Still need tips -

On why I can't access my mail folders on my hard drive. OE6, Win 98 and
2000. I've gotten rid of spyware.. cleaned, swept, etc but still get a mssg
saying 'the requested file ..( path to the file) .. was not a valid font
file' Any help, links etc would be greatly appreciated.

What type of file are you attempting to access? What is its extension?

You cannot just open a DBX file and read it if that's your intention. In
any case, there's not enough info in your post to really be of much help.
See this link for some ideas of how to prepare a post:

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.




"janedoe" wrote in message
...
On why I can't access my mail folders on my hard drive. OE6, Win 98 and
2000. I've gotten rid of spyware.. cleaned, swept, etc but still get a
mssg
saying 'the requested file ..( path to the file) .. was not a valid font
file' Any help, links etc would be greatly appreciated.

I'm sorry - .dbx file ext and .. I know I lost my mail once and thought I
was able to recover mssgs by going to the folders on my hard drive. I don't
understand what the 'invalid font file' is all about. In any case thank you
for the response I'll take a look at the link

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
What type of file are you attempting to access? What is its extension?

You cannot just open a DBX file and read it if that's your intention. In
any case, there's not enough info in your post to really be of much help.
See this link for some ideas of how to prepare a post:

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.




"janedoe" wrote in message
...
On why I can't access my mail folders on my hard drive. OE6, Win 98 and
2000. I've gotten rid of spyware.. cleaned, swept, etc but still get a
mssg
saying 'the requested file ..( path to the file) .. was not a valid font
file' Any help, links etc would be greatly appreciated.

A dbx file is a database file and as such, is only readable when opened in
Outlook Express. There are utilities that can extract the contents of a DBX
file as individual eml files and that might be helpful to you. See the info
about DBXtract at this link for some information about it: www.oehelp.com
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.


"janedoe" wrote in message
...
I'm sorry - .dbx file ext and .. I know I lost my mail once and thought I
was able to recover mssgs by going to the folders on my hard drive. I
don't
understand what the 'invalid font file' is all about. In any case thank
you
for the response I'll take a look at the link

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
What type of file are you attempting to access? What is its extension?

You cannot just open a DBX file and read it if that's your intention. In
any case, there's not enough info in your post to really be of much help.
See this link for some ideas of how to prepare a post:

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.




"janedoe" wrote in message
...
On why I can't access my mail folders on my hard drive. OE6, Win 98 and
2000. I've gotten rid of spyware.. cleaned, swept, etc but still get a
mssg
saying 'the requested file ..( path to the file) .. was not a valid
font
file' Any help, links etc would be greatly appreciated.