1: Make sure you didn't switch to another identity.

2: Since you understand the Message Store, try this:

In Windows Explorer, click on the 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 file 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.

What you may have been lacking in your attempts, was the *dummy* message
that had to be in the newly created folder.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Curly" wrote in message
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I'm not sure what happened, but I cannot access several of my local
folders.
They are not listed on the left side of OE under folders anymore.
However,
they are still in the Store Folder. I have tried to create new folders in
the same names and then copy the existing folders into them, but it does
not
work. The folder is listed on the lefthand side, but is empty. Somehow,
OE
is not "seeing" what is in the Store Folder. Any suggestions? Thanks in
advance.