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Outlook Express is the free email application that comes bundled with Microsoft Windows. It is an extremely simple to use program that allows one an effective liaison between the local storage available on their computer’s hard drive and the Internet at large. Unlike the larger more sophisticated Microsoft Outlook program that stores messages in one large database type file, Outlook Express stores messages and custom settings in individual files bearing the DBX extension. These are essentially text files and as such can require a great deal of space for storage.

It is often necessary to purchase a program built to recover Outlook Express files as this free e-mail client is prone to data corruption. The process to recover DBX file information is much like that required for any data recovery. You will need a third party data recovery program that specifically supports Microsoft Outlook Express recovery. You can find this type of program as well as free information on Outlook Express email recovery at Remo Software.