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Folder could not be displayed in OE

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by st5660

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Greetings,

When open my outlook express 6.0 it shows

"Folder could not be displayed"

Outlook Express could not open this folder.
Possible causes are:
Low disk space.
Low memory.

I check my disk space still available and I try go tomaintenance folder to clean up and compact the local file, this error message still presist, can anyone help me to solve this problem. Thx

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by ihlei

This behavior can occur if the attributes of any or all of the Outlook Express *.dbx mail files are set to read only.

To fix this, remove the read-only attribute from the Outlook Express *.dbx mail files:

Click Start, point to Find, and thenclick Files or Folders.
In the Named box, type *.dbx, in the Look in box, click Local hard drives (C:), and then click Find Now.
For each *.dbx file that is found, right-click the file, click Properties, and then clear the Read-only check box.
Click Apply, and then click Close.
NOTE: The *.dbx files should only have the Archive check box selected.

For more info:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=238656

by st5660

the way u mention i already did it, but when open my sub folder under my local folders it still shows "Outlook Express could not open this folder"
Hope can have other ways to solve this problem. Thx

by byju_vc

Please go to safe mode and get your folder opened.. Thereafter you can move ur mails out to a new folder or delete the same .Now locate the corresp. *.dbx file delete the same and restart in normal mode. Hope this works fine

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