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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Why do I three Sent Items.DBX files?
1. What is your / Tools / Options / Maintenance setting
for Store Folder ?
2. Compare dates of your three DBX files. If you find
they have different dates you can probably delete the
two older ones.
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(Ottawa, Canada)
Personally, I'd leave them alone, unless you are concerned about
privacy. They aren't hurting anything. In Outlook Express>File
menu>Identities>Manage Identities, how many do you show?
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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You appear to have a damaged FOLDERS.DBX file.
Close Outlook Express
Click Start, highlight the Find option,
then select Files or Folders.
Or hold down a Windows key and press the F key
In the Named box, type FOLDERS.DBX
In the Look In box, choose the hard disk
on which FOLDERS.DBX resides
[this is usually drive C]
and then click Find Now.
Right-click the FOLDERS.DBX file and choose RENAME.
Type FOLDERS.OLD , and click OK.
Start Outlook Express again.
A new FOLDERS.DBX file will be generated.
Probably a MUCH smaller one, which is good.
When you are satisfied, you can delete FOLDERS.OLD
What old files?
Explain in detail exactly what you want to do.
Folders.old doesn't contain any messages.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Inside Outlook Express
http://www.insideoe.com
..by similarly swapping that Sent Items.dbx file with the main one in your
current folder, then right-click choose to move the that message to your
Drafts folder, and after you put the wanted Sent Items.dbx file back just
move those messages from Draft back to Sent.. just be sure to keep your
original Sent Items.dbx file backup'd safely!
Move the SENT.OLD file to a different folder (Desktop, whatever,
anywhere will do.) Rename it back to SENT.DBX
Use File>Import>Messages to import the messages from that SENT.DBX file.
You're importing from a Message Store, not an Identity, and you'll
navigate to that lone SENT.DBX file. Import it into a different folder
than default, one that you've created previously, named something like
"Sent_Archive".
For further hints, plus tools you can use to extract the messages into
TXT files directly from the DBX file, see www.insideoe.com and
http://www.oehelp.com
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409
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"START, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt"
DIR /a /on Full\Path\To\That\Folder
Like...
C:\>DIR /a /on "G:\Outlook Express Store"
Directory of G:\Outlook Express Store
DELETE~1 DBX 256,724 08-10-05 7:36p Deleted Items.dbx
DRAFTS DBX 139,376 07-26-05 7:31a Drafts.dbx
FOLDERS DBX 399,012 08-10-05 5:29p Folders.dbx
INBOX DBX 191,188 08-10-05 7:36p Inbox.dbx
...snip
20 file(s) 188,106,208 bytes
Of course, that one does have them.
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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(a) Put it into a folder
(b) Rename it back to "Sent Items.dbx"
(c) Put it's original Folders.dbx into the same folder.
...as far as I know. Otherwise, go scour that site or the other NGs.
Perhaps you can fudge a Folders.dbx. I just don't know.
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
PCR wrote:
> You can't Import it, until you...
>
> (a) Put it into a folder
> (b) Rename it back to "Sent Items.dbx"
> (c) Put it's original Folders.dbx into the same folder.
>
> ...as far as I know. Otherwise, go scour that site or the other NGs.
> Perhaps you can fudge a Folders.dbx. I just don't know.
>
>
Q: How do I import Sent Items.dbx?
A: See http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx or last paragraph of
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx.
NB: Rename 'Sent Items.dbx' to [Anyothername].dbx. If by some miracle you
manage to import Sent Items.dbx into your current OE store, it will
overwrite the current Sent Items folder!
Q: I imported it but there weren't any messages?
A: It was prolly corrupted a long time ago.
Why it happens:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
Recovering data: http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DBXtract
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx
DBXtend (additional functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtend/Default.aspx
DBXpress (faster, more powerful, with even greater functionality)
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx
OEX (OE Enhancement Program)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEX/Default.aspx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To avoid such corruption in future:
- Don't use Inbox or *Sent Items* to archive messages. Move the messages to
Local folders created for this purpose.
- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.
- Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform a manual
compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/maintain.htm.
- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.
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"PA Bear" <PABe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Module Name: DIRECTDB.DLL
Description: Microsoft Direct Database API
Version: 6.00.2800.1123
Product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation"
Sol
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;233264
OLEXP: Error Message If the Folders.dbx File Is Missing or Damaged
......Quote..............
SYMPTOMS
When you start Outlook Express or attempt to send an e-mail message, you
may receive one of the following error messages:
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Msoe.dll
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module "unknown"
MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Directdb.dll
Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll
Outlook Express: The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk
space.
Unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP Port: 0 Secure: No [SSL]
Error: 0x800c0131
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the Folders.dbx file is missing, damaged, or
using the read-only attribute.
RESOLUTION
Rename the Folders.dbx file: 1. Click Start, point to Find, and then
click Files or Folders.
2. In the Named box, type folders.dbx.
3. In the Look In box, click your primary hard disk (usually drive C),
and then click Find Now.
4. Right-click the Folders.dbx file, and then click Rename.
5. Type folders.old, and then click OK.
6. Start Outlook Express. This creates a new Folders.dbx file
automatically.
......EOQ................
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;275543
OLEXP: How to Troubleshoot the Invalid Page Fault Error Message
It's also mentioned in there.
