DBX files

[Mr.T]

The problem is that while trying to download from newsgroups in
Outlook/Outlook Express, it says "performed illegal operation & will be shut
down" "possible cause-low disc space or low memory". This has been occuring
more frequently lately, usually multiple times during the day when I am
trying to download. I have to reboot to get it to work again. I'm thinking
it's because I have 3.95GB of DBX files in the Windows\Application
Data\Identies\ folder. I would like to open them but it asks me what
application I want to use to open them and I don't have a clue. Can anyone
tell me how to open them and if I'm on the right track? Any help would be
appreciated.

TIA,
Terry

[Mr.T]

What application is used to open them?

TIA
Terry

[Ron Badour]

Outlook Express. Click on tools, options, maintenance tab.

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"Mr.T" <Mr.T@home_surfing.net> wrote in message
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[Mr.T]

I have been to the location that you are refering to but I still need to
know how to open a DBX file. This cannot be done from that location. I
clicked on reset & also on compact messages. You can also see the location
where the messages are stored but there is no way to open the file there. I
still have 1.95GB of DBX files in the folder that I specified that I want to
access. So, how do you open the files????

Terry

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[Mr.T]

More specifically, I click on a particular DBX file, it asks me what program
I want to use to open it and give me a list to choose from. I don't know
what program to use. The last time I used the wrong program to open a 001
file, the computer then associated all those files with that program and I
started having problems with my computer crashing. I hope this is specific
enough.

Terry

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[Rob]

You can't open DBX files one at a time, they are opened
collectively while in Outlook Express.......

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"Mr.T" <Mr.T@home_surfing.net> wrote in message news:OQ6JSPQkBHA.1820@tkmsftngp07...

[Nutcase]

Hi Terry,

To open them, you need to import them into Outlook Express. Open OE, then
click file/import/messages and point it to that folder.

You may also be able to use this utility (dbxextract) from MVP Steve
Cochran:

http://chattanooga.net/~scochran/DBXtract.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Associate Expert - Windows XP
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Please reply only to newsgroup...

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[Ron Badour]

Open Outlook Express and each DBX file is opened and displayed. Use the
maintenance function to cut the files down to a reasonable size and once
done, be sure to compact the folders.

As Rick stated, you can use Steve's DBX extract program; however, that
doesn't allow you to perform maintenance--it allows you to extract
messages from a .dbx file

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Ron Badour, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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