import Outlook Express folders

October 15, 2007

How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook? Outlook

Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible causes are:

Low disk space. Low memory.'

Regards,

Santander

October 15, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

Chances are you won't be able to import the Outlook Express Inbox into Outlook

because the OE Inbox is corrupt.

Close Outlook Express.

Click Start> Find> Files or Folders, search the local hard disks for inbox.dbx

http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findfiles

Rename the file Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx

Open Outlook Express.

A new empty Inbox will bne created.

Move the renamed Inboxold.dbx to a new empty folder on your hard drive, and use one

of these apps to attempt to extract messages from the damaged .dbx file:

DBXtract

http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#dbxtract

Macallan Outlook Express Extraction

http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

See here fore more info:

http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message

news:ODiiRb3DIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook? Outlook

> Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

> Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible causes are:

> Low disk space. Low memory.'

>

> Regards,

> Santander

>

October 15, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

Does closing and then reopening OE fix the problem temporarily? I so,

you're not alone. See

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general/browse_frm/thread/1580bf939a915741/cfbfa92eb2640aab

You can export the OE data into OL if both applications are installed. (The

OL experts recommend that you export from OE, not import into OL, for best

results.)

--

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

SANTANDER wrote:

> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook?

> Outlook

> Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

> Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible causes

> are:

> Low disk space. Low memory.'

October 16, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

news:u62HbH4DIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Chances are you won't be able to import the Outlook Express Inbox into

> Outlook because the OE Inbox is corrupt.

>

> Close Outlook Express.

> Click Start> Find> Files or Folders, search the local hard disks for

> inbox.dbx

> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findfiles

> Rename the file Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx

> Open Outlook Express.

> A new empty Inbox will bne created.

>

> Move the renamed Inboxold.dbx to a new empty folder on your hard drive,

> and use one of these apps to attempt to extract messages from the damaged

> .dbx file:

> DBXtract

> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#dbxtract

> Macallan Outlook Express Extraction

> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

>

> See here fore more info:

> http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

> http://dts-l.org/

> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

--------

> "SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message

> news:ODiiRb3DIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook?

>> Outlook

>> Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

>> Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible causes

>> are:

>> Low disk space. Low memory.'

>> Regards,

>> Santander

-------------

Does it make sence just export from Outlook Express into Outlook? Or

inbox.dbx is corrupted definitely? Closing and then reopening Outlook

Express does not fix the problem.(though this method worked in the past when

I got this issue sometimes). Just remember there was shown error alert a few

times before this issue, it seems it was part of Outlook Express process and

it reffered to some DLL.

Santander

October 16, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

> > "SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message

> > news:ODiiRb3DIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> >> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook?

> >> Outlook Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

> . . .

> Does it make sence just export from Outlook Express into Outlook? Or

> inbox.dbx is corrupted definitely? Closing and then reopening Outlook

> Express does not fix the problem.

Too little information is provided here. The most common

cause of such failure is allowing INBOX.DBX to grow too

large. How big is yours? ("Too large" is very big, 100 or

200 Mb.)

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

October 16, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

SANTANDER wrote:

> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

> news:u62HbH4DIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Chances are you won't be able to import the Outlook Express Inbox into

>> Outlook because the OE Inbox is corrupt.

>>

>> Close Outlook Express.

>> Click Start> Find> Files or Folders, search the local hard disks for

>> inbox.dbx

>> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findfiles

>> Rename the file Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx

>> Open Outlook Express.

>> A new empty Inbox will bne created.

>>

>> Move the renamed Inboxold.dbx to a new empty folder on your hard drive,

>> and use one of these apps to attempt to extract messages from the damaged

>> .dbx file:

>> DBXtract

>> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#dbxtract

>> Macallan Outlook Express Extraction

>> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

>>

>> See here fore more info:

>> http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

>> --

>> "SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message

>> news:ODiiRb3DIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook?

>>> Outlook Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

>>> Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible causes

>>> are: Low disk space. Low memory.'

