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There can be several reasons that might prevent Outlook Express from starting. One of the most threatening cause is *.dbx file corruption. Outlook Express DBX files store all email messages. It is sometimes possible to correct minor inconsistencies by simply compacting the mail folders. But if the damage is high, you will need to restore the folders from backup. At times, when the valid backup is not available, you should use Outlook Express Recovery software to repair and restore them safely.For instance, suppose you start Outlook Express and it hangs with a report suggesting you to send it to Microsoft. When you view the description of error occurred, you might across the following details:

Error signature…AppName: msimn.exe AppVer: 6.0.2900.2180 ModName: version.dll ModVer: 5.1.2600.2180 Offsetr:0000191c

This occurs each time when you try to start Outlook Express.

Cause

The above behavior is observed in one of the following conditions:

Outlook Express Identities key in the registry is damaged
An Anti-virus message scan plug-in is installed
Outlook Express installation is damaged
One or more of the default mail folders in message store are corrupted

Solution

Trace out the cause and try these troubleshooting tips:

If damaged Identities key is the issue, export and then delete them. You need to import each Identity one at a time to make sure of problematic Identity. Backup all the mail folders to a safe location and recreate a new Identity and then restore all the mail folders to it.
Make sure you haven’t installed an Anti-virus message scan plug-in. If so, delete it
Try to reinstall Outlook Express and replace all the installation files
If default folder(s) are damaged, rename them. OE will recreate them after you restart it. For this, search the folders as *.dbx in Windows Explorer while making sure that hidden files and folders view is enabled.

You can repair the corrupted *.dbx files using third-party Outlook Express Recovery solutions. These are advanced Outlook Express Repair product that comply to safe scanning algorithms and provide you comprehensive file repair results.

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Technical support

Outlook Express is a primary email client used for various email needs. All the folders that you see in Outlook Express folder list have same name but are stored with .dbx file extension on hard drive. Together these files are saved in a hidden folder, called as Store Folder. You can locate this folder deep from Documents and Settings folder. Any corruption within this folder can crash the Outlook Express. Apart from general folder inaccessibility issues, Outlook Express shows typical slow performance issues when one of its main mail folder is corrupt. At this point, you are recommended to rename the folder so that OE can recreate it as new at next start. For repairing corrupted DBX files, the best solution is to use Outlook Express Recovery solutions, in case if no valid backup is available.You might notice all or some of the listed performance issues with Outlook Express:

Outlook Express behaves sluggishly when you start the application
Tasks like marking an email message as read takes considerable amount of time
You switch between the folders but OE becomes unresponsive for some time
Email messages take long time to download

One of the top reasons for Outlook Express slow behavior is *.dbx file(s) corruption. At initial stage, when the corruption is not severe, the most suitable option to isolate the issue is to compact the folders. This will help you to remove minor corruption within folders.

To prevent corruption and data loss consequences, you are suggested to adhere to these steps:

Exclude email scanning module for your antivirus software
Limit the size of your DBX folders
Turn off the background corruption (when using Windows XP SP1 or earlier)
Never mess around with Store Folder
Avoid interrupting the compaction and maintain a good backup of your important email data

If DBX folder gets corrupted, you need to opt for a reliable and powerful Outlook Express Recovery cure. Outlook Express Repair products are enriched with advanced repair techniques that could retrieve the lost data from corrupted OE email folders.

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Outlook Express is prone to number of problems that can corrupt its mail folders. The frequent reasons causing this are increased size of mail folder and errors due to compaction. However, if the latest updates are applied and DBX has got corrupted due to compaction issues, you can recover it from its backup file stored in Recycle Bin. Other causes, such as unexpected shutdown, power failure and virus attack can also corrupt these files. This leads to data inaccessibility. OE doesn’t provide any built-in solution for repairing the corrupted DBX file. For this reason, you need to use third-party Outlook Express Recovery solutions in case no valid backup is available.For instance, consider a scenario of sending an email in Outlook Express. You send an email, which is successfully received by the recipient. The sent mail appears to be saved in Sent Items folder. But when you view the email, the body of the mail is empty or is filled with some other text, usually of an email that has been sent few time back.

