I am not sure what "default OE folders" are. I have created under "saved
folders" a number of folders by topic, by person etc., and transfer ones I
want to save into those.
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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You're welcome, Happy. Can't say why it happened for sure. It could have
been accidentally deleted, or a slip of the mouse accidentally dragged it
into Deleted Items.

You've probably seen this before, but:

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online
in the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Happy" wrote in message
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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.
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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?