I have several sub folders under Inbox which contained lots of e-mail. I was
asked to compact all folders when exiting the program to save space. I did.
Now when I go to the sub folders there are "No Messages" in there now. When
I go to Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express in windows explorer there are
some large files which means to me that the messages are still there. Also
the View in all the sub folders is set to "show all messages"

Any ideas how to get them to show up again.

The files are full of zeroes. Try opening them in Notepad and you will see
that they are blank.

For the future see points 2 and 3 he www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx There
is a "fix" for the compaction bug. And backup frequently.

I think the only shot you have at recovery is to try the extract from disk
feature of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/). It will search every disk
cluster on the hard drive for messages and not just the files.

steve

"Just Me" wrote in message
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I have several sub folders under Inbox which contained lots of e-mail. I
was asked to compact all folders when exiting the program to save space. I
did. Now when I go to the sub folders there are "No Messages" in there now.
When I go to Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express in windows explorer there
are some large files which means to me that the messages are still there.
Also the View in all the sub folders is set to "show all messages"

Any ideas how to get them to show up again.

"Just Me" wrote in message
. ..
I have several sub folders under Inbox which contained lots of e-mail. I
was asked to compact all folders when exiting the program to save space. I
did. Now when I go to the sub folders there are "No Messages" in there now.
When I go to Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express in windows explorer there
are some large files which means to me that the messages are still there.
Also the View in all the sub folders is set to "show all messages"

Any ideas how to get them to show up again.


If you have WinXP SP2 you will want this update:
There are two articles, KB918766 and KB918651, but the latter is not
currently available. The download link is
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

It places the backup in Recycled, overwriting any earlier backup of the
sane folder(s). To use it, copy it to the store folder, delete the one you
want to replace and then rename the BAK file to DBX. (It's a bit more
complicated if the messed up DBX file isn't there or contains messages that
are hew that you want to keep.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

Thanks Steve.


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
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The files are full of zeroes. Try opening them in Notepad and you will
see that they are blank.

For the future see points 2 and 3 he www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx There
is a "fix" for the compaction bug. And backup frequently.

I think the only shot you have at recovery is to try the extract from disk
feature of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/). It will search every disk
cluster on the hard drive for messages and not just the files.

steve

"Just Me" wrote in message
. ..
I have several sub folders under Inbox which contained lots of e-mail. I
was asked to compact all folders when exiting the program to save space. I
did. Now when I go to the sub folders there are "No Messages" in there
now. When I go to Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express in windows explorer
there are some large files which means to me that the messages are still
there. Also the View in all the sub folders is set to "show all messages"

Any ideas how to get them to show up again.

Thanks Frank,


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message
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"Just Me" wrote in message
. ..
I have several sub folders under Inbox which contained lots of e-mail. I
was asked to compact all folders when exiting the program to save space. I
did. Now when I go to the sub folders there are "No Messages" in there
now. When I go to Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express in windows explorer
there are some large files which means to me that the messages are still
there. Also the View in all the sub folders is set to "show all messages"

Any ideas how to get them to show up again.


If you have WinXP SP2 you will want this update:
There are two articles, KB918766 and KB918651, but the latter is not
currently available. The download link is
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

It places the backup in Recycled, overwriting any earlier backup of the
sane folder(s). To use it, copy it to the store folder, delete the one
you
want to replace and then rename the BAK file to DBX. (It's a bit more
complicated if the messed up DBX file isn't there or contains messages
that
are hew that you want to keep.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Please reply in newsgroup. Do NOT send email.

hi

"Just Me" escreveu na mensagem
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I have several sub folders under Inbox which contained lots of e-mail. I
was
asked to compact all folders when exiting the program to save space. I
did.
Now when I go to the sub folders there are "No Messages" in there now.
When
I go to Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express in windows explorer there
are
some large files which means to me that the messages are still there.
Also
the View in all the sub folders is set to "show all messages"

Any ideas how to get them to show up again.

"jose fontes" wrote in message
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hi

"Just Me" escreveu na mensagem
. ..
I have several sub folders under Inbox which contained lots of e-mail. I
was
asked to compact all folders when exiting the program to save space. I
did.
Now when I go to the sub folders there are "No Messages" in there now.
When
I go to Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express in windows explorer there
are
some large files which means to me that the messages are still there.
Also
the View in all the sub folders is set to "show all messages"

Any ideas how to get them to show up again.