my computer automatically upgraded to outlook express 6 and lost all my emails from the old outlook express. any info on how to retrieve them would be great1 person got this answerI do too

Thanks for answering, tried all 3 possibilities and a free dbx extract program online and no lost emails were found, so I give up. we use avg free as our email scanner and have had no problems till now. guess I'll just hope it doesn't happen again. thanks again

Thanks for answering, tried all 3 possibilities and a free dbx extract program online and no lost emails were found, so I give up. we use avg free as our email scanner and have had no problems till now. guess I'll just hope it doesn't happen again. thanks againYou're welcome. DBXpress is the only extractor that can read the fragments from the hard drive disk. It is the only program that has a chance to recover the messages, but still no guarantee.Please don't "hope" it doesn't happen again. Help prevent it.General precautions for Outlook ExpressDo not archive mail in the Inbox or Sent Items. Create your own user defined folders and move the messages you wish to save to them. Empty Deleted Items folder daily. Although dbx files have a theoretical capacity of 2GB, I recommend about a 300MB max for less chance of corruption.Information about the maximum file size of the .dbx files that are used by Outlook Express:http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=903095After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while working *offline* and do it often.Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until the compacting is completed.Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3You will need to remove AVG completely. Do a custom install and opt out of e-mail scanning when it is offered. Simply unchecking it is not enough.And backup often.Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB Freeware)http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx Bruce HagenMS-MVP Oct. 1, 2004 ~ Sept. 30, 2010Imperial Beach, CA