Microsoft Outlook Express is an email client that comes bundled with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows. Outlook Express stores your critical emails, notes, contacts and other personal data in the form of DBX files. A separate DBX file is created for every default as well as special folder.
All of the DBX files and Outlook Express folders are controlled by a single entity, known as Store Folder. The store folder is prone to corruption, and it can render all of your data inaccessible. Some of the corruption causes include network errors, virus infection, interrupted compaction process, increased folder size, application errors and others. In such situations, Outlook Express might start behaving strangely, and you might need to download a tool such as Recover Outlook Express to sort out the problem.
As a practical example of such a case, when you attempt to access data from any Outlook Express folder or try to send a mail, you might come across the below given error message:
“Folder could not be displayed, olexpress could not open this folder, possible causes are: low disk space or low memory”
Although the error message states that the problem is due to low disk space or memory, but there is no such issue. The major cause of this problem is a damaged DBX file, which requires Outlook Express Repair to be fixed.
If your data is not critical and you just want to make the Outlook Express functional, then you need not to go for recovery solutions. You can work around this problem by renaming the affected DBX files and restarting Outlook Express. When Outlook Express is restarted, it will create new DBX files. To rename the DBX files, go through the following steps:
1-Click Start-> Search-> All Files and Folders
2-In name text box, type *.dbx, specify primary hard drive in 'Look in' list box and click Find Now.
3-After completion of search, right click on the DBX file in search results and select rename.
4-Rename the file with .old extension and restart Outlook Express.
However, this method can resolve your problem and will let you start Outlook Express, but it can not recover lost data. In order to retrieve data, Outlook Express recovery is required. It is possible through third party applications.
These tools are capable of scanning affected DBX files and retrieving all of their objects. They have graphical user interfaces and are quite easy to use. The Outlook Express repair applications do not alter the original contents of the file, as they have read only conduct.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most effective tool to handle DBX corruption scenarios. It repairs and restores DBX files of Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000.
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