm using the wrong language here. OE was always my mail handler in
receiving mail from Caribsurf.
WLM gave me the option of having all my mail in one place. I have Windows
Live Mail desktop beta installed on my computer, so when I installed Windows
Live Mail, all of my existing accounts, settings, and e-mail messages were
automatically imported into Windows Live Mail.'
While I was deleting junkmail in OE, I accidentally clicked on 'permanently
delete a subfolder with some of my email and pictures. So it is that folder I
am trying to see if i can recover.

Thanks

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

Then we can forget that you even have WLM installed for this discussion? If
it is an OE folder and you do not have a dbx or bak file, then your only
hope is 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.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"smiles" <smiles@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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