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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(1) Are you able to read Sent Items in the new identity?
(2) Are you able to read them in the old identity?
(3) How did you get them into the new identity?
(4) Are you saying you cannot import them from one to the other?
(5) What precisely are you clicking?
Careful about one thing: seems Bear is saying...
"NB: Rename 'Sent Items.dbx' to [Anyothername].dbx. If by some miracle
you
manage to import Sent Items.dbx into your current OE store, it will
overwrite the current Sent Items folder!"
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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(1) Can you undo what you did, delete that new identity & all the new
folders you created? BUT make sure you still have that old "Sent
Items.dbx" you wish to import in a folder of it's own-- a folder OUTSIDE
of the OE Store-- even put it in C:\Windows\Temp.
(2) Does OE still work now & look like it did before?
If so, try this, from one of the sites Bear posted, last paragraph of
...
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx.
......Quote...........
To backup and restore a single OE5 mail folder, save the appropriate dbx
file. To restore, create a new folder in OE5 (call it archiv1, for
example) and access it once. Then close OE and find archiv1.dbx and
delete it. Make a copy of the folder you want to restore and rename it
to archiv1.dbx. Then copy that file into the directory where the
previous file was deleted. Open OE and the messages you wanted to
restore will be accessible via opening that archiv1 folder.
......EOQ.............
That is...
(1) Rename the old "Sent Items.dbx" to "Old Sent Items.dbx".
This should be somewhere outside the OE Store.
That is, it won't show up in OE's left pane yet.
It is the file you are trying to Import.
(2) Create a new folder in OE, & access it once...
(a) R-Clk "Local Folders" in OE's L-Pane, & select "New Folder".
(b) Paste the name "Old Sent Items.dbx" (no quotes) into it.
(c) It will quickly appear in the L-Pane.
Click it. It will show up empty in OE's R-Pane.
This is the destination of the file in step (1).
(3)
(a) Close OE, and open Explorer to your OE Store. It's location shows
at...
"OE, Tools menu, Options, Maintenance tab, Store Folder button"
(b) Delete the file in there named: "Old Sent Items.dbx".
That is the one you just created.
(c) Still using Explorer, copy the "Old Sent Items.dbx" of step (1)
into this OE Store folder.
(4) Close Explorer. Open OE. Maybe do a "File menu, Folder, Compact all
folders".
You should now have what you want in there. Hopefully, it is not
corrupt.
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>Sounds like the DBX file is corrupt. Trying to import that set of messages
>is probably doomed. You want to resort to one or another of the
>already-mentioned recovery utilities. DBXtract, for instance. Won't get them
>back into OE, but it will certainly create a decently accessible and
>searchable folder full of EML or TXT email files.
Another approach to "washing" mail is to do a round-robin import
through different email apps, e.g. import into Eudora, then import
Eudora's data back into OE (or just stay in Eudora).
The import process is tortuous and prone to introducing problems, but
what you're hoping here is that a problem that blows up OE (possibly
deliberately, i.e. an exploit) will be defused along the way. Quite
likely, as the cross-import is likely to redefine any broken
structures and thus "clean them up".
There's another advantage to importing into Eudora, and that is that
Eudora will strip out attachments as loose files that can be scanned
by av. Importing back into OE hides them in OE's mailboxes again, but
hopefully you'd have scanned them when you had the chance. An
on-access av will do that as Eudora creates them as files.
>------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - -
The most accurate diagnostic instrument
in medicine is the Retrospectoscope
>------------ ----- ---- --- -- - - - -
Chris, meet Solkeys, a quite well-known figure in OE circles. Solkeys, meet
MVP Chris Quirke, a man of many words and URLs. <wink>
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"PA Bear" <PABe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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PCR wrote:
> Never mind! I'll have Solkeys up/running in no time!
>
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"PA Bear" <PABe...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Repeat:
To avoid such corruption in future, don't use Inbox or **Sent Items** to
archive messages. Move them to user-created local folders created for this
purpose. Disable Background Compacting [N/A in SP2] and frequently perform
a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm. Your anti-virus application's
email scanning feature can also cause corruption. Disable it. It provides
no additional protection.
--
~PA Bear
PCR wrote:
> OK, then! Should he have been able to Import from one identity to
> another? It isn't mentioned in OE Help. I think I like the other trick
> better, though, anyhow, of creating an empty folder in OE & replacing
> it's .dbx with the full one.
>
>
.....Quote.............
First I renamed the Sent Items to .old, then I created a new folder
called
Sent Archives, and also created a new Identity and made there also a
folders
called Sent Archives. Then I renamed the Sent Items folders to Sent
Archives
and went to Windows Explorer and moved they renamed folder to my default
Identity. Then I went to my new Identity and started to import mail from
the
Sent Archives in the default Intensity. to the new identity. I was able
to
import about half of the mail did I got the error message.
Sol
.....EOQ................
But, don't worry! I have spelled out the other procedure!
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"Gary S. Terhune" <grys...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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Try the procedure I spelled out, Solkeys!
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"PCR" <pcr...@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Try the procedure I posted, Solkeys!
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"Solkeys" <sol...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"Gary S. Terhune" <grys...@mvps.org> wrote in message
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
> Well, good luck keeping up. I read Solkeys' latest and I have to admit,
> I'm lost...