Hi, I recently went ahead and let Outlook Express compact all my messages. The problem that I am facing is that my Inbox is completely new, and I cant seem to find all my old messages. Where does Outlook Express store them? Also, how do I get back all those messages in my Inbox? Trying hard to find an answer, please HELP.

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Sean

Clough

This is not a for sure correct answer, but I would suggest doing a search from your start menu for All Files and Folders for .dbx. Please inlude the "." before the dbx. This should bring up any files in your hard drive that are email files.

You might need a dbx file converter in order to open them. Not sure about this. If you do, then a free one is available on the following link: Free download ABC Amber Outlook Express Convertor, convert, backup and archive DBX mails to CHM, PDF, HTML, RTF, HLP, DOC, TXT I think that it is available to use for a limited time without paying for it.

I too, have been prompted by the computer to compress my email files. I have never done it for fear of what may happen. Also, my hard drive is HUGE. So, I have never seen a reason to compress any files.