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Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63160]

Mon, 16 January 2006 10:30

Messages: 1124
Registered: July 2005

Senior Member

The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked up
so I did a hard reboot.
Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:

Folder could not be displayed
Outlook Express could not open this folder.

------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------

Possible causes are:

Low disk space.

Low memory.

Outlook Express

I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this one
that is messed up.

Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.

Thanks,

Deej

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63165 is a reply to message #63160]

Mon, 16 January 2006 11:29

LaMont
Messages: 828
Registered: October 2005

Senior Member

Hey DJ,
To keep it simple, just run the "XP" Restore Wizard..Start> run> tpye in:rstrui

This will start the restore wizard..Go back a day or 2 to fix things.

"Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
>
>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
up
>so I did a hard reboot.
>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>
>Folder could not be displayed
>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
>
>Possible causes are:
>
>Low disk space.
>
>Low memory.
>
>Outlook Express
>
>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
one
>that is messed up.
>
>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Deej
>

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63166 is a reply to message #63160]

Mon, 16 January 2006 10:27

Dedric Terry
Messages: 788
Registered: June 2007

Senior Member

The Outgoing mailbox was probably corrupted (open when the comp was
restarted). Search around for it and move it to a new folder temporarily.
Outlook should recreate it when opened again. If not, I would backup emails
and addresses and reinstall Outlook Express. That's the tech support answer
rather than the technical solution, but it still might be quicker than
trying to find the problem.

You could also check to be sure another instance isn't running (i.e. still
trying to send) - I don't know how that would happen after a reboot, but
with some crashed apps, it might be possible.

Dedric

On 1/16/06 11:30 AM, in article 43cbd841$1@linux, "Deej" <animix@animas.net>
wrote:

>
> The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
> attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
> out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked up
> so I did a hard reboot.
> Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
> folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
> NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>
> Folder could not be displayed
> Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------
> --
>
> Possible causes are:
>
> Low disk space.
>
> Low memory.
>
> Outlook Express
>
> I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
> other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this one
> that is messed up.
>
> Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Deej
>

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63167 is a reply to message #63165]

Mon, 16 January 2006 10:30

EK Sound

Messages: 939
Registered: June 2005

Senior Member

I would imagine that being a consumate XP tweaker, DJ has system
restore turned off...

David.

LaMont wrote:
> Hey DJ,
> To keep it simple, just run the "XP" Restore Wizard..Start> run> tpye in:rstrui
>
> This will start the restore wizard..Go back a day or 2 to fix things.
>
> "Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
>
>>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
>>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
>>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
>
> up
>
>>so I did a hard reboot.
>>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
>>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
>>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>>
>>Folder could not be displayed
>>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
>>
>>Possible causes are:
>>
>>Low disk space.
>>
>>Low memory.
>>
>>Outlook Express
>>
>>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
>>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
>
> one
>
>>that is messed up.
>>
>>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Deej
>>
>
>

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63170 is a reply to message #63160]

Mon, 16 January 2006 11:37

TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007

Senior Member

Depends on the version of OE you're running, and the version of XP. Usually
you want to look in

C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\

and back up all of the files there. Then delete the most likely candidates
and keep restarting OE until you find what's wrong. It also could be

C:\Windows\Aplication Data\Identities\{some really long number}\Microsoft
Outlook Express

then try the same drill. However, what you're looking to do is just delete
the outbox that is FUBAR. Just make sure everything is backed up before you
start pitching stuff.

TCB

"Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
>
>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
up
>so I did a hard reboot.
>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>
>Folder could not be displayed
>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
>
>Possible causes are:
>
>Low disk space.
>
>Low memory.
>
>Outlook Express
>
>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
one
>that is messed up.
>
>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Deej
>

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63171 is a reply to message #63160]

Mon, 16 January 2006 11:44

TCB
Messages: 1261
Registered: July 2007

Senior Member

Once you've recovered the mailbox, you should also take a look at Thunderbird
from the Firefox folks. Stores mailboxes in a standard unix format that can
much more easily be massaged with a text editor when things go wrong. Oh,
but it's free software and I'm a nutty zealot so you might want to take that
with a few thousand grains of salt.

"Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
>
>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
up
>so I did a hard reboot.
>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>
>Folder could not be displayed
>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
>
>Possible causes are:
>
>Low disk space.
>
>Low memory.
>
>Outlook Express
>
>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
one
>that is messed up.
>
>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Deej
>

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63172 is a reply to message #63171]

Mon, 16 January 2006 10:56

Jamie K

Messages: 1115
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

I also recommend Thunderbird. And I'm not a crazed, wild-eyed zealot
like Thad. :^)

Version 1.5 just came out: http://www.mozilla.com/products/

Cheers,
-Jamie
http://www.JamieKrutz.com

TCB wrote:
> Once you've recovered the mailbox, you should also take a look at Thunderbird
> from the Firefox folks. Stores mailboxes in a standard unix format that can
> much more easily be massaged with a text editor when things go wrong. Oh,
> but it's free software and I'm a nutty zealot so you might want to take that
> with a few thousand grains of salt.
>
> "Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
>
>>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
>>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
>>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
>
> up
>
>>so I did a hard reboot.
>>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
>>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
>>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>>
>>Folder could not be displayed
>>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
>>
>>Possible causes are:
>>
>>Low disk space.
>>
>>Low memory.
>>
>>Outlook Express
>>
>>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
>>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
>
> one
>
>>that is messed up.
>>
>>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Deej
>>
>
>

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63175 is a reply to message #63172]

Mon, 16 January 2006 11:01

Deej [1]

Messages: 2149
Registered: January 2006

Senior Member

Thanks guys. This is on my office machine. I'm running Win ME on this unit.
I'll hide the outbox from OE by stashing it in a folder and renaming it and
maybe it will have mercy on me and just give me new one.

