[Hidden-tech] Recovering Outlook Express folder

[Charlie Heath]

I haven't used OE for a while, but had similar problems a couple times. 

If you do a search on "Outlook Express corrupt folders" you'll find  lot 
of advice.  When I did, I recall one of the culprits was compacting 
folders, which if interrupted can leave folders trashed.

I'd start with the advice from Microsoft (link below), there are a 
number of 3rd party tools of unknown (to me) value.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx#E4BAC

Good Luck!

Charlie Heath
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Edbride-PR wrote:
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> HT members may have faced this minor emergency here, which may or may 
> not mask a bigger problem. The other night, OE was dutifully 
> compacting folders. All completed, except it seemed to be having 
> trouble with one folder (can't remember the error message). I clicked 
> through it, and all seemed well. Then, today, I was trying to put a 
> message into a folder, but couldn't find it. It was a sub-folder, but 
> many of my accounts have several layers. I examined every sub-folder 
> to see if somehow I had dragged it to another place, searched for some 
> mail that I knew was in it, but to no avail.
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> So the question is: is there any way I can recover a lost folder? 
>     No, I didn't (backup).
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