Outlook Express is an in-built email client for the Windows operating systems till Windows XP. It is supported by Internet Explorer from 4.x to 6.x versions as it can be configured by providing the necessary details. In Outlook Express, you can create mail folders to store the email messages according to your own requirements. These mail folders have .dbx extensions and are named according to the name of the specific folder. For example, the emails in the Inbox folder are stored in the Inbox.dbx file and those in the Sent Items folder are stored in the Sent Items.dbx, and so on. Sometimes you are unable to get access to some of the email folders. Such situations can occur due to corruption of the DBX files that can be solved using some appropriate DBX Repair methods. If none of the used methods are successful, then you should use a third-party Outlook Express Repair software to recover back corrupted Outlook Express emails.
Consider a situation wherein you work on Outlook Express 5.5 version wherein you have created some mail folders. When you try to open or import messages in Outlook Express, you are not able to do this. You have even renamed the folders.dbx file and imported this file after copying it from its location but to no avail.
Cause:
This particular problem can occur if the store file (.dbx) of that specific mail folder is corrupt or damaged.
Resolution:
As a workaround of this problem, you should rename the 'folders.dbx' and the 'inbox.dbx' files. This can be done with the help of following steps:
(1) Quit Outlook Express.
(2) Search the 'folders.dbx' and the 'inbox.dbx' files in Windows Explorer.
(3)Rename these two files to 'oldfolders.dbx' and 'oldinbox.dbx', repectively.
(4) Move the 'oldinbox.dbx' file to a different folder.
(5) Start Outlook Express to create new Inbox.dbx and Folders.dbx files.
If the problem is persisting and you still are unable to access the mail folder, then you need to repair it using a third-party Outlook Express Repair Tool. Rich user interface and efficient scanning mechanisms are some of the prominent features of these mail recovery tools.
The most recommended software in the market that repairs damaged DBX files to Recover Outlook Express in all instances of logical corruption is Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery v3.0. Supporting various versions of Outlook Express including 5.0, 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0, this DBX Repair software preserves the formatting of the HTML and RTF messages. In addition, this tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000.