>

> Does it make sence just export from Outlook Express into Outlook? Or

> inbox.dbx is corrupted definitely? Closing and then reopening Outlook

> Express does not fix the problem.(though this method worked in the past

> when

> I got this issue sometimes). Just remember there was shown error alert a

> few

> times before this issue, it seems it was part of Outlook Express process

> and

> it reffered to some DLL.

I would NOT export any data from OE into OL at this point. You need to

attempt to recover any messages from Inbox [1] and then address the cause of

the corruption [2].

[1] Recovering messages:

1. Write down the location of your identity's store

(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

2. Close OE.

3. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder > MOVE Inbox.dbx into

a new Windows folder created for this purpose.

4. Run either of the utitilies below on the moved file. Any messages

recovered (don't set your hopes too high) can be dragged into an open OE

folder.

DBXtract

http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)

http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

[2] General OE Caveats:

- Do NOT use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local

folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting and frequently perform a manual compact of

all OE folders while "working offline". More at

http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such

corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--

OE-specific newsgroup:

http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

October 17, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:uFga9SCEIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> SANTANDER wrote:

>> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

>> news:u62HbH4DIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Chances are you won't be able to import the Outlook Express Inbox into

>>> Outlook because the OE Inbox is corrupt.

>>>

>>> Close Outlook Express.

>>> Click Start> Find> Files or Folders, search the local hard disks for

>>> inbox.dbx

>>> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findfiles

>>> Rename the file Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx

>>> Open Outlook Express.

>>> A new empty Inbox will bne created.

>>>

>>> Move the renamed Inboxold.dbx to a new empty folder on your hard drive,

>>> and use one of these apps to attempt to extract messages from the

>>> damaged

>>> .dbx file:

>>> DBXtract

>>> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#dbxtract

>>> Macallan Outlook Express Extraction

>>> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

>>>

>>> See here fore more info:

>>> http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

>>> --

>>> "SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message

>>> news:ODiiRb3DIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook?

>>>> Outlook Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

>>>> Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible causes

>>>> are: Low disk space. Low memory.'

>>

>> Does it make sence just export from Outlook Express into Outlook? Or

>> inbox.dbx is corrupted definitely? Closing and then reopening Outlook

>> Express does not fix the problem.(though this method worked in the past

>> when

>> I got this issue sometimes). Just remember there was shown error alert a

>> few

>> times before this issue, it seems it was part of Outlook Express process

>> and

>> it reffered to some DLL.

>

> I would NOT export any data from OE into OL at this point. You need to

> attempt to recover any messages from Inbox [1] and then address the cause

> of the corruption [2].

>

> [1] Recovering messages:

>

> 1. Write down the location of your identity's store

> (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

>

> 2. Close OE.

>

> 3. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder > MOVE Inbox.dbx

> into a new Windows folder created for this purpose.

>

> 4. Run either of the utitilies below on the moved file. Any messages

> recovered (don't set your hopes too high) can be dragged into an open OE

> folder.

>

> DBXtract

> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

>

> DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)

> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

>

> [2] General OE Caveats:

>

> - Do NOT use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local

> folders created for this purpose.

>

> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

>

> - Disable Background Compacting and frequently perform a manual compact of

> all OE folders while "working offline". More at

> http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

>

> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such

> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

> --

> OE-specific newsgroup:

> http://news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

>

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

---------------

the inbox.dbx is 382MB and contains near 1560 emails. I tried DBXtract tool,

it works, but it requires too many time, and if I need take pause and turn

off computer I need start over again, from the beginning - since DBXtract

have no resume. Someone have idea what is approx. time required for

completion dbx file?

How to move extracted EML files to Outlook?

What local folders better use to archive messages - somewhere inside

Outlook(not in Inbox) or outside it?(somewhere on local disk)

Santander

October 17, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

SANTANDER wrote:

> How to move extracted EML files to Outlook?

