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Compacting emails in Outlook Express

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LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 27 Apr 2014 02:07

is dangerous!

It EMPTIED three folders!

One is family photographs I received from a 2nd cousin in NZ, the other two are documents received from cousins in the UK.

The information is all on my genealogy program, but the photo's are now in cyberspace.

I checked the recycle bin, not there, not in the deleted file either.

Any ideas on how to retrieve the info?

Huia

Huia Report 27 Apr 2014 05:06

I am not happy with Outlook since they redesigned Hotmail. It is nowhere as good as it used to be.

Sorry I cant help you.

Researching:
Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 27 Apr 2014 06:25

If you Google there are loads of suggestions. Try something like:-

"recover lost emails after compacting outlook express"

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 27 Apr 2014 06:53

Huia, not Outlook that replaced Hotmail, the original Outlook Express.

IGP, I did google, anything I found didn't work....... or led me to a site that was either useless or wanted lots of money.

:-(

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 Apr 2014 07:46

LadyScozz - Don't know if this will help but worth a try:-

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/outlook/recover-deleted-messages

Good Luck <3

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Kay????

Kay???? Report 27 Apr 2014 07:51


Click Find in Outlook,,,,,

enter details,, if you can remember them ,,,,,, the persons email address and dates you recived it.....

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 27 Apr 2014 09:08

You said their was nothing in the recycle bin and nothing in the deleted files, just a thought, maybe they are hidden, not sure what system you are using but I use Windows 7 and I can change the file attributes in Control Panel > Folder Options > View - from "don't show hidden files, folders, or drives" to "show hidden files, folders, or drives"

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 27 Apr 2014 09:22

http://www.freebits.co.uk/recover-oe-email.html

try this site,
seems interesting.......

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 27 Apr 2014 10:35

You will have to set "Folder Options" to "view hidden files, system files" for this to work.

Outlook Express keeps its .dbx files in a folder here:
c:\documents and settings\[user name ]\application data\identities\[ UID ]

User name will be tom, dick, harry, scozz etc ; UID will be a long unique mix of letters and numbers. The .dbx files are in this folder.

There is a bug with XP and SP3 which causes the access to the .dbx files to vanish after "compacting". NEVER allow this!

The easiest way to fix the problem is to back up the .dbx files. Then create a new identity eg Scozz2 and logon with the new identity. Copy the saved dbx files into the new location and you should be good to go. The address book is in a .wab file ( wab = windows address book ).

Outlook Express is a (very) lightweight email client and should not be used for archiving or holding large message stores. It has limits on file size and storing lots of image attachments is a sure way to bust it. Use something else e.g. Outlook. Outlook can import data from OE.

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

LadyScozz

LadyScozz Report 27 Apr 2014 10:46

Thankyou All <3

I'll show this to Himself, who is much more computer savvy than I am.

I won't try it tonight, because we've just got in from a day at the golf club (a few drinkies were involved :-D )......... I'll try tomorrow, and let you know the result.

I hope it's a good one!

:-D