I presume that you mean that you use a POP3 account with the Leave a
copy on the server. OE tracks which messages have been previously
downloaded using the POP3UIDL.DBX file. Part of the key to that is the
identity code. (the \{1821CA13-06FB-4D5C-88C0-5907BD5FF9DD} in your
folder example) Each time you set up OE, it generates a unique code.
Unless you have the same code for the new install in the Registry, OE
won't consider those messages as previously downloaded by this identity.

See:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
You need to clone the registry keys so that you set up OE with the same
identity code.

Use the following newsgroups for questions or problems with
Outlook97/98/2000+
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...program_addIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.program_vba
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.teamfolders
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...thirdpartyutil

You can also get to the Outlook97/98/2000+ newsgroups via this web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx
There select Desktop Applications then Outlook

For help with Outlook97/98/2000+ see:
Slipstick Systems Outlook and Exchange Solutions Center
http://www.slipstick.com/index.htm

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Andrew Wan" wrote in message
...
I have two partitions on one hard drive. I keep usual Windows XP
installation & any program installation in C:\ whilst keeping all
personal
user-created data files (eg. Word documents, MP3s, etc) in D:\.

I know by default Outlook Express stores it's mailbox files at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew Wan\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{1821CA13-06FB-4D5C-88C0-5907BD5FF9DD}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express
and Outlook stores it's mailbox file at:
C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew Wan\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outlook.pst

I used Outlook Express, Tools menu, Options, Maintenance tab, Store
Folders
to Change the location of my Outlook Express mailbox files to
D:\Outlook
Express\. I also did the same with Outlook by setting it up to use
D:\Outlook\outlook.pst

Everything is fine until I decide to format my C:\ and clean-install
Windows
XP again. I then setup Outlook Express to use D:\Outlook Express\
folder and
it says it detected existing files and prompts me if I want to use
them. I
say yes. However this doesn't work and Outlook Express starts
downloading
all my mail again.

I setup Outlook to point to D:\Outlook\outlook.pst and it starts
download
all my mail again.


What is going on? Is this Outlook bugs?