Win XP Pro and OE6

[Robin Busch]

I just installed Win XP Pro and it deleted all of my emails and all of my
email folders. Is there anyway at all to restore them? They are not on the
computer anywhere that I can find, I checked .dbx files and they are old
ones from a previous crash that I had.
Robin

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Robin

What do you mean by "I just installed Win XP Pro"? Is this a new install
or an upgrade from another version of Windows?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

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[Ron Sommer]

XP marks OE files as hidden.
Did you include hidden files in the search?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Ron

"I checked .dbx files and they are old
ones from a previous crash that I had."


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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Robin Busch]

My emails to my post aren't going thru now. Can anyone tell me how to find
the hidden .dbx files?
Robin

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Robin

What do you mean by "I just installed Win XP Pro"? Is this a new install
or an upgrade from another version of Windows?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Robin Busch]

Ok, I can't see what you posred before you said Does this help""

 

[PA Bear]

Do you have a new folder on your desktop containing a lot of DBX files?

Tools > Options > Maintenance > Store folder will reveal the location of
your current Identity's store. Write it down.

In WindowsXP, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as
hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files
and Folders under Start > Control Panel > Folder Options > View.

In Explorer, search for .DBX files. Any found which are not located in your
current store will most likely be those from your OE5 Identity. You can
Import them using File>Import>Messages....

Mail Folders, Address Book, Messages Missing After Upgrade to XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;q313055
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org