Microsoft Outlook Express is a popular and useful email client that comes bundled with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Windows. It stores all of your emails, notes, contacts and other critical personal data in the form of DBX file. A separate DBX file is created for every Outlook Express folder; either it is special folder or default folder like Inbox, Sent Items and Drafts. However, Outlook Express is quite user friendly and reliable email client, but in some situations you might encounter some error messages while accessing data from it or using it. These error messages occur due to corruption to the DBX files and render all of your data inaccessible. This behavior of Outlook Express results into data loss and require Outlook Express Recovery to be resolved.When you try to send emails using Outlook Express, you may encounter an error message that does not allow you to send email and also makes your Outlook Express folders inaccessible. There are several factors, which include missing or damaged DBX file, damaged Outlook Express installation, missing file objects and so forth. The DBX file corruption may occur due to virus infection, improper system shutdown, application errors and other similar issues. The error message may look like the following one:
“An unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP, Port: 0, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0×800C013B.”
After above error message occurs, Microsoft Outlook Express emails and all other data become inaccessible. This error mostly occurs due to corruption to the Sent Items folders. Damage to other folders may also cause this error.
To perform Outlook Express Repair by solving this problem and gain access of your data, go through the following steps to rename Sent Items.dbx file:
1- Click Start, select Find and choose Files and Folders.
2- Type Sent Items.dbx in Name box.
3- Select drive C to search in and click Find Now.
4- Right click on the file and rename it.
5- Restart Outlook Express.
Although, after renaming the Sent Items.dbx file the error message won’t occur, but the corrupted file can not be repaired. In order to repair and restore the file, Outlook Express Recovery using third party tools ( www.outlookexpress-recovery.com ), is required.
These are powerful applications which can recover data from damaged DBX files in most of the cases. They perform systematic scan using advanced algorithms to ensure absolute Outlook Express Repair.
Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is a powerful read-only tool that performs safe and easy recovery in case of DBX corruption. It works well with Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This software is designed for Windows Vista, XP and 2000.