Accidently press compact email, how? Some of my email was lost, how to recover?

Here are the steps to recover:

• Make sure Outlook Express is not running.
• Open the Recycle Bin on your Windows Desktop.
• Locate the “.bak” files corresponding to the Outlook Express folders you want to recover.
• Note: The “.bak” file will be named like the folder in Outlook Express.
• To restore a folder called “Archive”, look for “Archive.bak”, for example.
• Click on the “.bak” file with the right mouse button.
• Select Restore from the menu.
• Open your Outlook Express store folder in Windows Explorer.

* Drag and drop the “.dbx” file corresponding to the Outlook Express folder you want to recover to your Desktop.
* In the Outlook Express store folder, click on the “.bak” file to be recovered with the right mouse button.
* Select Rename from the menu.
* Change the “.bak” file extension to “.dbx”.
o If the file was called “Archive.bak”, for example, make sure it is named “Archive.dbx” now.
* Open Outlook Express.
* If your emails have been recovered, delete the “.dbx” file you moved to the Desktop.

Even if you had not yet installed the patch, message recovery could be easy:

* Exit Outlook Express.
* Look in your Windows Recycle Bin for a .dbx file corresponding to the folder from which mail is missing.
* Restore the .dbx file.
* Start Outlook Express.