Go to Windows Explorer and drag the folders into Windows/application
data/Microsoft/Outlook Express and they should then show up in OE in the folder
list.  I've moved out all the folders before and then reinstalled OE when it was
giving me problems.  I then just put the folders back and all of the folders
reappear after being moved back.  You might want to do them one at a time and
maybe that way you can identify which one has the corrupt message in it.  When
you do just drag that folder back out or delete it.

Hope this helps.

God's Blessings
Linda Aldridge

----- Original Message -----

I will try to be as brief as possible regarding a dilemma I have in trying to
open some dbx files.  I was having problems with error messages and blue screens
in my Outlook Express 5 program.  A tech support person diagnosed it as a
corrupt mail message or mailbox and worked with me to copy all mailboxes to a
file on my harddrive - C:\Mail and then delete all the mailboxes out of OE5 as
we did not know which one was corrupting it.  It worked and the program is
working fine.

It did not occur to me that I would not be able to open the dbx mailboxes that
are all nicely showing up on my C: drive.  If I right click on a file I do not
get an option to open.  I cannot import them back into OE5 because the C drive
is not there to select.  Another tech support person told me I cannot open them
at all outside OE5??  Someone else said they open them with WordPad, but I can't
find anyway to do that.

If you click on My Computer, then View, Options, then File Types and select DBX,
where it asks what the program opens with is BLANK.  Is that where mine is
missing something?

I have tried doing searches in Microsoft's OE 150,000 message knowledge base,
but have found nothing that helps.  Can anyone help?

TIA,

Barbara

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