Cause

Among other reasons, one of the possible reasons for this error to occur is corruption of Sent Items folder. This folder is saved as Sent Items.dbx on disk.

Solution

The solution required to be applied depends on criticality of data the damaged folder contains. You can delete, rename of repair the folder.

To delete or rename Sent Items.dbx, you should follow this sequence of steps:

· Exit Outlook Express

· Click on Windows Start option and point to its Find option

· Click Files or Folders and type Sent Items.dbx in the Named box

· You can select your primary drive in Look In box

· Click Find Now

· Right-click the folder thus searched

· Click Rename or Delete. You can rename the file to Sent Items.old.

· Restart Outlook Express and you will see a new empty Sent Items folder

To repair the damaged DBX file, you should use Outlook Express Repair solutions. These are commercial products designed with powerful OE file repair technology to result effective Outlook Express Repair. Such tools provide you interactive design to work with.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced tool to repair damaged DBX files created with Outlook Express 5 and 6. It is a comprehensive Outlook Express Repair tool that preserves the original formatting and content of the recovered contents. The tool is also capable to restore *.eml messages that can be directly viewed in Outlook Express.

Outlook Express message store is referred as Store Folder that contains all the .*dbx files. It is the hidden folder that is located within Documents and Settings folder. If the folder crashes or becomes corrupt due to any reason, the application will fail to start giving unexpected error messages. However, you might also observe application being sluggish and several performance issues, generally while initial stages. In such cases, you can restore the data thus lost using the recent data backup available. But if no backup is present, Repair Outlook Express using third-party tools. These software can repair damaged *.dbx files while all scenarios.For an instance, consider that you try to start Outlook Express and fail in your attempts as you receive the below error message:

“Outlook Express could not be started. The application was unable to open the Outlook Express message store. Your computer may be out of memory or your disk is full. Contact Microsoft support for further assistance”

Cause

You might come across the above error message if any of the following conditions is true:

An antivirus software is scanning the Outlook Express Store Folder
One or more *.dbx file is corrupted. This can primarily occur due to folders.dbx corruption.

Solution

You need to consider these measures to solve the given problem:

Make sure that no antivirus software is scanning the application Store Folder. If it is, then the odds are that the OE folders might get corrupted.
Rename the existing Outlook Express folders. To do so, locate the *.dbx files using Windows Explorer. After this, try renaming the folder by right-clicking and then changing their extension to .old, such as Inbox.old. The next time, when you will restart the Outlook Express, it will recreate empty folders
You can repair corrupted .dbx files using powerful Outlook Express Repair Tool. Incorporated with highly advanced scanning algorithms, these Repair Outlook Express software prove to be suitable .dbx file repair applications. They can repair all the corrupted files without harming the original contents of the file.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced tool to repair damaged DBX files created with Outlook Express 5 and 6. It is an effective and powerful Outlook Express Repair Tool that preserves the original formatting and content of the recovered contents. The tool is also capable to restore *.eml messages that can be directly viewed in Outlook Express.

Microsoft Outlook Express is an easy to use and widely accepted email client, which is used at different levels of a business organization. The advanced features and the suitability of Microsoft Outlook made it popular amongst business as well as home users. Microsoft Outlook Express stores you valuable emails, notes, contacts, tasks and other email items in DBX file. OE creates a separate DBX file for every folder of Outlook Express. All of the DBX files and Outlook Express folders are managed by a single entity, called Store Folder. But along with the advanced features, there is a drawback of DBX files. It might get damaged due to several reasons and cause critical data loss situations. At this point, you are required to go for Outlook Express Recovery applications to get your mission critical data back.The DBX file corruption is indicated by a number of symptoms. Among a number of DBX corruption signs, one is the state of DBX file where you can not delete any item from it. Whenever you try to delete an email or other item from any folder, you come across below error message:

“The message could not be deleted”

In these situations, you can not open or access items from the DBX file and thus they become inaccessible. This error message occurs every time when you attempt to access data from DBX files and renders your precious data inaccessible, causing critical data loss. In such situations, you need to go for Outlook Express Repair to get your valuable data back.

