Can't view some hidden files - help!

[Dennis]

Hi

Please help. I got no replies from
microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support nor MS Knowledge Base about this
problem

I have installed XP PRO SP1on a new drive and thought I could just copy
files over from my old drive. Things like my email databases (*.dbx) etc.
Done it heaps of times in WIN98 with no problem. But no matter how much I
try I can not view anything in the hidden ...\Application
Data\Identities\...\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ folder where the old *.dbx
files are located. If I do a search and select "search hidden folders" etc.
I can sometimes find the dbx files but not any other way. I can't even see
the same hidden directories on my new C drive. I know for a fact that they
are there but windows just won't let me view them. Naturally I am logged on
as a member of the administrator group (default user) and I have already set
folder options to view hidden files and folders and to allow me to view
system files and disallowed
simple file sharing.

The only thing I have seriously changed when doing the clean install was
that I formated C to NTFS. My old XP PRO install was on FAT32.

I can't find any Knowledge Base artice on this issue so hope someone here
can help

Another slightly different issue is that after transfering the the *.dbx
files through copy and paste in search results, every time I boot up the
login icon tells me there is one unread message email message when I have
cleared all my new messages.

Cheers

 

[mike]

1. Open Windows Explorer
2. Go to the view menu
3. Press Folder Options
4. Select the View tab (or the middle one if it doesn't
exist)
5. Go through the box and make sure that you can see
hidden and system files.

 

[Dennis]

I have already set

and 'Folder Options' is under the "Tools' menu in XP or at least in my XP.

Any other suggestions?????