By accident a whole bunch of outlook express folders were deleted. In panic
the person who did this shut down outlook express and this way the folders
wound up in wastebasket. I can see them in there as .BAK files, but how do I
get them back in outlook express? When I restore them from the wastebasket
I see the folders in the directory where all outlook express folders are. The
thing is: the outlook express folders all have extension DBX (and these
folders I see in outlook express), but the deleted folder I just restored has
extension BAK and is not visible in outlook express.

"okke1" wrote in message
...
By accident a whole bunch of outlook express folders were deleted. In
panic
the person who did this shut down outlook express and this way the folders
wound up in wastebasket. I can see them in there as .BAK files, but how do
I
get them back in outlook express? When I restore them from the
wastebasket
I see the folders in the directory where all outlook express folders are.
The
thing is: the outlook express folders all have extension DBX (and these
folders I see in outlook express), but the deleted folder I just restored
has
extension BAK and is not visible in outlook express.

Do the restored files include Folders.bak?
If so, create an new folder in My Documents named OldMail.
Move all of the BAK files to that folder.
Rename them all to DBX files.
In OE use File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and choose
the option to import from an OE store folder. Navigate to and choose
OldMail.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

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

In OE: 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 Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under
Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer |
Tools | 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.

First, check if there is a bak file already in the message store. If there
is, and you removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it to dbx.

If it isn't already in the message store, 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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"okke1" wrote in message
...
By accident a whole bunch of outlook express folders were deleted. In
panic
the person who did this shut down outlook express and this way the folders
wound up in wastebasket. I can see them in there as .BAK files, but how do
I
get them back in outlook express? When I restore them from the
wastebasket
I see the folders in the directory where all outlook express folders are.
The
thing is: the outlook express folders all have extension DBX (and these
folders I see in outlook express), but the deleted folder I just restored
has
extension BAK and is not visible in outlook express.

I was delighted to see the responses - Unfortunately when I tried to restore
the accidentally deleted folder following these instructions - the restore
did not happen
I have the resotred folder sitting where all my other dbx folders are

Please help


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

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

In OE: 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 Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under
Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer |
Tools | 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.

First, check if there is a bak file already in the message store. If there
is, and you removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it to dbx.

If it isn't already in the message store, 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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"okke1" wrote in message
...
By accident a whole bunch of outlook express folders were deleted. In
panic
the person who did this shut down outlook express and this way the folders
wound up in wastebasket. I can see them in there as .BAK files, but how do
I
get them back in outlook express? When I restore them from the
wastebasket
I see the folders in the directory where all outlook express folders are.
The
thing is: the outlook express folders all have extension DBX (and these
folders I see in outlook express), but the deleted folder I just restored
has
extension BAK and is not visible in outlook express.

Does the restored folder file in the message store, (that's where your dbx
files are), still have a bak file extension? If you changed it to dbx, did
you drag out the original folder file first? What is the name of the folder
file?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Hughboneus" wrote in message
...
I was delighted to see the responses - Unfortunately when I tried to
restore
the accidentally deleted folder following these instructions - the restore
did not happen
I have the resotred folder sitting where all my other dbx folders are

Please help


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

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

In OE: 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 Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under
Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows
Explorer |
Tools | 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.

First, check if there is a bak file already in the message store. If
there
is, and you removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it to dbx.

If it isn't already in the message store, 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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"okke1" wrote in message
...
By accident a whole bunch of outlook express folders were deleted. In
panic
the person who did this shut down outlook express and this way the
folders
wound up in wastebasket. I can see them in there as .BAK files, but how
do
I
get them back in outlook express? When I restore them from the
wastebasket
I see the folders in the directory where all outlook express folders
are.
The
thing is: the outlook express folders all have extension DBX (and these
folders I see in outlook express), but the deleted folder I just
restored
has
extension BAK and is not visible in outlook express.

"Hughboneus" wrote in message
...
I was delighted to see the responses - Unfortunately when I tried to
restore
the accidentally deleted folder following these instructions - the restore
did not happen
I have the resotred folder sitting where all my other dbx folders are


Move the restored DBX file to a different Windows folder.
Rename it to Restore1.dbx
Open OE.
Make an OE folder named Restore1.
Open that folder (Restore1).
Close OE.
In OE's store folder delete Restore1.dbx.
Move the one you renamed back to OE's store folder.
Open OE and open Restore1 in OE.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email

Thank you so much - It worked first time

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote:

"Hughboneus" wrote in message
...
I was delighted to see the responses - Unfortunately when I tried to
restore
the accidentally deleted folder following these instructions - the restore
did not happen
I have the resotred folder sitting where all my other dbx folders are


Move the restored DBX file to a different Windows folder.
Rename it to Restore1.dbx
Open OE.
Make an OE folder named Restore1.
Open that folder (Restore1).
Close OE.
In OE's store folder delete Restore1.dbx.
Move the one you renamed back to OE's store folder.
Open OE and open Restore1 in OE.

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
www.fjsmjs.com
Do not send email