Did you uncheck Show Hidden Files and Folders?

When you did the search, did you click Advanced and include Hidden Files and
Folders?

Have you moved the Message Store? Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store
Folder will show the current location.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rogeepete" wrote in message
...
To Bruce Hagan

Thanks for your reply....I'm running XP and trying to view all of my files
so I can back them up. You say by default, the OE user files are
hidden...I
have been using the complete path to do my backup and don't recall having
any
trouble in finding them but now, I see the complete path as you suggest,
but
when I tried to view the "now-hidden" files, I got as far as View and an
error message appeared: "Windows cannot find C:\Documents. Make sure you
typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, Click
the
Start button, and then click Search."

When I did the search, it said it would not look in the hidden files.

I'm still trying to see the complete path in Windows Explorer so I can
drop
and drag the files to a backup zip disk.

I really appreciate your prompt help.

Roger
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Roger


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

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 WinXP, Win2K & Win2K03, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must
enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder
Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"rogeepete" wrote in message
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I seem to have "lost" the last part of the path where I can find my
messages.
I start with C: Documents and Settings, roger,local settings,
applications
data, etc....but I do not see \Microsoft\Outlook Express at the very
end.
I
have used this complete path in the past to back up.

Thanks
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Roger