Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Plusnet Community
- :
- Forum
- :
- Other forums
- :
- Tech Help - Software/Hardware etc
- :
- Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
11-05-2009 4:50 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
was missing, Plus Net advise that the loss of my connection was not the reason for the loss of the Sent Items folder.
Can anyone advise on this issue & perhaps help me to solve this.
robertb
Re: Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
11-05-2009 9:08 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
You could check whether the 'Sent Items' folder exists.
Using Explorer, navigate to Documents and Settings/username /local settings/application data/Identities/{00383B5B-9C64-47D6-9483-D3A1349492AC}Microsoft/Outlook Express
In this folder you should find a .dbx file for every folder that you have in Outlook Express?
Warning 1: You may need to allow the option 'show hidden folders' to be able to see /local settings/.........
Go to explorer/tools/folder options then select the 'View' tab. 'Hidden files and folders' is about 10 lines down.
Warning 2: It is possible that the files have been relocated elsewhere by user configuration.
It may pay to do a search of your Drive for .dbx files to see if there is another location where your files may be.
After all this, if it's gone - it's gone.
Let us know the outcome.
Maurice
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
11-05-2009 11:15 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Re: Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
19-05-2009 3:19 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Thanks for your reply, I have just returned from a necessary away visit and will try all your advices, & return to you with results.
Robert2
Re: Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
20-05-2009 3:00 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
I have followed your advice & found 2- lost files, 'Sent Items'-75KB on DBX file, & 'Deleted Items'-7355 KB on DBX file.
On trying to recover these as recommended by the system both advises are--'.File cannot be found this file may have rolled off the end of the history buffer'
It therefore seems that all is lost permanently.
Many thanks for your help & interest.
Robert2
Re: Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
20-05-2009 3:35 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
The SENT ITEMS.dbx file. Can you see it in the folder? If so all may not be lost - there are tools available to 'fix' the file try Googling for one. I'm at work at the moment, so not enough time to do the search for you.
Maurice
Superusers are not staff, but they do have a direct line of communication into the business in order to raise issues, concerns and feedback from the community.
Re: Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'
21-05-2009 3:41 PM
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Highlight
- Report to Moderator
Yes your right -the deleted file is not necessary - although I would like to get rid of the contents to save space,
I have downloaded 'Recoveryfix' trial version, but it does not run a fix when I enter DBX file names, probably because I'm missing something.
RobertB
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Plusnet Community
- :
- Forum
- :
- Other forums
- :
- Tech Help - Software/Hardware etc
- :
- Lost 'Sent Items' in Outlook Express'