For the second time in a few weeks, I inadvertently deleted an
entire folder in Outlook Express 6 when I intended to delete only
an offending SPAM message. I know...acted without adequate
thinking...annoyance response...what ever.

Is there any way to set a given folder such that it can not be
inadvertently deleted? I know the Inbox, Outbox, and some others
are set this way, but I can not find means for setting any of the
other folders such as to keep me from inadvertently deleting the
whole folder.

Double-click on Deleted Items folder in Folders pane Is it there? If so,
you can just drag it back to its correct location.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Gordon wrote:
For the second time in a few weeks, I inadvertently deleted an
entire folder in Outlook Express 6 when I intended to delete only
an offending SPAM message. I know...acted without adequate
thinking...annoyance response...what ever.

Is there any way to set a given folder such that it can not be
inadvertently deleted? I know the Inbox, Outbox, and some others
are set this way, but I can not find means for setting any of the
other folders such as to keep me from inadvertently deleting the
whole folder.

You should be getting a warning message when you attempt to delete a
folder. You don't get that when you delete a folder.


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Gordon" wrote in message
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For the second time in a few weeks, I inadvertently deleted an
entire folder in Outlook Express 6 when I intended to delete only
an offending SPAM message. I know...acted without adequate
thinking...annoyance response...what ever.

Is there any way to set a given folder such that it can not be
inadvertently deleted? I know the Inbox, Outbox, and some others
are set this way, but I can not find means for setting any of the
other folders such as to keep me from inadvertently deleting the
whole folder.

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:28:53 -0800, "Michael Santovec"
Eingereicht:

You should be getting a warning message when you attempt to delete a
folder. You don't get that when you delete a folder.

Yes, I got the warning, but I was in a hurry, and I thought I had
highlighted the individual messate. So, I went ahead and pressed
the Y (Yes) key and poof the whole folder was irretrevably
deleted. I was holding the shift key down so the deletion process
completely deleted the whole folder. That is it didn't send it to
the deleted items folder.

This was just a stupid error, but this is the second time I've
done this. There must be a way to secure a folder so it can not
be deleted. That is, the Inbox, Outbox, and some others are not
deletable. How are these secured?

There is nothing you can do. The folder will be placed in the Deleted Items
folder. All I can say is to be more careful, and if you have Empty deleted
items on exit checked, uncheck it and do that manually.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Gordon" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:28:53 -0800, "Michael Santovec"
Eingereicht:

You should be getting a warning message when you attempt to delete a
folder. You don't get that when you delete a folder.

Yes, I got the warning, but I was in a hurry, and I thought I had
highlighted the individual messate. So, I went ahead and pressed
the Y (Yes) key and poof the whole folder was irretrevably
deleted. I was holding the shift key down so the deletion process
completely deleted the whole folder. That is it didn't send it to
the deleted items folder.

This was just a stupid error, but this is the second time I've
done this. There must be a way to secure a folder so it can not
be deleted. That is, the Inbox, Outbox, and some others are not
deletable. How are these secured?

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:37:04 -0800, "Bruce Hagen"
Eingereicht:

There is nothing you can do. The folder will be placed in the Deleted Items
folder. All I can say is to be more careful, and if you have Empty deleted
items on exit checked, uncheck it and do that manually.

Thanks, Bruce, I understand what you are saying. I still have a
question, however. How are the Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, &
Deleted Items folders protected from inadvertent deletion. I have
made this same mistake when trying to delete a message from one
of these folders, but the folder can not be deleted...even when I
press Shift Delete, then click the Y (Yes) key it simply blinks
at me and does not delete the folder. I would like to change the
settings on some of my other folders to get this same protection
against inadvertend deletion.

I don't know how much of a technical answer I can give you, but the default
folders are a part of the program. For example, if you went into the Message
Store and deleted the dbx files for all the folders, including folders you
created, new empty default folders would be automatically created when you
opened OE. Not so for user created folders as they were not part of the
original program.

Similar as if you reloaded your OS. The default folders would be there, but
not ones you created in the past. this is why we preach for all folders,
back them up on a regular basis.

Backup and Resto

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Gordon" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:37:04 -0800, "Bruce Hagen"
Eingereicht:

There is nothing you can do. The folder will be placed in the Deleted
Items
folder. All I can say is to be more careful, and if you have Empty deleted
items on exit checked, uncheck it and do that manually.

Thanks, Bruce, I understand what you are saying. I still have a
question, however. How are the Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, &
Deleted Items folders protected from inadvertent deletion. I have
made this same mistake when trying to delete a message from one
of these folders, but the folder can not be deleted...even when I
press Shift Delete, then click the Y (Yes) key it simply blinks
at me and does not delete the folder. I would like to change the
settings on some of my other folders to get this same protection
against inadvertend deletion.

Hi Gordon,

There's not much you can do from the OE side to prevent this.

However, if you go to View | Layout and uncheck the folder list and only
check the folder bar, then is much more difficult to inadvertently delete a
folder.

Try that.

steve

"Gordon" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:37:04 -0800, "Bruce Hagen"
Eingereicht:

There is nothing you can do. The folder will be placed in the Deleted
Items
folder. All I can say is to be more careful, and if you have Empty deleted
items on exit checked, uncheck it and do that manually.

Thanks, Bruce, I understand what you are saying. I still have a
question, however. How are the Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items, &
Deleted Items folders protected from inadvertent deletion. I have
made this same mistake when trying to delete a message from one
of these folders, but the folder can not be deleted...even when I
press Shift Delete, then click the Y (Yes) key it simply blinks
at me and does not delete the folder. I would like to change the
settings on some of my other folders to get this same protection
against inadvertend deletion.