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From: Patrick Keenan on 3 Jan 2010 01:07 "bm" <Darroch(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:%23JTZhB4iKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I wanted to look at a dbx file and do not now what programme is associated >with it in order to open the file? > Blair These are generally Outlook Express mail folder files, though there may be some older exceptions. However, you can't just open a dbx file in Outlook Express, because there has to be an entry for it in the folder index file, 'folders.dbx'. Fortunately this isn't that hard to arrange. Assuming the name of 'test.dbx', this would be a process for viewing the contents: 1. Open OE to a working identity, and create a folder named 'test'. 2. Go to Tools, Options, and on the Maintenance tab click Store Folder. 3. Highlight the folder name and path that appears, and press control+C. 4. Close Outlook Express. 5. Go to Start, Run, and press control+V to paste in the path to the store folder. Press Enter. 6. Locate the 'test.dbx' file, and rename it - perhaps 'xtest.dbx'. 7. Copy in the 'test.dbx' file you want to view. 8. Restart OE. You should be able to view the contents of the 'test' folder. HTH -pk
From: bm on 3 Jan 2010 08:16 I thought this was an easy solution but it does not work with me. All I get is meaningless characters Blair "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message news:e45OKZ$iKHA.1648(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Ooops----I meant to type NOTEPAD. > "Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message > news:uEH4uP9iKHA.5020(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> DBX files open with notebook. >> "bm" <Darroch(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> news:%23JTZhB4iKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>I wanted to look at a dbx file and do not now what programme is >>>associated with it in order to open the file? >>> Blair >>> >> >> > >
From: Bruce Hagen on 3 Jan 2010 10:11 "bm" <Darroch(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:%23JTZhB4iKHA.2188(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >I wanted to look at a dbx file and do not now what programme is >associated with it in order to open the file? > Blair > That is an Outlook Express file for a folder. If it is 167KB or less, it is empty. If the size is larger and you want to see the messages, import it into Outlook Express. How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1
From: BR549 on 3 Jan 2010 18:58 "bm" <Darroch(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:OB0hFcHjKHA.5608(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >I thought this was an easy solution but it does not work with me. All I get >is meaningless characters > Blair That's because the "Unknown" poster has no idea what a dbx file is. Like the others have said, dbx files are the mail folders from Outlook Express.
From: Unknown on 4 Jan 2010 10:49
You make erroneous assumptions. I know what a .dbx file is. Also, if you go to control panel--file types--and scroll to dbx it will state the file can be opened with notepad if it isn't too big of course. "BR549" <hellsbells(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:hhrav1$fu1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "bm" <Darroch(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:OB0hFcHjKHA.5608(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>I thought this was an easy solution but it does not work with me. All I >>get is meaningless characters >> Blair > > That's because the "Unknown" poster has no idea what a dbx file is. Like > the others have said, dbx files are the mail folders from Outlook Express. > |