Recovering Outlook Express Files
Discussion
Recently got a new PC. Burned onto CD all my Outlook Express mail folders on the old PC before I erased them .
When I try and open them on the new PC it tells me that they are .dbx files and there is no software installed to open them.
New PC is running Windows XP .
What software do I need to read these files and where can I download it from?.
When I try and open them on the new PC it tells me that they are .dbx files and there is no software installed to open them.
New PC is running Windows XP .
What software do I need to read these files and where can I download it from?.
lanciachris said:
All you have to do is run oe once on the new pc, then close it and overwrite the files with the old .dbx etc. files. Dont use crappy imports etc. Never failed for me.
Just expand a bit Chris , I don't quite follow.
I have 92Mb of files in about a dozen folders on a CD.
Windows tells me that the folders are .dbx files.
What exactly do I overwrite with what?
Please don't be afraid to insult my intelligence. You must assume for the purposes of this exercise that I am as thick as pigsh1t.
Oink Oink
Thanks for taking time to reply chaps, but unfortunately I couldn't make either of your suggestions work. I'm sure they should work it's probably only my my ham-fistedness.
lanciachris' suggestion that I search for .dbx files to overwrite, resulted in the PC constantly throwing it's teddy out with cries of "Microsoft Windows has experienced an unexpected error" abandoning the search part way through and switching off the active desktop
arcturus suggestion went ok to the a point where I attempted to import the messages from the new outlook express mail folder I had created.
Despite many attempts OE repeatedly told me " No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing applications that have files open
The good news is I have managed to retrieve the messages from the CD and install them into OE.
I did this by downloading a programme called DBXtract. It cost the princely sum of $5.00 US (about the cost of a
) OK it's a bit laborious but for the technically challenged like me, it was worth every cent.
lanciachris' suggestion that I search for .dbx files to overwrite, resulted in the PC constantly throwing it's teddy out with cries of "Microsoft Windows has experienced an unexpected error" abandoning the search part way through and switching off the active desktop
arcturus suggestion went ok to the a point where I attempted to import the messages from the new outlook express mail folder I had created.
Despite many attempts OE repeatedly told me " No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing applications that have files open
The good news is I have managed to retrieve the messages from the CD and install them into OE.
I did this by downloading a programme called DBXtract. It cost the princely sum of $5.00 US (about the cost of a
) OK it's a bit laborious but for the technically challenged like me, it was worth every cent. Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff