I just deleted a folder in Outlook Express! I had created this folder to store email to a certain address, and by accident deleted the whole folder, instead of the latest email. What can I do to recover a lost folder in OE?

If you just deleted the folder, and haven’t emptied your Deleted items folder,it should still be there. Just undelete it. But if you have emptied the Deleted items folder as well,you will require a good  Outlook Express email recovery software, for recovery of your deleted e-mails.

Recovering deleted e-mails from .dbx file is relatively easy with REMO Recover Outlook Express software. REMO Recover Outlook Express software, is a software, designed for recovering accidentally deleted Outlook Express e-mails from any dbx archive. The software does not demand any technical or advanced skills from the user, as it can recover lost/deleted dbx files with just a few mouse clicks.

NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Outlook, you need to use  REMO Recover Outlook (pst) software, for recovery of pst files.

Follow the steps given below, to successfully recover your deleted Outlook Express Emails.

Step 1: Launch the application,either by double clicking the desktop shortcut, or by selecting the icon, from the Programs list in the Start menu. The Main window pops up, as shown in Figure a.

Figure a: Main window

Step 2: Click on the button, to select a .dbx file that contains the lost/deleted e-mails.

The software now scans the drive for .dbx files, and lists all the identities present in that drive. Select the identity which contains the deleted .dbx file, as shown in Figure b.

Once, the identity is selected, the software displays, all the .dbx files from the selected identity, as shown in the figure.

Figure b: Select dbx file

Step 3: The next step, is to choose the dbx file that is to be recovered. Select the dbx file, and click the Next button. As you click the Next button, the software displays a window to select the destination drive, to save your recovered e-mails, as shown in Figure c.

Figure c: Select destination drive

Step 4: Click on the Browse button and choose the location, where you want to save the recovered Outlook Express emails, and click on the OK button.

As soon as you click the OK button, the software locates the lost/ deleted e-mails and recovers all found e-mails in a new folder by name “xxxx recoveredx” in the selected destination drive. All the found e-mails will be recovered in a .eml format.

If you have opted to save the data in a compressed form, then all the e-mails will be restored in a file by name “xxxx Recovered.zip” . If you have multiple .dbx files to be repaired, then all the e-mails will be recovered in their respective zip files, in a new folder by name “Recovered dbxX” in the selected destination drive.

After the deleted emails are successfully recovered, you can import these e-mails (.eml files) into Outlook Express folders in the Outlook Express program, or double click the .eml files to read them.

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