BINGO! There it is, will all the files intact, it seems. Thank you very,
very, much. This happened to me once before, but after a search, I just
ignored it, and continued on. Any idea how that happened, and how I can
avoid it in the future?
Again, this is much appreciated.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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See if the missing folder still has its dbx file in the message store. If
it's there, you can replace it manually.

ToolsOptionsMaintenanceStore 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 StartRunCtrl+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 WindowsXP, 2K & 3K, 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 StartControl PanelFolder
OptionsView.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file and drag it to the Desktop.
Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. ***Copy a message from any folder to the new one. You MUST do
this.*** Close OE. Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag
the folder from the Desktop to the OE store folder that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click
Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Happy" wrote in message
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I was within the OE program itself, with the files in one of my "saved"
folders open. I was reviewing the files, deleting some, taking further
action on some, and relocating some that I wanted to still keep to another
saved folder on the left side of OE (Folders side), with the idea of
closing out the folder I was working in. I was using the "drag and drop"
method. As I dragged and dropped one file, I noticed that the destination
folder was no longer there. The files I refer to are really messages I
guess, that had come in as emails, and I had saved to the folder I was
working on.

"Happy" wrote in message
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While moving files one at a time from one saved file to another, the
entire destination file disappeared! I looked in all the adjacent files,
looked in the deleted file, no result. Any suggestions?