Outlook Express 6 e-mail messages are missing from the Inbox folde

Sammie

What is the file size?

How many examples of "inbo*.dbx" are returned when you search your
system? Note * is wild card.

Does a search for "inbo*.bak" produce any results?


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sammiejax wrote:
Gerry,

Thank you. I don't think there is any evidence of folder corruption.
I enabled show hidden files & folders. I found the inbox file, which
is an Internet Explorer file, and it is dated today 6/9. How do I
know if it has the lost emails in it and what do I do from here?

Thank you,
Sammie

"Gerry" wrote:

Sammie

Is there any evidence of folder corruption? Using Windows XP you
need to enable show hidden files. Start, Control Panel, Folder
Options, View, Advanced Settings. Next enter Windows Explorer.
Using Tools, Find, Files and Folders search your C drive with
"inbo*.dbx" without quotes as the search criteria and see if you can
find more than one folder. Note the date / time stamp on the files
and the older folder will contain your missing messages. The
original inbox will appear as inbox. dbx. The next as inbox (01) dbx,
then inbox (02) dbx etc. The file extension can also appear as .dbt
i.e. a temporary folder.

http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#mailgone

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Sammiejax" wrote in message
...
Full Windows version

- WinXP

Norton antivirus - Is your subscription current? When does it
expire?

- Yes, just renewed it in February.

My ISP provides McAfee but I don't believe it's running on my
computer. Find out.

- How?


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Vista x64
SP2) when
posting to this newsgroup.

...I use Norton antivirus

Is your subscription current? When does it expire?

My ISP provides McAfee but I don't believe it's running on my
computer.

Find out.

I also have system mechanic software installed that performs
regular
scans.

Ugh. If you think your Registry needs to be "cleaned" or
"repaired," read
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own
conclusions. --
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Sammiejax wrote:
The other day I realized that messages dated from the end of 2005
until
the
end of May 2009 were missing from my Inbox. All old messages in
all of my
other folders including sent are still there. I didn't compact
anything
(knowingly) and I have the view set to show all messages. I don't
know of
anything that I may have done to cause this. I use Norton
antivirus and
also have system mechanic software installed that performs regular
scans.
My ISP provides McAfee but I don't believe it's running on my
computer.
Can anyone tell me what process to use to restore these emails
without
going to any expense if possible? Thank you!!

Gerry, thx very much. I have uninstalled Uniblu Registry Booster (trial
version).

Before this thread I ran a 'clean-up'; only 15 items were dealt with in this
trial version.

Most of the items still shown we

-Missing or invalid path
- Empty key
- Missing typelib (whatever thay means)
- Invalid shortcut

Most of the items shown in PC Tools Registry Mechanic are also missing links
of sorts ("highlighted value is missing or invalid") mostly in the Temp
Files/Shortcuts section and are classified as low priority. And, as I
said, far fewer errors are thrown up by Registry Mechanic. I got it off a
PC Magazine CD.

At first I looked at the items listed for deletion and, as they looked
harmless (to my layman's eyes) I let them be deleted.

Curiously there is always one item not removed.

Reg Mechanic automatically sets a restore point when 'repairing'. It also
has a Restore Registry backup facility which is stored, so one can restore
quite old 'repairs'. Thus it seems quite safe.

I did not study the Uniblue product to this extent before uninstalling.

Thanks again.
DAS
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"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Dori

Nearly all serious contributors to these newsgroups discourage users
seeking help from using Registry Cleaners.

Uniblue products whether called a Booster or an Optimiser do not help
system performance. The better way is to ensure your system is free of
error and malware and to manage your programmes in way that does not
unnecessarily waste resources.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
PS. The Uniblu Registry Booster which I just tested says it is a
Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner.

This is no recommendation to use it, presumably?

It produced maybe 10 times more errors than PC Tools Registry Mechanic.

Any comments welcome.

I realise this is not the place (neither thread nor group) for this
discussion but since you linked to this useful forum I thought I would
ask.
Maybe there is a quick answer.

Many thanks.
DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Incredible advice. I have been running PC Tools Registry Mechanic
weekly,
thinking that by removing broken links and the like I am doing the
registry (and myself) a favour.

Apparently not.

Looks like I should leave well alone!

DAS


To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
[...]

Ugh. If you think your Registry needs to be "cleaned" or "repaired,"
read http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw your own
conclusions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
[...]

Dori

I would not use a Registry Cleaner. Few in this newsgroup do!

--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
Gerry, thx very much. I have uninstalled Uniblu Registry Booster
(trial version).

