Lost OE folders
 

I tried an after market anti-spam program called Spam Bully. It had a 14 day
free trial which I used.
But as soon as the trial period was over I lost my OE folders. Not the OE
folders like "Inbox", Draft", Sent", and others. I lost the ones that I had
made for my convenience.
I have done a search, but could not find them. I have contacted Spam Bully
for help, but not much there.
I have Win XP Home, IE 6.0, and Oe 6.0.
Any ideas?
Bob

Lost OE folders
 

Hi Bob,

Are the messages in the default folders intact. If so, look in the current
OE message store folder for the lost (user-created-folder.dbx) files. You
might be able to import the messages from the store folder, or copy all the
files in the store folder to a desktop folder and import only selected
(missing) folders from there.

It might be necessary to change the Windows folder view setting to include
hidden files to see the (*.dbx) files. If using Windows Find (search)
include hidden files and folders in the search.

Open the Store Folder



Instead of using search the store folder can be opened directly. Each
identity has its own store folder.



a.. In Outlook Express click on Tools, Options, Maintenance tab...Store
Folder.
b.. Place the cursor at the left of the text of the path to the folder.
c.. Drag the cursor to the right until the text scrolls to the end.
d.. Right-click on the text and choose Copy.
e.. In the Start, Run box right-click Paste. Click OK to open the store
folder.
f.. Close Outlook Express before working with the message store files.


Using Keyboard Shortcuts for Transfer of the Folder Path
Courtesy of: Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express

An even easier method when opening that page is to use the Tab to
highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C and close OE, then use Start/Run
and Ctrl+V. Same caveat about hidden files applies but can be easily
modified in Explorer by using Tools/Folder Options.



--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"choppbobby" wrote in message
...
I tried an after market anti-spam program called Spam Bully. It had a 14 day
free trial which I used.
But as soon as the trial period was over I lost my OE folders. Not the OE
folders like "Inbox", Draft", Sent", and others. I lost the ones that I had
made for my convenience.
I have done a search, but could not find them. I have contacted Spam Bully
for help, but not much there.
I have Win XP Home, IE 6.0, and Oe 6.0.
Any ideas?
Bob

Lost OE folders
 

I did a search for DBX, and I found the missing files in the Recycle Bin. I
restored them, and now I'm back to where I was before.
Thank you for the reply.
Bob

"Kuay Tim" wrote:

Hi Bob,

Are the messages in the default folders intact. If so, look in the current
OE message store folder for the lost (user-created-folder.dbx) files. You
might be able to import the messages from the store folder, or copy all the
files in the store folder to a desktop folder and import only selected
(missing) folders from there.

It might be necessary to change the Windows folder view setting to include
hidden files to see the (*.dbx) files. If using Windows Find (search)
include hidden files and folders in the search.

Open the Store Folder



Instead of using search the store folder can be opened directly. Each
identity has its own store folder.



a.. In Outlook Express click on Tools, Options, Maintenance tab...Store
Folder.
b.. Place the cursor at the left of the text of the path to the folder.
c.. Drag the cursor to the right until the text scrolls to the end.
d.. Right-click on the text and choose Copy.
e.. In the Start, Run box right-click Paste. Click OK to open the store
folder.
f.. Close Outlook Express before working with the message store files.


Using Keyboard Shortcuts for Transfer of the Folder Path
Courtesy of: Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express

An even easier method when opening that page is to use the Tab to
highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C and close OE, then use Start/Run
and Ctrl+V. Same caveat about hidden files applies but can be easily
modified in Explorer by using Tools/Folder Options.



--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
*
"choppbobby" wrote in message
...
I tried an after market anti-spam program called Spam Bully. It had a 14 day
free trial which I used.
But as soon as the trial period was over I lost my OE folders. Not the OE
folders like "Inbox", Draft", Sent", and others. I lost the ones that I had
made for my convenience.
I have done a search, but could not find them. I have contacted Spam Bully
for help, but not much there.
I have Win XP Home, IE 6.0, and Oe 6.0.
Any ideas?
Bob