I have been having a problem with folders getting deleted without me
doing anyhting .

Last wek a folder I had went AWOL and yesterday the same happened to
another one .

I found a couple of BAK files in my Recycle Bin and restored them .
I can see some related BAK and DBX files for the "missing folders"
in the

C:\Documents and Settings\Stuart B.STUART\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{EA69B387-3E6F-4389-81EC-F386CC159F8D}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

folder but the "missing" folders do not show in the list of "Local
Folders" in OE on the LH side when it is open .?

Any way I can sort this so I can retrieve the missing folders .
Should there be one BAK file and one DBX file for each folder ?


Stuart

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:05:25 +0100, Stuart B
wrote:

I have been having a problem with folders getting deleted without me
doing anyhting .

Last wek a folder I had went AWOL and yesterday the same happened to
another one .

I found a couple of BAK files in my Recycle Bin and restored them .
I can see some related BAK and DBX files for the "missing folders"
in the

C:\Documents and Settings\Stuart B.STUART\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{EA69B387-3E6F-4389-81EC-F386CC159F8D}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

folder but the "missing" folders do not show in the list of "Local
Folders" in OE on the LH side when it is open .?

Any way I can sort this so I can retrieve the missing folders .
Should there be one BAK file and one DBX file for each folder ?


Stuart



It's ok ...I have found the answer here . I am repeating it below in
case anyone else has the same problem .
thx to Bruce Hagen
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1: Make sure you didn't switch to another identity.

2: Since you understand the Message Store, try this:

In Windows Explorer, click on the 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.

What you may have been lacking in your attempts, was the *dummy*
message
that had to be in the newly created folder.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~