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My computer crashed today, but I had my email files on a thumb drive. I put
it in my wife's computer and changed the location of the email files to my thumbdrive. Worked fine. But I can't change it back! Her email files are at c:\documents and setting\owner\local settings\application data\identities\{9F3F1FBF-9CCB-44C4-8345-B1DF87F0} But I can't get at them. When I try to change Outlook Express to that it doesn't see it. What do I do? There are recent deleted copies of all the folders in the recycling bin, but when I restore them they go to the folder above and I can't see them on My Computer. Any way to restore to a different file, where maybe I can access them? You gotta help me, when she finds out I am dead. |
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You're dead...unless she backs up her message store on a regular basis.
Wade Lippman wrote: My computer crashed today, but I had my email files on a thumb drive. I put it in my wife's computer and changed the location of the email files to my thumbdrive. Worked fine. But I can't change it back! Her email files are at c:\documents and setting\owner\local settings\application data\identities\{9F3F1FBF-9CCB-44C4-8345-B1DF87F0} But I can't get at them. When I try to change Outlook Express to that it doesn't see it. What do I do? There are recent deleted copies of all the folders in the recycling bin, but when I restore them they go to the folder above and I can't see them on My Computer. Any way to restore to a different file, where maybe I can access them? You gotta help me, when she finds out I am dead. |
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Rule #1: Lie, lie, lie. Always lie. It was a power outage.
Rule #2: You're dead anyway!!! (Now I know why I've been happily divorced for 31 years). I am not completely sure what you did or where you stand, but if you know the location of her dbx files, create a new identity for her and try to import them. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test it. If all is well, you can import your, or her messages and Address Book from the old identity and delete it. How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169 If all else fails. How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA 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 & Win2K3, 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. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "Wade Lippman" wrote in message news ![]() My computer crashed today, but I had my email files on a thumb drive. I put it in my wife's computer and changed the location of the email files to my thumbdrive. Worked fine. But I can't change it back! Her email files are at c:\documents and setting\owner\local settings\application data\identities\{9F3F1FBF-9CCB-44C4-8345-B1DF87F0} But I can't get at them. When I try to change Outlook Express to that it doesn't see it. What do I do? There are recent deleted copies of all the folders in the recycling bin, but when I restore them they go to the folder above and I can't see them on My Computer. Any way to restore to a different file, where maybe I can access them? You gotta help me, when she finds out I am dead. |
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[I think her original message store is toast now. However, if the Recycle
Bin contains BAK files from her identity's (and her identity's only) now-deleted store, it's possible that some messages might be restored or recovered from them. DBXpress with recover some if run in "extract from disk" mode. I'm not sure I'd have the patience to do it myself. Then again, I'm not in OP's predicament either. VBEG] Bruce Hagen wrote: Rule #1: Lie, lie, lie. Always lie. It was a power outage. Rule #2: You're dead anyway!!! (Now I know why I've been happily divorced for 31 years). I am not completely sure what you did or where you stand, but if you know the location of her dbx files, create a new identity for her and try to import them. File | Identity | Add New Identity. Create a new one and test it. If all is well, you can import your, or her messages and Address Book from the old identity and delete it. How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=209169 If all else fails. How to restore individual dbx files: http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA 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 & Win2K3, 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. "Wade Lippman" wrote in message news ![]() My computer crashed today, but I had my email files on a thumb drive. I put it in my wife's computer and changed the location of the email files to my thumbdrive. Worked fine. But I can't change it back! Her email files are at c:\documents and setting\owner\local settings\application data\identities\{9F3F1FBF-9CCB-44C4-8345-B1DF87F0} But I can't get at them. When I try to change Outlook Express to that it doesn't see it. What do I do? There are recent deleted copies of all the folders in the recycling bin, but when I restore them they go to the folder above and I can't see them on My Computer. Any way to restore to a different file, where maybe I can access them? You gotta help me, when she finds out I am dead. |
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![]() "Wade Lippman" wrote in message news ![]() My computer crashed today, but I had my email files on a thumb drive. I put it in my wife's computer and changed the location of the email files to my thumbdrive. Worked fine. But I can't change it back! Her email files are at c:\documents and setting\owner\local settings\application data\identities\{9F3F1FBF-9CCB-44C4-8345-B1DF87F0} But I can't get at them. When I try to change Outlook Express to that it doesn't see it. What do I do? Although OE can't see them, MyComputer can. I moved them to a folder in My Documents and now OE doesn't have a problem. All's well that ends well, but it was a very unpleasant hour before I figured it out. Earlier in the day my computer crashed, which is why I was doing this. Then while I was doing a non-destructive restore of my operating system we had a 2 hour poweroutage, which trashed it beyond repair. I am doing a format/restore now. Argh. |
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PA Bear wrote: [I think her original message store is toast now. However, if the Recycle Bin contains BAK files from her identity's (and her identity's only) now-deleted store, it's possible that some messages might be restored or recovered from them. DBXpress [may] recover some [messages] if run in "extract from disk" mode. I'm not sure I'd have the patience to do it myself. Then again, I'm not in OP's predicament either. VBEG] |
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