Are you saying that you had the same problem in both user accounts?
Where you sharing the OE Store Folder between the two XP users?
You would have to enter the email account name and password when setting up
a new Identity.
--
Ron Sommer

"JLE" wrote in message
...
: Just want to know that your solution worked but that it is a lot more
: difficult to do than what you describe. I didn't know that I would have
to
: set up the connection for the new identity all over again. The
instructions
: provided also do not cover the case where I have two user accounts defined
in
: XP, each with their own "main identity" in their own section of Documents
and
: Settings. Once I figured it all out, it went pretty well. All is now as
it
: should be. Thanks again.
:
: "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
:
: What happens if you go to Tools | Accounts | News and remove the news
: account there? Reboot and see if you can delete the folder now.
:
: Creating a new identity is a good alternative if the above did not work.
The
: default Main identity is the one most prone to corruption.
:
: Create a new one an test it. If all is well, you can import your folders
: from the old identity, and the good news is that newsgroups do not
import.
:
: Before deleting the old identity, open the Address Book in the old
identity
: and File | Export to any place on your HDD that is easy for you. My
: Documents is fine. Then, open the Address Book in the new identity and
File
: | Import and point to where you saved it. This is also an easy backup of
the
: AB.
:
: Once you have the messages and Address Book imported and all is working
OK,
: you can go ahead and delete the old identity.
:
: The other user's Address Book will not be affected, but you still have
the
: backup even if there was a problem.
:
: How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express
: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: ~IB-CA~
:
: "JLE" wrote in message
: ...
: Thank you. I am now able to make the list of .dbx files in the
message
: store
: match the list of folders in OE. No method I try, however, seems to
allow
: me
: to recover messages from these "unused" message files, but fortunately
it
: doesn't matter. I don't think there is anything in there that I need,
and
: I'm simply assuming that they are all too corrupt for OE to read.
I've
: turned off e-mail checking in my antivirus software and will take
great
: pains
: when doing come factions from now on so as to avoid this problem in
the
: future. Again, thank you.
:
: And now the "but." I had asked two questions and the second was about
a
: folder in OE with a "null" name (that is, a blank). Unlike the other
: folders, OE will not let me delete it and will not let me rename it.
: Looking
: at the properties, I discovered it was pointed to a .dbx file
associated
: with
: a newsgroup. I can delete that newsgroup message file, but OE simply
: creates
: another one in its place, or attaches the null folder to a different
: newsgroup message file. I really don't need any of these newsreader
: files,
: either (the newsgroup has ceased), but I don't see how deleting even
all
: of
: the newsgroups solves the problem of the unnamed folder, and I'm
concerned
: at
: what else might be affected.
:
: Someone else has suggested "creating a new identity and importing,"
but
: that
: is not a sufficient explanation for me to know how to do it. I am
very
: concerned that my current identity is called "main identity" and I'm
: sharing
: part of my address book with the other user of this machine. It seems
to
: me
: that creating a new identity might lose me more than I gain, or what
do I
: know?
:
: "Bruce Hagen" wrote:
:
: You can delete old user created dbx files. If you have any doubt
which
: ones
: are currently in use, note the file size of all the dbx files. Then
add a
: message to each folder in OE. When you go back to the message store,
the
: files still in use will have increased in size.
:
: Make sure OE is closed when you delete the dbx files. I'm not sure
what
: you
: mean by a dbx file with a *Null* name, so I am not sure what to
advise on
: that one.
:
: If you delete a folder in the tree, the dbx file will remain until
you
: delete it also. That is why they are in the Message Store, and not in
OE.
: If
: you want to get the messages from the files not in use, do this for
each
: one
: before you do anything else:
:
: In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing folder and
: drag
: it to the Desktop. Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same
name
: as
: the one on your desktop. Open the new folder and then 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.
:
: When you are done, compact your folders.
:
: Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are
: open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in
the
: Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything
: until
: the compacting is completed.
: --
: Bruce Hagen
: MS-MVP Outlook Express
: ~IB-CA~
:
: "JLE" wrote in message
: ...
: I have 8 personal folders in OE, in addition to the standard inbox,
: outbox,
: etc. But when I look in the message store I find 22 .dbx files.
Some
: of
: them have names like "travel (1)" but they do not appear in OE.
I've
: rebuilt
: the folders.dbx file, but nothing changed. I don't necessarily
need
: the
: messages in these folders, but shouldn't the OE list and the
Windows
: Explorer
: file list to match.
:
: Also, I have one folder in OE with a null name, and I cannot delete
it,
: nor
: can I find a .dbx file to match it.
:
:
:
: