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Help! Outlook Express not working

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Save4ArainyDay
Save4ArainyDay Posts: 290 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Is there any way I can get my saved email and Outlook Address book from my hard drive?

Flipping Outlook Express will not open - just a "ding" sound when I click on it??

I have tried restoring the System to an earlier point but the PC said it was not successful...

I am mid virus scan now to see if there is some problem I am not aware of.

I really do need to get at saved email - can anyone help me please?
The best way to escape a problem is to solve it :j
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  • geewhiz
    geewhiz Posts: 1,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Could it be your link that's broken, can you go to Start / Run and type this in:

    "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"

    Then report back any errors ?
  • tom9980
    tom9980 Posts: 1,990 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/OE_Reader/dbxviewer.html

    lets you save emails and read them from .dbx files outlook express uses
    When using the housing forum please use the sticky threads for valuable information.
  • chickmug
    chickmug Posts: 3,279 Forumite
    Thanks tom9980 - a really useful bit of advice for me!!
    A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.
  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,386 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Bite the bullet and install Windows Live Mail - it's a replacement for OE which is going to be obsolete in a couple of months time.

    You can even have webmail accounts on it
  • Save4ArainyDay
    Save4ArainyDay Posts: 290 Forumite
    Well I have copied all my email to CD now

    Computer won't let me download Windows Live Mail

    Obviously something seriously wrong

    Anyone know how to find and copy Outlook Express Address book please?
    The best way to escape a problem is to solve it :j
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Save4ArainyDay wrote: »
    Well I have copied all my email to CD now

    Computer won't let me download Windows Live Mail

    What operating system?

    Obviously something seriously wrong

    Is it a genuine copy?

    Anyone know how to find and copy Outlook Express Address book please?

    File, Export, Address Book similar to messages.
    ................
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
  • Save4ArainyDay
    Save4ArainyDay Posts: 290 Forumite
    Windows XP
    Genuine

    Can't open Outlook Express to export files
    The best way to escape a problem is to solve it :j
  • PROLIANT
    PROLIANT Posts: 6,396 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Download and install Mozilla Thunderbird, it is better than Outlook Express and it can import your settings and mailbox from outlook, I use it for my personal POP3 Email accounts and it is very stable and most of all it is free.
    Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
  • Save4ArainyDay
    Save4ArainyDay Posts: 290 Forumite
    PROLIANT wrote: »
    Download and install Mozilla Thunderbird, it is better than Outlook Express and it can import your settings and mailbox from outlook, I use it for my personal POP3 Email accounts and it is very stable and most of all it is free.


    Will it do this even though my Outlook won't open?
    The best way to escape a problem is to solve it :j
  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Save4ArainyDay wrote: »
    Windows XP
    Genuine

    Can't open Outlook Express to export files

    You may find this article here helpful.
    :doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:
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