I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for *.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones, then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby

The MS update did not contain IE8 and there was no OE problem...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Interesting problem. I saw this just as I was going to permit a restart
after updates were downloaded. Didn't see which (am trying to avoid IE8,
given the problems I have read about here).

So went to the update site and got this error message:

"You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or
updates. You cannot view or get other updates from the site until you
restart."

So I am going to do a backup, hit restart (after closing everything in an
orderly fashion), hold my nose and jump in...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
bought it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and
all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4)
when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


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?

The MS update did not contain IE8 and there was no OE problem...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"Dori A Schmetterling" wrote in message
...
Interesting problem. I saw this just as I was going to permit a restart
after updates were downloaded. Didn't see which (am trying to avoid IE8,
given the problems I have read about here).

So went to the update site and got this error message:

"You need to restart your computer to finish installing a program or
updates. You cannot view or get other updates from the site until you
restart."

So I am going to do a backup, hit restart (after closing everything in an
orderly fashion), hold my nose and jump in...

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
---
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
How can I see a list of installed updates?

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Do NOT select the Express or
Custom option | Click on the "Update History" link in the left-hand menu.
Tells us what update(s) was installed just before your messages went
missing.

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
bought it)?


Bobby wrote:
Windoes XP Home Edition version 2002 Service Pack 3
Running on a P4 2.8 GHz - 1 GB RAM

I have Automatic Updates running so I assume the machine is up to date.
This morning a new update was automatically installed this morning and
all
emails disappeared after the update and re-boot.

How can I see a list of installed updates?

Do you think there is any way i can get the lost emails back.

I noticed that the contacts from the Address Book all seem to be there.
(but
maybe these are not stored in the dbx files)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Please state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3; Win2K SP4)
when
posting to this newsgroup.

What updates did you install, Bobby?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


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?

Hi Thanks,

I have found lost so .bak files in the recycle bin - is there an easy way to
restore these? Or should I use the DBXpress software?

Bobby


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for *.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones, then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby

Hi Thanks,

I have found lost so .bak files in the recycle bin - is there an easy way to
restore these? Or should I use the DBXpress software?

Bobby


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for *.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones, then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby

See the following and read Bruce Hagen's answer to your question
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...=en-us&m=1&p=1


--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
Hi Thanks,

I have found lost so .bak files in the recycle bin - is there an easy way to
restore these? Or should I use the DBXpress software?

Bobby


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for *.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones, then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby

See the following and read Bruce Hagen's answer to your question
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...=en-us&m=1&p=1


--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
Hi Thanks,

I have found lost so .bak files in the recycle bin - is there an easy way to
restore these? Or should I use the DBXpress software?

Bobby


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress (www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for *.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones, then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

To restore a bak folder to the message store folder, first locate the
Message Store in Windows Explorer.

In OE: 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, the dbx files 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.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing, or empty, folder
and drag it to the Desktop. It can be deleted later once you have
successfully restored the bak file. Minimize the Message Store.

Open OE and, if the folder is missing, create a folder with the *exact* same
name as the bak file you want to restore but without the .bak. Eg: If the
file is Saved.bak, the new folder should be named Saved. Open the new folder
and then close OE. If the folder is there, but just empty, continue on to
the next step.

First, check if there is a bak file already in the message store. If there
is, and you removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it to dbx.

If it isn't already in the message store, open the Recycle bin and right
click on the bak file for the folder in question and click Restore. Open the
message store back up and change the file extension from .bak to .dbx. Close
the message store and open OE. The messages should now be back in the
folder.

If the messages are successfully restored, you can go ahead and delete the
old dbx file that you moved to the Desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Bobby" wrote in message
...
Hi Thanks,

I have found lost so .bak files in the recycle bin - is there an easy way
to
restore these? Or should I use the DBXpress software?

Bobby


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory
of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see
what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see
if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the
Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able
to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress
(www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters
on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for
now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for
*.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones,
then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby

All e-mail items may be missing when you start Outlook Express 6 Service
Pack 1:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918069

To restore a bak folder to the message store folder, first locate the
Message Store in Windows Explorer.

In OE: 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, the dbx files 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.

In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing, or empty, folder
and drag it to the Desktop. It can be deleted later once you have
successfully restored the bak file. Minimize the Message Store.

Open OE and, if the folder is missing, create a folder with the *exact* same
name as the bak file you want to restore but without the .bak. Eg: If the
file is Saved.bak, the new folder should be named Saved. Open the new folder
and then close OE. If the folder is there, but just empty, continue on to
the next step.

First, check if there is a bak file already in the message store. If there
is, and you removed the dbx file, go ahead and rename it to dbx.

If it isn't already in the message store, open the Recycle bin and right
click on the bak file for the folder in question and click Restore. Open the
message store back up and change the file extension from .bak to .dbx. Close
the message store and open OE. The messages should now be back in the
folder.

If the messages are successfully restored, you can go ahead and delete the
old dbx file that you moved to the Desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"Bobby" wrote in message
...
Hi Thanks,

I have found lost so .bak files in the recycle bin - is there an easy way
to
restore these? Or should I use the DBXpress software?

Bobby


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory
of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see
what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see
if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the
Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able
to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress
(www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters
on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for
now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for
*.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones,
then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby

You can also restore the bak file and import it under a different name using
the method to import individual dbx files (www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1)
and just rename the bak file the dbx filename. If that fails to restore the
messages then the only shot you have is the extract from disk feature of
DBXpress.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
Hi Thanks,

I have found lost so .bak files in the recycle bin - is there an easy way
to
restore these? Or should I use the DBXpress software?

Bobby


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

I have no idea what could have happened if there is not another directory
of
dbx files there somewhere. For the address book search for *~* and see
what
you find and rename whatever to give it a wab file extension and then see
if
the contacts are there. For the messages, you might check first the
Recycle
bin for bak files that are backups of the dbx files that you may be able
to
restore (see www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#2). Otherwise, I think your only
shot is the extract from disk feature of DBXpress
(www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/)
which will bypass the file system and analyze the all the disk clusters
on
the drive and if the messages are still there, it will recover them. But
there is no way of knowing if they are there without running the program.

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
There are no signs of any other dbx files on the system.

I have Kapsersky Anti-Virus - anti-Spam - I have turned this off for
now -

Any other ideas?

Thanks,


"Steve Cochran" wrote:

It sounds as if you lost the entire user profile, or at least you lost
the
previous message store location. I would do an Advanced Search for
*.dbx
and include hidden files and folders under the Advanced search
parameters.
Make sure also you have in Explorer, Tools | Folder Options | View and
uncheck the option to hide extensions of known file types and to show
hidden
files and perhaps even protected and OS files. That way you will see
them
if they are there.

If you find a directory of dbx files that are not the current ones,
then
you
can try File | Import | Messages to get them into the current message
store.
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

steve

"Bobby" wrote in message
...
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?

Thanks
Bobby