Local Settings

[Guest]

Is there a directory in w2k pro called "Local Settings" for each profile
that stores data?

I recently suffered an I/O error from a faulty device which corrupted one of
my user's profiles from loading. When I attempted to recover data, I could
not find any of the e-mail files (I believe they are *.dbx in OE) which I
thought were stored in "Local Settings".

What is strange is that I have reinstalled OE and opened some new e-mail
directories, but a file search can still not locate any of these files.

Is it possible for this subdircectory (or any subsdirectory) to be hidden?
If so, how do you restore it?

Thanks!

 

[Nil]

Is there a directory in w2k pro called "Local Settings" for each
profile that stores data?

Yes. My OE folders (*.dbx) are stored in:

C:\Documents and Settings\(profile name)\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{long identifying alpha-num string}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\

Mine are not hidden, but they might be out of the box.

 

[Guest]

All subfolders below each profile name:

*\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{long identifying alpha-num
string}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ *

are simply gone, disappeared. Is there any way to recover them?

 

[Dave Patrick]

The \default user profile is probably damaged. Copy it from a like machine.

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| All subfolders below each profile name:
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| *\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{long identifying alpha-num
| string}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ *
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| are simply gone, disappeared. Is there any way to recover them?
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| "Nil" wrote:
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| > On 11 Apr 2006, =?Utf-8?B?Um9iZXJ0?=
| > | >
| > > Is there a directory in w2k pro called "Local Settings" for each
| > > profile that stores data?
| >
| > Yes. My OE folders (*.dbx) are stored in:
| >
| > C:\Documents and Settings\(profile name)\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{long identifying alpha-num string}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\
| >
| > Mine are not hidden, but they might be out of the box.
| >