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Old June 21st 06, 07:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
Chris
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Default Retrieving - Deleted Identiy

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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I accidentaly deleted one of the identities in OE6. I can see all the
files are still there, under:

c:\documents and settings\username\local settings\application
data\identities\{xxxxxxxx-48dc-42af
-8f45-2f48c0fexxxx}\microsoft\outlook express]

Is there any way I can restore the identity? I know I can create a new
account and import the email messages from the *.dbx files, but I want to
restore the accounts in that profile, the pointeers to all the newsgroups
I was following, etc.

Is that possible?



Make a new identity and then use File | Import. When you get to where it
wants to know what identity to import from, don't try to select an
identity. Choose the option on the bottom to import from an OE store
directory and click Browse. Navigate to where the old DBX files are.
After making sure the messages imported correctly you can delete the old
DBX files.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security,
deserve neither liberty or security"


Thanks, but I must be doing something wrong. I can only import email
messages that way. It could be because that's the only account I have set
up in the new Identity, but that's the basic problem. I don't have all the
info necessary to set up all the accounts and then import to each account
(if that's what I need to do). Is the accounts info stored somewhere, or
once the Identity is deleted, is the accounts info gone gorever?

Thanks,
C.


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