A search including Hidden Files and Folders would have answered your
question, but:

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 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 Windows XP, 2K & 3K, 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 |
View.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
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"ttago" wrote in message
...
Thanks Frank,

how do I get to Folders.dbx or DBX files?
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toy


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote:

"ttago" wrote in message

thank you Mike,

my problem is OE would not open. at the first error message if i
click "OK" i get another message that reads "OE could not be started
because MSOE.DLL could not be initialized. OE may not be installed
correctly."

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/directdb.htm

Errors in DIRECTDB.DLL or MSOE.DLL generally indicate corruption in the
message store.
Start by moving Folders.dbx to an empty Windows folder (with OE closed).
Note: the DBX files are hidden in Win2K, WinXP and Win2K3. You will
lose
your folder hierarchy and the lists of newsgroups on the news servers,
but
it might get you into OE.

If that doesn't do it then move all of the DBX files to the same folder
as
Folders.dbx (again with OE closed). You should now get into OE. Try
importing the messages from
the folder you moved the DBX files to. If you can't, you can use this
tool
to extract the messages:

DBXtract ($5):
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/

Note: It can take a long time (days with really large folders).

The messages can then be dragged from the Windows folder back into a
folder
in an open instance of OE.

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