In order to repair damaged DBX file, Microsoft Outlook Express facilitates you to compact the folders. Compaction of DBX file is able to repair and restore it in a number of situations. This option is accessible from File-> Folder-> Compact all folder in Outlook Express.

Although, this option helps in a number of cases, but sometimes it might further damage the files or can not handle the corruption. In these cases, Outlook Express Recovery applications come for your help. These are powerful and advanced third party applications, which allow you to easily handle all sorts of DBX corruption situations.

The Outlook Express Repair software are powerful enough to methodically scan all corrupted DBX files and extract all of their objects. These tools are quite safe and easy to use as they have interactive and easy graphical user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most efficient application to successfully handle all sorts of DBX corruption scenarios. It works well with Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000 and NT.

You might see a number of warning messages over Internet about several email threats due to viruses, Trojan Horses and worms. But along with them, there is another threat that could be more damaging than virus. This threat is the file corruption, which prevents the application from accessing the its data file. For example, DBX file in Microsoft Outlook Express. For OE users, the DBX file corruption could generally mean the disappearance of whole folder or saved files. Corruption to the DBX file causes data loss and require Outlook Express Recovery to be resolved.In order to prevent DBX file corruption and to recover it from corruption, you must know the structure and storing of the DBX file. Every folder, which you see and access in Microsoft Outlook Express, is stored on your computer hard drive as single file with DBX extension such as Inbox.dbx and Drafts.dbx. All of the DBX files are controlled by a single Microsoft Windows folder, known as Store Folder.

Symptoms and Signs of DBX file Corruption

The first sign of the DBX file corruption is it generally starts very innocently. You might observe that the Outlook Express become sluggish when it start or when you switch between folders. Simple operations like moving an email or creating an entry in journal might take several minutes. These performance problems generally mean that there is minor corruption in the DBX file but not yet reached critical stage. If the damage is very critical but includes only a single folder, Microsoft Outlook Express might crash with following error message when you attempt to open the corrupted folder:

“Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll. The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk space.”

In some situations of Outlook Express DBX file corruption, you can easily repair the file compacting the Outlook Express folders. But in case if compacting doesn’t help you to resolve the issue, you would require to move messages from damage folders to new one. If moving is not possible, then you need to repair and restore damaged DBX files using Outlook Express Repair applications.

The Outlook Express Recovery applications are specifically designed to methodically scan the corrupted DBX file and extract all of objects from them. The Outlook Express Recovery software allows you to carry out safe, quick and easy recovery in most of the DBX file corruption scenarios.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most effectively tool to perform recovery of damaged DBX files. It supports recovery of DBX files of Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000.

Microsoft Outlook Express is a simple, fast and easy to use email client, which come bundled with Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. For effective management of your data in Outlook Express, it allows you to create special folders, along with the default folders. A DBX file is created for every OE folder and all of the data is stored in it. Although, its easy to manage data in Outlook Express but in some situations, when you try to start Outlook Express, you might come across some sort of error messages and the data become inaccessible. It causes critical data loss situations and require Outlook Express Recovery to be resolved.

In a practical scenario, when you try to open the Inbox folder in Outlook Express, you might come across the strange behavior of OE. You may find that the folder is empty and gives you the below error while opening:”An unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP, Port: 0, Secure SSL: No, Error 0×800c0131Ce problem may be due to corruption or lack of Folders.dbx file.”

In such situations, the Outlook Express experts recommends you to sort out this problem by renaming the Inbox.dbx file to Inbox.old.

The above process would create a new Inbox.dbx file. Now the Outlook Express will allow you to access your Inbox without any problem, but the Inbox won’t contain any data. Thus you will have to copy all the items of Inbox.old to Inbox.dbx.

After copying all the items, when you restart Outlook Express, the same problem might take place. The same error message may occur again and again.

Root of the issue

As stated in the above error, this problem occurs due to corruption to the Inbox.dbx file or lost Folders.dbx file. Because of the same, Microsoft Outlook Express can not retrieve data and thus you come across data loss situations. This situation require you to carry out Outlook Express Recovery by fixing the issue.

