Moved Outlook Express messages
A friend has the following problem with lost emails (about 300)
He changed the stored folder location from the default OE one to his desktop. So all his .dbx files were on his desktop.
He then created a folder called “emails” on his desktop and dragged and dropped all his .dbx files into this folder.
He then re-opened OE and changed the location of the stored folder from his desktop to the new folder “emails”. He closed OE and when he re-opened it all his old emails had disappeared.
I think because he moved the files himself OE thought there were no old emails to move and replaced the old files in emails folder with new empty .dbx files. I recreated this scenerio on my PC and the same thing happened.
The question is where are the old emails that were replaced. I ve run file recovery software on his PC and nothing shows up. Any help is greatly appreciated as there are some really important emails missing.
This shows the danger of messing with computers when you don’t understand the consequences.
Luckily, the fix is quite easy and we’ve explained this in our Recovering Outlook Express Messages and Address Book post.
Your friend just has to point the import location to the emails folder on his desktop and all the messages will be imported.
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