There may be a lack of communication here. You go to the Message Store and
drag the dbx file to the Desktop. You create a new folder in the Folder Tree
place a message in it. You go back to Windows Explorer and expand the My
Documents and Setting path to the OE Folder, but do not open it up. Now
click on Desktop and drag the dbx file to the unopened OE Message Store
folder. Now, you should see the Do you want to overwrite prompt.

I have no idea what you exactly mean by *Coping* the old dbx file to the new
one. That, if you are being literal, will not work.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Curly" wrote in message
...
Ok - tried that, but no luck. I copied a message from the Inbox into the
new
"duplicate" folder and verified it was in there. When I copied the old
.dbx
file over the new one, the new folder "lost" the message and was empty.
(I
only have the one identity, so that isn't an issue.) What next?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

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
...
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.