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Locate your Outlook Express Store Folder

The Microsoft Outlook Express Store Folder is a special mail database folder, often marked as a hidden folder that contains all your email in the form of DBX files. DBX files are assembled with gibberish characters that are unreadable and suffixed with the *.dbx file extension.

To locate the Store Folder, follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Outlook Express
2. Click Options on the Tools Menu
3. Click the Maintenance tab
4. Click the Store Folder button

1. Highlight the Store Folder path
2. Press CTRL + C to copy the path onto the clipboard
3. Click OK twice to close the Options panel
4. Open Windows Explorer
5. Paste the path onto the Windows explorer address bar
6. Hit Enter