How to Recover Outlook 2003 Messages?

Retrieving Email Messages from Outlook 2003

Microsoft Outlook is undoubtedly the best and widely used email exchange server across the world. When the messages from Outlook 2003 application are deleted for various reasons like PST file corruption or hard-deleted emails, emptied Deleted Items folders etc. are surely cause of concern. Well, don’t worry! In this article, we will show you how to recover deleted emails from Outlook 2003 in a simple and easy way.

Recover Deleted Messages Manually

Microsoft Outlook 2003 has deleted items recovery functionality. With this feature you can recover both mail folders like Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, Deleted Items and Drafts folders and non-mail folders like Notes and Contacts folders. You just have to make changes in the Registry and you’ll be able to get your hard-deleted or permanently deleted messages from Outlook.

Note: The steps below show how to change the registry but, if you change the registry incorrectly you may encounter serious problems, hence be careful while making any changes and it is advised to take a backup of the registry before modifying it.

“Recover Deleted Items” feature is enabled only for Deleted items folder by default. To enable the feature on mail folders, you have to modify the registry;

• 1. Launch Registry Editor
• 2. Locate the following key and then click on it

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options

• 3. In the Edit tab, click on Add Value and then add the below-mentioned registry value:

Value name: DumpsterAlwaysOn
Data type: DWORD
Value data: 1

• 4. Close the Registry

You can use either user account or admin account to modify the registry. After changing the registry, open Outlook, go to Tools menu and click “Deleted Item Recovery”. A list of permanently deleted messages that were set on the server will be displayed. That’s it! you have your deleted messages back.

In case, you have not enabled the Deleted Item Recovery functionality it is not possible to get them back without the help of a professional Outlook recovery tool. Remo repair Outlook is the name that stands out in this category.

Remo Repair Outlook Utility

Remo Repair Outlook is a powerful utility that helps in recovering Outlook 2003 email messages. The software by default recovers all Outlook attributes including emails, contacts, attachments, calendar entries, journals, notes etc. while repairing the corrupt/damaged PST file. Apart from this, the tool has the capability to recover emails from all version of Outlook application such as Outlook 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010, 2013 and 2016.

Benefits of Using Remo Repair Software:

• Supports email recover from encrypted and password protected PST files
• Repairs corrupt, damaged, inaccessible and broken PST file
• Compatible to run on all major versions of Windows operating system
• Free demo version of the software is available to check its capability before purchase
• Offers 24/7 technical support to all its users on all 365 days of the year