;o)

"Jamie K" <Meta@Dimensional.com> wrote in message news:43cbec2e$1@linux...
>
> I also recommend Thunderbird. And I'm not a crazed, wild-eyed zealot
> like Thad. :^)
>
> Version 1.5 just came out: http://www.mozilla.com/products/
>
> Cheers,
> -Jamie
> http://www.JamieKrutz.com
>
> TCB wrote:
> > Once you've recovered the mailbox, you should also take a look at
Thunderbird
> > from the Firefox folks. Stores mailboxes in a standard unix format that
can
> > much more easily be massaged with a text editor when things go wrong.
Oh,
> > but it's free software and I'm a nutty zealot so you might want to take
that
> > with a few thousand grains of salt.
> >
> > "Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
> >
> >>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up
and
> >>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it
crapped
> >>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
> >
> > up
> >
> >>so I did a hard reboot.
> >>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent
Messages
> >>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
> >>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
> >>
> >>Folder could not be displayed
> >>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
> >>
>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------
------
> >>
> >>Possible causes are:
> >>
> >>Low disk space.
> >>
> >>Low memory.
> >>
> >>Outlook Express
> >>
> >>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also
got
> >>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
> >
> > one
> >
> >>that is messed up.
> >>
> >>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Deej
> >>
> >
> >

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YES!!!!! [message #63176 is a reply to message #63166]

Mon, 16 January 2006 11:13

Deej [1]

Messages: 2149
Registered: January 2006

Senior Member

Thanks Dedric!!! Your workaround did the trick!!!!

All of y'all RAWK.

Without you guys I would die.

;o)

"Dedric Terry" <dterry@keyofd.net> wrote in message
news:BFF133B1.435%dterry@keyofd.net...
> The Outgoing mailbox was probably corrupted (open when the comp was
> restarted). Search around for it and move it to a new folder temporarily.
> Outlook should recreate it when opened again. If not, I would backup
emails
> and addresses and reinstall Outlook Express. That's the tech support
answer
> rather than the technical solution, but it still might be quicker than
> trying to find the problem.
>
> You could also check to be sure another instance isn't running (i.e. still
> trying to send) - I don't know how that would happen after a reboot, but
> with some crashed apps, it might be possible.
>
> Dedric
>
> On 1/16/06 11:30 AM, in article 43cbd841$1@linux, "Deej"
<animix@animas.net>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up
and
> > attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it
crapped
> > out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
up
> > so I did a hard reboot.
> > Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent
Messages
> > folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
> > NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
> >
> > Folder could not be displayed
> > Outlook Express could not open this folder.
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------
----
> > --
> >
> > Possible causes are:
> >
> > Low disk space.
> >
> > Low memory.
> >
> > Outlook Express
> >
> > I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also
got
> > other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
one
> > that is messed up.
> >
> > Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Deej
> >
>

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63180 is a reply to message #63160]

Mon, 16 January 2006 13:04

gene lennon
Messages: 565
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

"Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
>
>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it crapped
>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
up
>so I did a hard reboot.
>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent Messages
>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>
>Folder could not be displayed
>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
>
>Possible causes are:
>
>Low disk space.
>
>Low memory.
>
>Outlook Express
>
>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
one
>that is messed up.
>
>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Deej
>
Outlook.pst is the file that contains your in and out box plus other settings.
Outlook will generally try to repair the file after you reopen but sometimes
you need to use a third-party utility to do the repair.

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63204 is a reply to message #63180]

Mon, 16 January 2006 19:47

Aaron Allen

Messages: 1988
Registered: May 2008

Senior Member

That's outlook.. not outlook express.
Unfortunately OE (or lookout express as it's known in this IT dude's world)
doesn't do PST or OST files.

"gene lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:43cbfc5c$1@linux...
>
> "Deej" <animix@animas.net> wrote:
>>
>>The other day I was trying to send an MP3 to Tony Benson. I screwed up and
>>attached a .wav file instead. Instead of letting it upload until it
>>crapped
>>out, I cancelled the send in Outlook express. Afterwards my comp locked
> up
>>so I did a hard reboot.
>>Then things went really wierd. For a while I couldn't open my Sent
>>Messages
>>folder. I got that working buty now, when I try to send a message to the
>>NG or anywhere else, I get the following message:
>>
>>Folder could not be displayed
>>Outlook Express could not open this folder.
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------
>>
>>Possible causes are:
>>
>>Low disk space.
>>
>>Low memory.
>>
>>Outlook Express
>>
>>I'm running 512MB of RAM and I've got plenty of disk space. I've also got
>>other E-Mial identities in OE that are working properly. It's just this
> one
>>that is messed up.
>>
>>Any of you IT guys have a clue what is wrong here? I sure don't.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Deej
>>
> Outlook.pst is the file that contains your in and out box plus other
> settings.
> Outlook will generally try to repair the file after you reopen but
> sometimes
> you need to use a third-party utility to do the repair.

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Re: Big problem-A question about Outlook Express [message #63211 is a reply to message #63204]

Mon, 16 January 2006 21:49

gene lennon
Messages: 565
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

"Aaron Allen" <nospam@not_here.dude> wrote:
>That's outlook.. not outlook express.
>Unfortunately OE (or lookout express as it's known in this IT dude's world)

>doesn't do PST or OST files.
>
Ya I know. My post was missing the first sentence.

For those using the full version of outlook who suffer similar problems�

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