Outlook Express Distress

pls help

[chewy]

I'm having MS OE problems - is there a good forum or area to try to get some help?

System was slow - inbox was over 1.5 gigs. I used "file -> compact" to compact the files.

This speeded up the system however now several years of emails are GONE.

I can go on but you get the picture.

[walrus]

As a last resort there is always System restore. GL

[edited by: walrus at 11:47 am (utc) on Aug. 16, 2006]

[chewy]

Funny -

This is running on 1 desktop here ... so in your scenario, the "server" would be me!

[walrus]

heheh, just realized that after i wrote it, just edited it, sorry, im used to webmail. Still on my first coffee :)

[chewy]

err, isn't system restore only going to revert to prior settings, registry etc, not actual files? Tell me more.

[chewy]

anyone out there who can offer assistance / solace / etc?

ScanDBX (it ranked well in Google!) hasn't solved the problem and 8 months of emails appear to be GONE...

[walrus]

I think doing system restore would be fine and would not erase your previous emails. I've had to use it many times without incident but never with outlook so .... Consider this a bump , hopefully someone will see it that has an answer. Sorry could'nt be more help.

[pageoneresults]

There is a specific process you should go through before compacting email. A backup would have been suggested prior to compacting.

About has a good explanation of what happens when you compact your email...

[email.about.com...]

[opifex]

in general.... look for .dbx files .... these are the message stores