Bruce,
There never has been a + sign in front of the GUID.

Bobbi,
You are looking in the wrong folder. You are in
C:\Documents and Settings\Bobbi\Application Data\Identities\{4E3.....A2CB}

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

After \Bobbi, you should go to \Local Settings.

I remembered that another poster had the same problem.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
: 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
: ...
: 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
: ...
: 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
: ...
: 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
:
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