Missing Folders In Outlook Express

The Outlook Express data is mainly saved and categorized in the form of folders. These Outlook Express folders may get damaged due to DBX file corruption. Outlook Express malfunction, malicious software like virus and hardware issues (as RAM problem) may cause this. In such situations, data saved in the folders become inaccessible. To access the data saved in the folders, if there is no updated backup available, the user needs to use effective Outlook Express Recovery software.

As a practical instance, when a user starts Outlook Express, he views that some of the default folders such as Inbox, Drafts, Sent Items etc. are missing from the Local Folders list. The main cause of the missing folders is the damage or corruption of the Folders.dbx files. To resolve the issue and access the data saved in the folders, the user needs to rename the Folders.dbx file for the impacted identity. To do so, the user needs to follow these steps:

• He needs to firstly click Options on the Tools menu and then select the Maintenance tab.

• Next the user needs to select Store Folder and then make a note of the path to the Store folder on the disk drive. 

• The user needs to close the Store Folder and Options dialog boxes and then quit Outlook Express.

• The user should open the Identities folder in Windows by following the path given below:

Drive Letter: \Documents and Settings\ username \Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{040BFF0F-08FF-4DCA-8367-46710905A679}\Microsoft\Outlook Express 

Or

Drive Letter: \Windows\Application Data\Identities\{040BFF0F-08FF-4DCA-8367-46710905A679}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Where, Drive Letter is C: or the partition where Windows is installed.

The GUID number: {040BFF0F-08FF-4DCA-8367-46710905A679} is an example. It varies from system to system. 

• Right-click the Folders.dbx file in this folder and then select Rename to change the file name as Folders.old

• The user should now start Outlook Express. This will automatically create a new Folders.dbx file and the folders should be displayed correctly.

But if the user is still not able to view the folders, then he needs to recover the lost folders by using advanced recovery application for MS Outlook. Such Outlook Recovery applications employ advanced and influential scanning algorithms to recover and restore the lost Outlook Express folders. 

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the safe and powerful Outlook Express Recovery application that repairs, recovers and restores DBX files created with Outlook Express 5.x and 6. This read only DBX Recovery utility supports Windows Vista, XP and 2000. This DBX Recovery utility restores repaired messages in .eml and .dbx format.