Recovering Outlook Express 6.0 when the folders.dbx file gets corrupted

Outlook Express is an email client that is integrated with Internet Explorer from 4.0 to 6.0 versions. It is used for emailing, managing contacts and calendar entries. All such information is stored in the DBX files. These files are names according to the respective system folders such as inbox.dbx, drafts.dbx, and so on. Of these files, the folders.dbx file is a special file that contains the index of all the Outlook Express message folders. You should take special care of this file as its corruption may lead to serious damages to Outlook Express profile. In such cases, you should use in-built methods to recover Outlook Express to perform mail recovery. If all such methods fail, then you should use a third-party DBX recovery tool to do the needful.

Consider a scenario wherein you are using Outlook Express 6.0. One day, when you attempt to send an email it fails to do so. An error message is displayed, that is:
“Unknown error has occurred. Protocol: SMTP Port: 0 Secure: No [SSL] Error: 0x800c0131”

Cause:
The root cause of this error could be any of the following reasons:
· Folders.dbx file is missing.
· Folders.dbx file is corrupt.
· Folders.dbx file has got the Read-only attribute.

Resolution:
To resolve this erroneous situation, you should rename the folders.dbx file. To do this, you should perform the following steps:

· Open the Search Results window using Start Find.
· Click the Files or Folders link.
· Search for the folders.dbx file by entering the file name and by clicking the Find Now button. The file will be displayed as the search results.
· Rename the file as folders.old and click OK.
· Start Outlook Express. You will find that the Folders.dbx file has been created automatically and Outlook Express will function as before.

However, there may be instances when this method is not able to bring about the solution to the problem. In such cases, you should use a third-party if the issue is still not sorted then you should use a third-party DBX recovery software to recover Outlook Express. Such mail recovery tools are read-only in nature that do not overwrite the original data.

Outlook Express Recovery is an Outlook Express recovery software that restores corrupted DBX files. It supports recovery of DBX files created in Outlook Express 5.0 and 6.0. This mail recovery software extracts the corrupted DBX file into EML and DBX file. It is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and Server 2000.