Resolving Outlook Express error message “Outlook Express FolderSync Window Class: msimn.exe - Application will not start.”

All the e-mail applications have similar features. Mails that are received are saved in the Inbox and mails that are sent are seen in 'Sent Items' folder. But many times it happens that Outlook Express application make use of corrupt .dbx file. Any loss to Outbox.dbx, Inbox.dbx, or Sent Items.dbx file leads to corruption. If Outlook Express application gets corrupt you cannot perform mail operations related to it. All the mail-objects cannot be accessed or managed. To get rid of this situation, make use of a third party Outlook Express Repair tools. These tools Recover Outlook Express application and make it free from corruption.

Most of the times, when you try to open the Outlook Express application in your system, the application refuses to open. Instead of an Outlook Express Window, the following error message appears on the screen like this:

“Outlook Express FolderSync Window Class: msimn.exe - Application will not start.”

The above error message makes the application unapproachable for you. You cannot access unless the above error message has been resolved.

Cause:

The above error message is caused because of destroyed Outlook Express folders. Outlook Express folders may be Sent Items.dbx or Inbox.dbx, and Outbox.dbx.

Solution:

There is no inbuilt tool that Outlook itself provides you to solve the above issue. You can remove corrupt .dbx file from your system. Follow the below steps:

(1) Go to Start || Programs || Accessories || Windows Explorer.

(2) In Windows Explorer, Select Tools || Find || Files or Folders.

(3) Enter Outbox.dbx in the named box, and select Find Now.

(4) Rename the file by right-clicking it.

(5) Change the name of the file to Outbox.old.

(6) Start Outlook Express application again.

(7) After performing above steps if error messages are still received, repeat these steps again to remove Sent Items.dbx file and the Inbox.dbx file.

However even after following all the above steps, the emails are still inaccessible, then make use of a third-party Outlook Express Repair software for performing effective DBX Repair in almost all DBX file corruption scenarios. These tools provide you a help file with which you can use that software easily. Select a software according to your requirements. A lot of recovery software are available in the market meant for serving such purpose. Out of which Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery v3.0 is one such software.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery v3.0 is a proficient tool used to Recover Outlook Express in an absolute manner. Outlook DBX files of media's such as CD-ROM's, hard drives, Zip disks, and floppy disks can be easily recovered by this software. It saves files on any disk that can be detected by a host operating system. Download free version of the software from the company website.

Time Out Error Communicating with Server in Outlook Express

Outlook Express DBX files store emails of corresponding folders. The files can get damaged due to several reasons counting unexpected shutdown, virus infection, network errors and others. Since OE doesn't provide any DBX file repair utility, you need to apply and use a suitable backup or a third-party DBX Repair Tool if backup fails.

For instance, the below error might occur when starting Outlook Express:

“A time-out occurred while communicating with the server 0x800ccc19”

This error doesn't allow you to download or send any email message.

Cause

Among other reasons, prominent reasons for this error to occur are:

1) Antivirus software scanning OE mail folders.
2) SMTP or POP3 Mail Server or services issues.
3) Inbox.dbx and/or Sent Items.dbx is damaged.

Solution

To resolve the existing problem, try following these steps:

1) Configure the antivirus software to exclude the scanning of OE mail folders.
2) Make sure that your mail server is working ok.
3) Use 'telnet name_of_mail_server 25 (for SMTP) /110 (for POP3)' to check the availability of services. If it is working correctly, you will get a message with code 220 in case of SMTP server and a prompt asking you to enter username and password in case of POP3 server.
4) If applying the above steps doesn't solve the issue, your OE DBX file(s) might be damaged. Try these steps to solve:

From Windows Start menu, click Search and then 'All Files or Folder'
Type Inbox.dbx in the Named box and choose your primary hard disk partition in the Look In box
Click Find Now
After the folder is found, right-click it and choose to delete it or rename it
Repeat the above steps for Sent Items.dbx
Restart Outlook Express, it will automatically recreate the renamed or deleted folders but with no data

5) The above step starts the application to work but doesn't repair the damaged DBX files. To repair them, you need a powerful DBX Repair utility to effectively scan and restore the files' data. DBX Repair Tool proves to be highly-comptent utility to OE file corruption while providing interactive user interface.

Stellar Phoenix Outlook Express Recovery is an advanced tool to repair damaged DBX files created with Outlook Express 5 and 6. It is a powerful DBX Repair utility that preserves the original formatting and content of the recovered contents. The tool is also capable to restore *.eml messages that can be directly viewed in Outlook Express.