Mistaken;y I deleted a few folders. Is there a way to restore them and the
messages they contain? The missing folders do not show up in my OE Deleted
Folder.

Thanks Patti

Do the following for each folder that was deleted.

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.

In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable Show
Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options |
View.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx 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.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"mzpatti" u22860@uwe wrote in message news:61892b0336c15@uwe...
Mistaken;y I deleted a few folders. Is there a way to restore them and the
messages they contain? The missing folders do not show up in my OE Deleted
Folder.

Thanks Patti

If there is not a plus [+] sign by the Deleted Items folder, you must have
permanently deleted them, in which case, there was a warning box that should
have appeared asking if you were sure. If you OK'd that box, then you've
deleted them completely and the only way to recover them would be with a 3rd
party utility, such as DBXpress run in Recover from Disk mode. You can read
about DBXpress at this link:

DBXpress:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

And be certain to read the Help file which has a link to it on the same page
before deciding.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
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"mzpatti" u22860@uwe wrote in message news:61892b0336c15@uwe...
Mistaken;y I deleted a few folders. Is there a way to restore them and the
messages they contain? The missing folders do not show up in my OE Deleted
Folder.

Thanks Patti

Thanks Jim. I'll give it a try.

Patti

Jim Pickering wrote:
If there is not a plus [+] sign by the Deleted Items folder, you must have
permanently deleted them, in which case, there was a warning box that should
have appeared asking if you were sure. If you OK'd that box, then you've
deleted them completely and the only way to recover them would be with a 3rd
party utility, such as DBXpress run in Recover from Disk mode. You can read
about DBXpress at this link:

DBXpress:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

And be certain to read the Help file which has a link to it on the same page
before deciding.
Mistaken;y I deleted a few folders. Is there a way to restore them and the
messages they contain? The missing folders do not show up in my OE Deleted
Folder.

Thanks Patti

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Mz Patti

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