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September 22nd 06, 06:14 AM
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Lost all contacts and old email
This morning, my computer looked like it did when I first brought it home. A
blue background with the Windows 2000 startup message on it. I had lost all the desktop shortcuts, settings, explorer favorites, etc., but I found those in another username folder and was able to restore them. However, Outlook is another story. After having to reconfigure Outlook with the correct POP settings, etc. , I found that all of the contacts and e-mail in my personal folders and in the inbox were gone. I searched for a .pst file on my hard drive, but the search found no files with .pst extension. Are my inbox messages and contacts lost or is there a magic registry setting that I can set to recover this info? Please help! -- AndyAustin 
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September 22nd 06, 07:52 PM
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Lost all contacts and old email
FolsomAndy wrote:
I searched for a .pst file on my hard drive, but the search found no files with .pst extension. Did you enable searching hidden files and folders? -- Brian Tillman
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September 24th 06, 01:50 PM
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Lost all contacts and old email
Enabling the display of hidden files worked! I transferred the files back to
the Admin account. Now the files are in the right place (under the admin account), but the computer doesn't see them. My desktop, my favorites,background, all of the My Documents, email, cookies... nothing is found when I'm in the admin account even though if I search for the files under c:\documents and settings\admin\local settings\ , everything is there. Yes, I am logged in as admin. -- AndyAustin "Brian Tillman" wrote: FolsomAndy wrote: I searched for a .pst file on my hard drive, but the search found no files with .pst extension. Did you enable searching hidden files and folders? -- Brian Tillman
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September 24th 06, 07:24 PM
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Lost all contacts and old email
FolsomAndy wrote:
Now the files are in the right place (under the admin account), but the computer doesn't see them. My desktop, my favorites,background, all of the My Documents, email, cookies... nothing is found when I'm in the admin account even though if I search for the files under c:\documents and settings\admin\local settings\ , everything is there. Yes, I am logged in as admin. Did you take ownership of all the files? -- Brian Tillman
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