> What local folders better use to archive messages - somewhere inside

> Outlook(not in Inbox) or outside it?(somewhere on local disk)

I wouldn't bother storing them in Outlook. I'd just drag and drop

them to a folder I made - maybe My Inbox - as individual files. IOW,

I would not have them in one big sequential, coded file like the *.dbx

files are.

Do that and you won't have to worry about the size of the inbox.dbx.

Of course, you'll have to open the folder and click on a file to read

it, you won't be able to browse the lot as you would from a mail

program.

If you just gotta have them in the mail program's inbox, just open the

mail program to its inbox and drag them there after extracting.

--�

dadiOH

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October 17, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

"dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> wrote in message

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> SANTANDER wrote:

>> How to move extracted EML files to Outlook?

>> What local folders better use to archive messages - somewhere inside

>> Outlook(not in Inbox) or outside it?(somewhere on local disk)

--------

> I wouldn't bother storing them in Outlook. I'd just drag and drop

> them to a folder I made - maybe My Inbox - as individual files. IOW,

> I would not have them in one big sequential, coded file like the *.dbx

> files are.

> Do that and you won't have to worry about the size of the inbox.dbx.

> Of course, you'll have to open the folder and click on a file to read

> it, you won't be able to browse the lot as you would from a mail

> program.

> If you just gotta have them in the mail program's inbox, just open the

> mail program to its inbox and drag them there after extracting.

> --�

>

> dadiOH

> ____________________________

-----------

Does the same is true for MS Outlook? To store archive somewhere on hard

drive.

Santander

October 17, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

SANTANDER wrote:

> "dadiOH" <dadiOH@guesswhere.com> wrote in message

> news:eMyZXnKEIHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> SANTANDER wrote:

>

>>> How to move extracted EML files to Outlook?

>>> What local folders better use to archive messages - somewhere

>>> inside Outlook(not in Inbox) or outside it?(somewhere on local

>>> disk)

> --------

>> I wouldn't bother storing them in Outlook. I'd just drag and drop

>> them to a folder I made - maybe My Inbox - as individual files.

>> IOW, I would not have them in one big sequential, coded file like

>> the *.dbx files are.

>

>> Do that and you won't have to worry about the size of the

>> inbox.dbx. Of course, you'll have to open the folder and click on

>> a file to read it, you won't be able to browse the lot as you

>> would from a mail program.

>

>> If you just gotta have them in the mail program's inbox, just open

>> the mail program to its inbox and drag them there after extracting.

> Does the same is true for MS Outlook? To store archive somewhere on

> hard drive.

Sure. You may or may not have to change the file extension from *.eml

to something else, I don't know what Outlook uses.

--?

dadiOH

____________________________

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....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from

LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.

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October 17, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

SANTANDER wrote:

> "PA Bear" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:uFga9SCEIHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> SANTANDER wrote:

>>> "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

>>> news:u62HbH4DIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> Chances are you won't be able to import the Outlook Express Inbox into

>>>> Outlook because the OE Inbox is corrupt.

>>>>

>>>> Close Outlook Express.

>>>> Click Start> Find> Files or Folders, search the local hard disks for

>>>> inbox.dbx

>>>> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findfiles

>>>> Rename the file Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx

>>>> Open Outlook Express.

>>>> A new empty Inbox will bne created.

>>>>

>>>> Move the renamed Inboxold.dbx to a new empty folder on your hard drive,

>>>> and use one of these apps to attempt to extract messages from the

>>>> damaged

>>>> .dbx file:

>>>> DBXtract

>>>> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#dbxtract

>>>> Macallan Outlook Express Extraction

>>>> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

>>>>

>>>> See here fore more info:

>>>> http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

>>>> --

>>>> "SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message

>>>> news:ODiiRb3DIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>>> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook?

>>>>> Outlook Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

>>>>> Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible

>>>>> causes

>>>>> are: Low disk space. Low memory.'

