No + sign in front of the GUID? (The long string of letters and numbers). I
never saw that before.

Create a new identity and see if you can navigate to the message store
there. If you can, import the messages and Address Book from the old
identity. When you are sure you have everything, and all is working well,
you can delete the old identity.

Identities do become corrupt, especially the default main identity, but this
is a little strange, even for Outlook Express.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bobbi" wrote in message
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Thanks, Bruce. The first option worked.
However, as noted in my message, I still am unable to navigate to the
location in Windows Explorer even though I have enabled Show Hidden Files
and Folders. The folder named {4E3.....A2CB} is shown as not having any
subdirectories in the Explorer view, even though there is
\Microsoft\Outlook Express under it.
Any more illumination?

Bobbi





"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise,
write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must
enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder
Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options |
View.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bobbi" wrote in message
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If I search of *.dbx files (Win XP SP2) the search finds them just fine.
The path looks like this:

C:\Documents and Settings\Bobbi\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{4E3.....A2CB}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

But when I try to drill down to the OE folder in Windows Explorer, I
can't get past the {4E3....} directory. The view shows that it has no
subfolders.

How can get into the Outlook Express folder?

Bobbi