I found the folders but I cannot tell if it has the information that I am
looking for as I re-created a number of the subfiles that disappeared. If I
click on the icon for the dbx file it will not open. At first it told me the
computer did not have the program that was used to create the file.

What am I doing wrong?

Irisheyes

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

If the dbx file is not in the store folder, then you are out of luck. Your
problem is different than most others because the dbx file normally remains
in the store folder if the OE folder is deleted or disappears. Make sure you
are looking in the store folder for the correct identity.

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
Imperial Beach, CA

"Tarheelsfan" wrote in message
...
I have a sub folder under the Inbox in OE that has suddenly disappeared
with
all the stored files in it. I just noticed it, so I had to have happened
within the last week. I did not delete it and can see by postings that
this
has happened to other people. I looked in the "store" folder and the name
of
my sub folder is not there. It is not in the deleted items or the trash
can.
What can I do? Please help. This has some very important docs in it
that
I really don't want to lose. Thanks.