From time to time it happens with the older computers or notebooks with Windows XP and Outlook Express 6.0 that a *.dbx file is no longer readable. The primary problem is usually that the file size has reached 2GB. In some cases, such a *.dbx file can no longer be read by Outlook Express.
After a long research on the Internet and discussions with colleagues, we found the program DBXtract. With this, the *.dbx file is read in and each e-mail is exported as *.msg file to a selected folder. Advantage: After the successful extraction of Outlook Express e-mails, you can copy the e-mails individually back to Outlook Express in order not to create a memory overrun again.
Beware of copying emails from the Windows folder in Outlook Express. Make sure you only copy a small number of emails and then sort them into other folders in Outlook Express.
As software for repairing *.dbx fileeb there is the Remo Recover Outlook Express Software.