On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 05:04:01 -0700, Bobby wrote:

Following the last Windows Update all my email messages and contacts have
been lost
Am Using Win XP with Auto updates turned on
My desktop picture also disappeared and now the desktop is a plain blue
colour and
When I look in the message store
Userlocal settingsapplication data
identities?{91D2DB82-1315-4914-B477-BAD761E79D3A}Microsoft Outlook Express
I just have the default and empty dbx files - all my many folders etc. have
gone.

I tried system restore to before the update and nothing has re-appeared.

Where could my email messages/contacts have gone?

Did you have MSOE pointing to a different disk volume? It is possible to set
up the MSOE message store on a removable disk, or network disk; but can be
dangerous to do so, because, if MSOE loses track of the location, it will
just build a new message store on the local HDD.

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Norman
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