>>>

>>> Does it make sence just export from Outlook Express into Outlook? Or

>>> inbox.dbx is corrupted definitely? Closing and then reopening Outlook

>>> Express does not fix the problem.(though this method worked in the past

>>> when

>>> I got this issue sometimes). Just remember there was shown error alert a

>>> few

>>> times before this issue, it seems it was part of Outlook Express process

>>> and

>>> it reffered to some DLL.

>>

>> I would NOT export any data from OE into OL at this point. You need to

>> attempt to recover any messages from Inbox [1] and then address the cause

>> of the corruption [2].

>>

>> [1] Recovering messages:

>>

>> 1. Write down the location of your identity's store

>> (http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain).

>>

>> 2. Close OE.

>>

>> 3. In Windows Explorer, navigate to your store folder > MOVE Inbox.dbx

>> into a new Windows folder created for this purpose.

>>

>> 4. Run either of the utitilies below on the moved file. Any messages

>> recovered (don't set your hopes too high) can be dragged into an open OE

>> folder.

>>

>> DBXtract

>> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

>>

>> DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)

>> http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

>>

>> [2] General OE Caveats:

>>

>> - Do NOT use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local

>> folders created for this purpose.

>>

>> - Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

>>

>> - Disable Background Compacting and frequently perform a manual compact

>> of

>> all OE folders while "working offline". More at

>> http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

>>

>> - Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause

>> such

>> corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

>> --

> the inbox.dbx is 382MB and contains near 1560 emails. I tried DBXtract

> tool,

> it works, but it requires too many time, and if I need take pause and turn

> off computer I need start over again, from the beginning - since DBXtract

> have no resume. Someone have idea what is approx. time required for

> completion dbx file?

> How to move extracted EML files to Outlook?

> What local folders better use to archive messages - somewhere inside

> Outlook(not in Inbox) or outside it?(somewhere on local disk)

Please don't refer to Outlook Express as "Oulook"; they're not the same

thing.

You're in this situation because you've been using Inbox to archive messages

(and probably haven't been routinely compacting all OE folders either).

DBXpress will perform the extraction much faster than DBXpress; yes, it

costs more. Let the utility you're using run until it's finished.

Again, you can drag any recovered EML files into an open OE folder.

Create new local folders for archiving messages. Inbox.dbx should NEVER get

as large as 382MB!

--

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)

AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

DTS-L http://dts-l.org/

October 19, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

Having a hard time getting a message to you. Probably wrong address.

Send me a message and then I'll get it right. Maybe <g>

BD

"glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com> wrote in message

news:u62HbH4DIHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Chances are you won't be able to import the Outlook Express Inbox into

> Outlook because the OE Inbox is corrupt.

>

> Close Outlook Express.

> Click Start> Find> Files or Folders, search the local hard disks for

> inbox.dbx

> http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/where.htm#findfiles

> Rename the file Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx

> Open Outlook Express.

> A new empty Inbox will bne created.

>

> Move the renamed Inboxold.dbx to a new empty folder on your hard drive,

> and use one of these apps to attempt to extract messages from the damaged

> .dbx file:

> DBXtract

> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#dbxtract

> Macallan Outlook Express Extraction

> http://www.insideoe.com/resources/tools.htm#macallan

>

> See here fore more info:

> http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

> --

> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

> http://dts-l.org/

> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

>

> "SANTANDER" <santander@microsoft.news> wrote in message

> news:ODiiRb3DIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> How to import personal folders from Outlook Express to MS Outlook?

>> Outlook

>> Express can no open Inbox folder anymore.

>> Just show: 'Outlook Express could not open this folder. Possible causes

>> are:

>> Low disk space. Low memory.'

>>

>> Regards,

>> Santander

>>

>

October 20, 2007

Re: import Outlook Express folders

I don't do email support. Please post your questions in the group.

--

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http://dts-l.org/

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

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> Having a hard time getting a message to you. Probably wrong address.

> Send me a message and then I'll get it right. Maybe <g>

> BD

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