Before this thread I ran a 'clean-up'; only 15 items were dealt with
in this trial version.

Most of the items still shown we

-Missing or invalid path
- Empty key
- Missing typelib (whatever thay means)
- Invalid shortcut

Most of the items shown in PC Tools Registry Mechanic are also
missing links of sorts ("highlighted value is missing or invalid")
mostly in the Temp Files/Shortcuts section and are classified as low
priority. And, as I said, far fewer errors are thrown up by
Registry Mechanic. I got it off a PC Magazine CD.

At first I looked at the items listed for deletion and, as they looked
harmless (to my layman's eyes) I let them be deleted.

Curiously there is always one item not removed.

Reg Mechanic automatically sets a restore point when 'repairing'. It
also has a Restore Registry backup facility which is stored, so one
can restore quite old 'repairs'. Thus it seems quite safe.

I did not study the Uniblue product to this extent before
uninstalling.
Thanks again.
DAS
Dori

Nearly all serious contributors to these newsgroups discourage users
seeking help from using Registry Cleaners.

Uniblue products whether called a Booster or an Optimiser do not help
system performance. The better way is to ensure your system is free
of error and malware and to manage your programmes in way that does
not unnecessarily waste resources.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
PS. The Uniblu Registry Booster which I just tested says it is a
Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner.

This is no recommendation to use it, presumably?

It produced maybe 10 times more errors than PC Tools Registry
Mechanic. Any comments welcome.

I realise this is not the place (neither thread nor group) for this
discussion but since you linked to this useful forum I thought I
would ask.
Maybe there is a quick answer.

Many thanks.
DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Incredible advice. I have been running PC Tools Registry Mechanic
weekly,
thinking that by removing broken links and the like I am doing the
registry (and myself) a favour.

Apparently not.

Looks like I should leave well alone!

DAS


To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
[...]

Ugh. If you think your Registry needs to be "cleaned" or
"repaired," read http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw
your own conclusions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
[...]

I am taking your advice, and will pass it on to my son (also PC Tools
Registry Mechanic).

But what about all those loose ends and broken shortcut links? My idea is
that they arise because I have created my own directory structure in a new
partition and some applications throw up these 'missing link' msgs, but that
could be just layman's drivel.

They don't seem to reduce in number by themselves, i.e. XP doesn't seem to
deal with them (as suggested elsewhere).

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Gerry" wrote in message
...
Dori

I would not use a Registry Cleaner. Few in this newsgroup do!

--


Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
Gerry, thx very much. I have uninstalled Uniblu Registry Booster
(trial version).

Before this thread I ran a 'clean-up'; only 15 items were dealt with
in this trial version.

Most of the items still shown we

-Missing or invalid path
- Empty key
- Missing typelib (whatever thay means)
- Invalid shortcut

Most of the items shown in PC Tools Registry Mechanic are also
missing links of sorts ("highlighted value is missing or invalid")
mostly in the Temp Files/Shortcuts section and are classified as low
priority. And, as I said, far fewer errors are thrown up by
Registry Mechanic. I got it off a PC Magazine CD.

At first I looked at the items listed for deletion and, as they looked
harmless (to my layman's eyes) I let them be deleted.

Curiously there is always one item not removed.

Reg Mechanic automatically sets a restore point when 'repairing'. It
also has a Restore Registry backup facility which is stored, so one
can restore quite old 'repairs'. Thus it seems quite safe.

I did not study the Uniblue product to this extent before
uninstalling.
Thanks again.
DAS
Dori

Nearly all serious contributors to these newsgroups discourage users
seeking help from using Registry Cleaners.

Uniblue products whether called a Booster or an Optimiser do not help
system performance. The better way is to ensure your system is free
of error and malware and to manage your programmes in way that does
not unnecessarily waste resources.


--


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
PS. The Uniblu Registry Booster which I just tested says it is a
Microsoft
Gold Certified Partner.

This is no recommendation to use it, presumably?

It produced maybe 10 times more errors than PC Tools Registry
Mechanic. Any comments welcome.

I realise this is not the place (neither thread nor group) for this
discussion but since you linked to this useful forum I thought I
would ask.
Maybe there is a quick answer.

Many thanks.
DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Incredible advice. I have been running PC Tools Registry Mechanic
weekly,
thinking that by removing broken links and the like I am doing the
registry (and myself) a favour.

Apparently not.

Looks like I should leave well alone!

DAS


To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
[...]

Ugh. If you think your Registry needs to be "cleaned" or
"repaired," read http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099 and draw
your own conclusions.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
[...]