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Where are OE's settings stored?
At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned
out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you
moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
Bruce:
I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where? I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me thinking about this whole thing. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
The files will always be in Windows Explorer, somewhere. If you can't find
them in the usual manner, then you would want to do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. You would search for: *.dbx I have never used MS Outlook, but I would assume in your friends case, he would want to search for: *.pst -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce: I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where? I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me thinking about this whole thing. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
I know! But, what about the registry? Is it possible some programs encrypt
their plain-text entries, so a simple path name becomes unrecognizable? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... The files will always be in Windows Explorer, somewhere. If you can't find them in the usual manner, then you would want to do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. You would search for: *.dbx I have never used MS Outlook, but I would assume in your friends case, he would want to search for: *.pst -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce: I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where? I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me thinking about this whole thing. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
I must be missing the point. What kind of program would encrypt the path to
the message store? There is information in the registry about your identity, including Rules, Blocked Senders, Signatures, etc., but your dbx files will never be in the registry. 1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key: |--HKEY_CURRENT_USER |-----Identities |--------{GUID} |-----------Software |--------------Microsoft |-----------------Outlook Express |--------------------5.0 where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity. 2.. Under that key, you will find OE information that /is/ in the registry. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... I know! But, what about the registry? Is it possible some programs encrypt their plain-text entries, so a simple path name becomes unrecognizable? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... The files will always be in Windows Explorer, somewhere. If you can't find them in the usual manner, then you would want to do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. You would search for: *.dbx I have never used MS Outlook, but I would assume in your friends case, he would want to search for: *.pst -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce: I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where? I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me thinking about this whole thing. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
Bruce, I know the actual dbx files are not living in the registry! I know
where they reside. I back mine up every day. That's not what I'm asking. I have changed my store folder to C:\OE\MESSAGES Here comes the question: Why does the Find function in regedit NOT FIND this string anywhere in the registry? This is the string it can't find: C:\OE\MESSAGES If OE doesn't store that string in the registry, where is it stored? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... I must be missing the point. What kind of program would encrypt the path to the message store? There is information in the registry about your identity, including Rules, Blocked Senders, Signatures, etc., but your dbx files will never be in the registry. 1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key: |--HKEY_CURRENT_USER |-----Identities |--------{GUID} |-----------Software |--------------Microsoft |-----------------Outlook Express |--------------------5.0 where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity. 2.. Under that key, you will find OE information that /is/ in the registry. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... I know! But, what about the registry? Is it possible some programs encrypt their plain-text entries, so a simple path name becomes unrecognizable? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... The files will always be in Windows Explorer, somewhere. If you can't find them in the usual manner, then you would want to do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. You would search for: *.dbx I have never used MS Outlook, but I would assume in your friends case, he would want to search for: *.pst -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce: I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where? I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me thinking about this whole thing. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
"JoeSpareBedroom" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
Right click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER | Find | Enter the path. Check all the
boxes except Match Whole String Only and then Find Next. You should see some info in the right hand pane, but all it is going to tell you is what you already know, the path you just typed in and its location which will be on C Drive. So doing a Find in the registry is a moot point. If you do not see this, perhaps it is how you moved the store folder. How do I move my store folder: http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#movestore -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce, I know the actual dbx files are not living in the registry! I know where they reside. I back mine up every day. That's not what I'm asking. I have changed my store folder to C:\OE\MESSAGES Here comes the question: Why does the Find function in regedit NOT FIND this string anywhere in the registry? This is the string it can't find: C:\OE\MESSAGES If OE doesn't store that string in the registry, where is it stored? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... I must be missing the point. What kind of program would encrypt the path to the message store? There is information in the registry about your identity, including Rules, Blocked Senders, Signatures, etc., but your dbx files will never be in the registry. 1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key: |--HKEY_CURRENT_USER |-----Identities |--------{GUID} |-----------Software |--------------Microsoft |-----------------Outlook Express |--------------------5.0 where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity. 2.. Under that key, you will find OE information that /is/ in the registry. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... I know! But, what about the registry? Is it possible some programs encrypt their plain-text entries, so a simple path name becomes unrecognizable? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... The files will always be in Windows Explorer, somewhere. If you can't find them in the usual manner, then you would want to do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. You would search for: *.dbx I have never used MS Outlook, but I would assume in your friends case, he would want to search for: *.pst -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce: I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where? I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me thinking about this whole thing. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
Where are OE's settings stored?
This is the string it can't find: C:\OE\MESSAGES
That's a Value for the location of your identity's GUID, not a string (Registry key). References: About OE Files & Settings http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm About OE Registry Keys http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ JoeSpareBedroom wrote: Bruce, I know the actual dbx files are not living in the registry! I know where they reside. I back mine up every day. That's not what I'm asking. I have changed my store folder to C:\OE\MESSAGES Here comes the question: Why does the Find function in regedit NOT FIND this string anywhere in the registry? This is the string it can't find: C:\OE\MESSAGES If OE doesn't store that string in the registry, where is it stored? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... I must be missing the point. What kind of program would encrypt the path to the message store? There is information in the registry about your identity, including Rules, Blocked Senders, Signatures, etc., but your dbx files will never be in the registry. 1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key: |--HKEY_CURRENT_USER |-----Identities |--------{GUID} |-----------Software |--------------Microsoft |-----------------Outlook Express |--------------------5.0 where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity. 2.. Under that key, you will find OE information that /is/ in the registry. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... I know! But, what about the registry? Is it possible some programs encrypt their plain-text entries, so a simple path name becomes unrecognizable? "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... The files will always be in Windows Explorer, somewhere. If you can't find them in the usual manner, then you would want to do an Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. You would search for: *.dbx I have never used MS Outlook, but I would assume in your friends case, he would want to search for: *.pst -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express Imperial Beach, CA "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... Bruce: I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where? I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me thinking about this whole thing. "Bruce Hagen" wrote in message ... You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook? Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files may be marked as hidden though. Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. 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 "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this theory, but never mind that. A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default. Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message store folder, and got no results at all. Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the registry? |
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