Resolving 'Some errors occurred while processing the requested tasks...' Outlook Express Error

When Outlook Express folders get corrupt, they generally become unable to perform their normal assigned task. As one of the common indications, you may observe that you cannot send or receive e-mails in Outlook Express, however, there may be other reasons as well. If the data is not so important, you can simply delete the corrupt folder(s) and workaround the issue by renaming them. To repair the damaged OE folders, the only solution is to use a DBX Repair utility.

For instance, you may observe that Outlook Express loses the ability to send or receive any e-mail message. Additionally, you encounter an error message, as below:

“Some errors occurred while processing the requested tasks. Please review the list of errors below for more details.”

The error is received each time when you try to send or receive e-mail in Outlook Express.

Cause

Among other reasons, few possible reasons for this error to occur are:

(1) Outlook Express is facing issue connecting to your e-mail server.

(2) Sent Items and/or Inbox folder have reached their maximum size of 2 GB.

(3) Sent Items and/or Inbox folder are corrupt.

Solution

You can solve the given issue by applying these measures:

(1) You can contact your network administrator to determine the issue and also, check the network settings.

(2) If you can open the Sent Items and Inbox, delete the undesired messages and then, compact.

(3) If the folder(s) are inaccessible, you can either rename or delete them depending on whether backup is available or not. To do so, you should follow these steps:

(3.1) Click Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder (tab) and note the location of Store Folder.

(3.2) Close Outlook Express and open Store Folder.

(3.3) Rename or delete the corrupt folder (named with extension .dbx).

When you locate these files, keep in mind to include hidden and system files. However, to repair and retrieve data from these folders, you need to take help of a third-party DBX repair utility. These are exclusive DBX Repair tool designed to scan the damaged OE folder(s) and extract inaccessible information using high-end scanning algorithms.

Outlook Express Recovery is a reliable and quick solution that repairs and restores corrupt Outlook Express DBX files. The DBX repair tool supports Outlook Express 5.x and 6.x. The easy-to-use software has an interactive user-interface with advanced options. The tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.