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If not, see if the dbx
file for the folder still exists in the message store and
manually restore
it as follows.

+++ Yes, it still exists, and I tried the steps below you
suggested.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing
folder,
(Jeep.dbx) and drag it to the Desktop.

+++ Did that, and a small icon appears on the desktop.


This is done totally within Windows Explorer. Drag the Jeep.dbx file from
the message store opened in the right hand page and drag it to the Desktop
at the top of the Windows Explorer folder tree.




Open OE and create a folder with the
*exact* same name as the one on your Desktop, (Jeep).

+++ Did that - and I wonder if it must be created directly
under "Local Folders" or if it can be created (nested)
within another folder, such as Cars?


It shouldn't matter, but you must click on that new folder to open it.



Open the new folder ...

+++ Did that, and the only message shown is that "There are
no items in this view." (My view option is set to show all
messages.)


You should see a message as you did. There are no messages in this view.



and then close OE.

+++ Did that.



By closing OE while the new folder was open.



Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag
the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder

+++ Did that, and the icon remained on the Desktop, after I
had dragged it to the store folder and released it. (Maybe
I don't know how to drag and drop? I believe what I was
doing was creating a "shortcut" on the desktop to the .dbx
file within the store folder - is that what I was supposed
to be doing?)



You may have been working with a shortcut. (Not exactly sure how).

In Windows Explorer, you wanted to click on the Desktop at the top of the
folder tree to reveal all the Desktop icons in the right hand panel. Prior
to that, you wanted to expand the path to the message store. (The Outlook
Express folder in Documents and settings).

To drag & drop, you grab the Jeep.dbx folder, with the left mouse key, in
the right hand pane showing the desktop icons, and drag it over to the
Outlook Express folder in the left pane. The Outlook Express folder will
turn blue if you are over it. Now let go of the key and you should see the
overwrite prompt.


See the attached screen shot. If you expanded the path to the message store,
and then clicked on Desktop, this is what you should see. (Some folder names
different, of course).

Grab the Jeep.dbx file in the right pane and drag it over to the Outlook
Express folder in the left. Do you see the prompt?

Hope this helps.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA




... that you clicked on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

+++ When I was prompted I did click yes.

+++ But the messages do not show when I go to OE and click
on the folder that I created.

+++ Other ideas? Am I supposed to restart the computer
after doing these steps?

+++ Thanks - I look forward to more guidance.

======================
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"CWLee" wrote in message
...

(I'm using Windows 2000/pro on a Gateway Computer.)

I had a folder in Outlook Express with a title of Cars,
and
a corresponding folder Cars.dbx viewable via Windows
Explorer. The folder was getting large, so I moved
various
messages into three newly created folders, Ford, Chevy,
Jeep - at least I thought that was what I did. However,
in
Outlook Express I now have only the folders Cars, Ford,
and
Chevy - but no folder for Jeep. When I use Windows
Explorer
I find Cars.dbx, Ford.dbx, Chevy.dbx, and Jeep.dbx. The
Jeep.dbx folder has ~7,000 KB of contents, which seems
about
right.

My problem is how can I access the email stored in that
Jeep.dbx folder, since there is no Jeep folder in
Outlook
Express?

(I created a new folder in Outlook Express, named Jeep,
but
that didn't do it. Via Windows Explorer that merely
resulted in a new folder titled Jeep(1).dbx. having 75
KB.
Unsuccessful attempt.)

Any assistance appreciated.

--
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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas,
and
promote for performance, not preferences.