Microsoft Windows operating systems includes a powerful email client, called Microsoft Outlook Express. It stores all your valuable data in the DBX (Database eXtension) files. Outlook Express creates a separate DBX file for every folder. In some situations, the application may not start properly and you can not access data from the DBX files. This behavior of Microsoft Outlook Express leads to significant data loss and requires Outlook Express recovery to be fixed, if you do not have current backup of your data.

While trying to open MS Outlook Express, the process may fail and the below error messages occur:

The identity login could not be started. Some components are either missing or incorrectly configured.

Outlook Express could not be started. It may not be installed correctly. Make sure that your disk is not full or that you are not out of memory. Contact Microsoft support for further assistance (0×80040154)

Outlook Express could not be started because MSOE.DLL could not be initialized. Outlook Express may not be installed correctly.

The above errors make your Outlook Express account inaccessible and you can not access your precious data from the DBX file. To fix the issue, you need to figure out the problem and fix it through DBX recovery.

Cause

You may come across this behavior of Microsoft Outlook Express due to any of the below reasons:

Either corrupted or incorrect versions of the Msidntld.dll and Msident.dll files.

The installation of Microsoft Outlook Express application is incomplete.

Identities registry keys in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER sub tree do not exist.

The underwritten sub-keys don’t have OE registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft

Solution

Try out the below methods to fix this problem:

Rename Msidntld.dll and Msident.dll files, and then reinstall MS Outlook Express.

Extract both Msidntld.dll and Msident.dll files by Windows SFS (System File Checker) or from Ie_Extra.cab.

Locate and delete below registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active setup

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Active Setup

If none of the above methods work, you need to repair and restore damaged DBX files using third-party DBX recovery tools. They are powerful enough to effectively handle all sorts of DBX corruption scenarios.

The applications recovery Outlook Express data using extremely advanced scanning techniques. You need not to be technically sound to use these tools as they are incorporated with interactive and simple graphical user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most efficient outlook express repair utility to repair and restore damaged DBX files at desired location. The software works well with Microsoft Outlook Express 6.x and 5.x. It restores all DBX file objects, such as emails, notes, contacts, tasks, calendar entries, and journal.