Did you just install IE6 SP1 (which also installs OE6)? Doing so seldom, if
ever, affects OE's message store.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of
your current Identity's store
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain). Write it down.

In Windows Explorer, search for .DBX files. Any found which are not located
in your current store will most likely be those from your OE5.x Identity.
You can import this data using File | Import | Messages | (select) OE6 |
(select) From a store directory | Point the import wizard to the old
identity's store location.

If you upgraded from IE4 to IE6 SP1 (unlikely): In Windows Explorer, search
for .MBX and .IDX files. These are the old OE4 files. Follow these steps
to import the data into OE6:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE4
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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knight1024 wrote:
Is there any way to retrieve e-mails from an old Outlook Express program
that disappeared after I downloaded a newer Outlook Express version?
(This
was on a computer that only works with Windows 98. The newer Outlook
Express version is 6 SP1.) Please help.

*(I did NOT think to back up the e-mail beforehand. There really should be
a
warning about e-mail being deleted on the download page of Microsoft's
website.)