Thursday, December 30, 2010

Facing Errors in Outlook Express due to low disk space? Here is a solution

It is a bitter truth that insufficient memory space does not allow you to store data in the system. Have you ever been stuck in a crisis situation wherein you have been unable to use Outlook Express e-mail application to access received e-mails, even though it has been configured to access the mails. E-mails that have been received remain inaccessible. Reason for this sluggish and abrupt behavior is, corruption of Outlook Express DBX files. Irrespective of the reason responsible for this behaviour, one has to make Outlook function properly, to be able to access the mails. In order to access the mails, users need to use a third-party Outlook Express Repair software which can Repair Outlook Express DBX files without much difficulty.

A problem comes in Outlook Express application often. When you try to open Outlook Express application, though the application opens easily, the folder named as Inbox, does not have any e-mail messages. You are obviously surprised to see that not even a single mail is residing in the Inbox folder. In addition to this, an error message is received that seems to be like this:

“Folder could not be displayed. Outlook express could not open this folder.
Possible causes are: Low disk space. Low memory.”


Above error occurs even if there is not enough space and memory in disk.

Cause:

Above error may arise due to following reasons:

(1) Large number of e-mails in an Inbox folder cause above problem.

(2) Corrupt Inbox folder can be the reason for this abrupt behavior.

(3) You have set the attributes of Inbox .dbx file to read-only.

(4) You are scanning Outlook Express e-mail folder using an anti-virus software.

Resolution:

To handle above error message you need to follow below mentioned steps:

(1) If large number of e-mails are stored in an Inbox folder, you will need to delete them.

(2) Deselect the read-only attribute set of Inbox.dbx file. Simply, go to Properties and save it after disabling the read-only attribute.

(3) Make sure that no anti-virus software is running when you try to access e-mails of Outlook Express application.

(4) If the above measures do not solve the problem, then corrupt Inbox.dbx is the reason for the above error. In this case, create a new folder and delete corrupt Inbox.dbx folder.

If you need Inbox mails, and cannot delete the folder, then, you will need to use a third party Outlook Express Repair Tool. This DBX Repair software repairs Outlook Express and accesses mail-objects, such as messages, attachments, appointments, contacts, tasks, events, and journals.There are many softwares available in the market that are specifically designed & developed to repair DBX files. Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery v3.0 is one such software.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery v3.0 is a comprehensive tool used to Repair Outlook Express DBX files created with Outlook Express 5.x and 6.x. PST file gets easily restored on any disk that can be accessed by the host operating system. The tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003 and 2000.