Restoring .dbx files in Outlook Express

[Kathy]

Hi,

I just had to install my recovery disc which put my PC back to 'new' state. Before I did this I made backups of everything I wanted to reinstall which included by Outlook Express emails. When I try to reinstall them I get a message saying unable to decompress file. What is that? I can see the files on my computer buy can't get them into my mail.

Can anyone help me?

Thanks,
Kathy

[snowmonkey]

Hey Kathy,

Welcome to this corner of the web
You said you have backed-up everything.....How did you do that ? what program did you use ?

I don't understand that last part of your post, why did you try to reinstall Outlook Express ? Basically, all you need to do is to copy the files you need from the backup [I assume is a CD] to your hard drive and then [this is very important] change the property of the file and remove the "READ ONLY" option from the file....when a file is copied from a backup CD to a Hard drive it will carry the property of the file with it, which is Read Only...that's why you need to change that.

Keep us informed with your progress.

Cheers

[Kathy]

I didn't reinstall Outlook Express. Just trying to get back the emails I backed up onto a CD. I tried removing the Read Only but still can't get them back. They are on my computer under C:\documents settings\owner\local settings\application data\ID.

When I try to 'restore' them it says 'folder does not exist, do I want to create it'. Doesn't matter if I say yes or no, still can't get them back.

[Kevin_gibson]

Kathy,

Check out the following link:

http://www.pcservicecall.co.uk/Layou...-9f2daceae2c8}

That should help with Outlook express issues.

[olinda]

I am sorry I do not have an answer, only a question, but it is related to dbx files so I thought I would ask it here.

When I opened OE6 this morning, one of my message folders was missing. I found it by searching, it is buried in my C drive, but don't know how to get it back into OE in its proper place. When I go to import in OE, I get two options:
1. Import mail from an OE identity or
2. Import mail from an OE6 store directory
I chose the latter and browsed to the location of the folder (Mail Files)containing all the dbx files including the lost one. When I double click to target the missing dbx file it will not open. If I browse directly to it, not through the OE Import function, I can open the folder and see the missing dbx file.

Can anyone tell me how to get this "misplaced" message file back into its proper location in OE? Thanks