To retrieve data in such situations, you need to repair and restore the damaged DBX files. This is potential through powerful and advanced third party Outlook Express Repair applications. These applications have interactive and simple graphical user interface to provide you ease of use. With read only and non destructive design, these software always perform safe Outlook Express Repair.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most comprehensive and robust tool to repair and restore DBX files of Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000. This software can repair DBX files on all types of storage media.

In some situations, you might need to switch from MSN to the Verizon DSL. It is generally done to take benefit of advanced features of Verizon DSL. But in some situations, after switching from the MSN to Verizon DSL and then updating Windows, the Microsoft Outlook Express may not start. In some cases, you might receive your precious emails from Verizon’s server but you would not have any email address in your Windows Address Book. When Outlook Express does not start up, all of your valuable data become inaccessible and require Outlook Express Recovery to be sorted out.If the email addresses in your Windows Address Book are missing, you are required to export the addresses from your MSN server. This process would work file and you would be able to access some of your emails. Some address in this process might need updating. While attempting to update email addresses, the process might fail halfway and the Microsoft Outlook Express might stop responding.

In order to release Microsoft Outlook Express from hang situation, you are required to restart it using Task Manager. After restarting the Microsoft Outlook Express, when you attempt to access data from OE folders, you might come across the below given error message:

“Outlook Express is corrupted and needs to be re-installed”

Subsequent to this error, you can’t access anything from the Outlook Express folders; either it is default folder or special folder. At the same time, you find the Address Book as empty. If you try to perform Outlook Express Repair by restoring your system to previous working state, the below warning occurs:

“Could not restore your computer to ”

Cause

As stated in above error message, this issue takes place due to damage to the Microsoft Outlook Express and the DBX files. DBX files are the repository of all your valuable data. They might get damaged due to virus infection, improper system shutdown and so forth.

At this point, you need to repair and restore corrupted DBX files to retrieve data from them. It is potential through third party Outlook Express Recovery applications. These tools effectively scan the damaged DBX files and retrieve all of their inaccessible objects such as emails, notes, contacts, tasks and so forth. These applications are very easy to use and thus do not demand sound technical skills.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most excellent tool to retrieve your critical data from corrupted DBX file in most of the cases. It works well with Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This Outlook Express Repair software is compatible with Windows 2003, XP and 2000.

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.

In Microsoft Outlook Express, Folders.dbx is the master index of Outlook Express store folder and is needed for application to run. This index stores tree structure (nesting) of Outlook Express mail folders, lists of newsgroups on every account and synchronization options for Hotmail folders and subscribed newsgroups. But in case of corruption to the Folders.dbx file, you can not see the Outlook Express folders (all default and special) and in some cases Outlook Express refuses to start. In such situations, you can not start your critical and precious data from Outlook Express account and you need to go for Outlook Express Recovery to sort out the issue.In a practical scenario, when you attempt to start Microsoft Outlook Express or try to send/receive an email message, you might come across any of the below given error messages:

1-MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Msoe.dll
2-MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module “unknown”
3-MSIMN caused an invalid page fault in module Directdb.dll
4-Msimn caused an exception C0000006h in module Directdb.dll
5-Outlook Express: The message could not be sent. There is not enough Disk space
6-Unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP Port: 0 Secure: No [SSL] Error: 0×800c0131

After error message, you can not perform any operation on the Outlook Express and DBX file. This behavior renders all of your valuable data inaccessible and data loss situations occur. At this point, you need to find out the cause of the problem and carry out Outlook Express Repair by sorting it out.

Root of the issue

You might come across this behavior of Microsoft Outlook Express due to missing or corrupted Folders.dbx file. The problem may also occur if the Folders.dbx file is using read-only attribute. This overall behavior of Outlook Express may damage the DBX files and make them inaccessible.

Resolution

In order to resolve this problem, rename Folders.dbx file. If the problem persists or DBX corruption is the cause of issue, go for Outlook Express Recovery to get your business critical data back.

The recovery is possible with the help of powerful and advanced third party tools. These applications can scan the damaged DBX file effectively using commanding algorithms and retrieve all of the DBX file objects. Outlook Express Repair tools are completely easy and safe to use.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is the most advanced and effective tool to repair and restore damaged DBX file. It works well with Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0, 5.5, 5.01 and 5.0. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000.