There will come a day when Outlook Express has gone away - but all those DBX files that it left behind might still be hanging around. So what, you say? Here's what, we say! If you don't have Outlook Express those DBX files won't mean a thing. Their Outlook Express database files and they contain all your Outlook Express messages. All those saved messages you're just dying to read but won't be able to as Windows moves away from Outlook Express to Windows Mail and beyond.

So, what's a dyed-in-the-wool Outlook Express user going to do five years from now when Outlook Express is a distant memory but all your memories are stored in Outlook Express DBX files that you can't read because you no longer have Outlook Express? We're here to help you. Have no fear, OE Viewer is here. If all your old email from Outlook Express is stored in DBX files and you don't have Outlook Express installed, here's what you're going to see if you try to open a DBX file:

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t9y bbna[y9ytgabb ggq; ttbna*&&* b

If you can read that, you're amazing. Most of us can't. DBX files will be gibberish if you try to open them with anything else besides Outlook Express. But, now along comes OE Viewer and that's good news. When Outlook Express is a think of the past, many years from now, at least your old Outlook Express mail messages, stored as DBX files will be readable if you have installed  OE Viewer.

OE Viewer is a handy-dandy little program that lets you read Outlook Express DBX files - plain and simple. Maybe it doesn't sound so interesting today, if you're using Outlook Express, but if you're using Vista, you might have some old DBX files around that you might like to read. Plus, in future versions of Windows, there won't be any Outlook Express. That's when OE Viewer will become very important. It would be a good think to download it before you need it than to wait until you need it and can't find it - right? Plus it can read older .idx and .mbx files from Outlook Express 4 and 5 as well as .dbx files from Outlook Express 6. Sort of a program for all seasons!

Here's what the author has to say. Luckily for you, unlike me, he's a man of few words.

OE Viewer is a "Viewer for standalone files containing Microsoft Outlook Express 4,5 and 6 message database (*.idx/*.mbx/*.dbx) and standalone EML files. This application is based on MiTeC Outlook Express Reader. It displays list of contained messages and their header. Message can be viewed in detailed view including attachments (save ability) and HTML preview and printing. Messages can be saved to *.eml files. "

So, no more need to be said. If you don't know what OE Viewer does by now or why you need it, you probably won't and probably don't. Anyway, we thought it was so useful for the present and the future, we named OE Viewer our Freeware Pick Of The Week. Go get it! (The download link is a button near the top-right of the page...sort of a hide and seek game. You'll find it!)