Yes thankyou.
Found all the dbx folders in the store file.
However when I try to import them into my OE a window
comes up telling me that the messages can not be found
or there is another application running the required files.


Ken B. Santa Monica.


"BKent1" wrote in message
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there is 32 .dbx files found with dates from 12/708 all the way back to
11/04 when I first got this computer.
Most of them are eith 74 kb or 3,292 seems to be most common..

Can I assume the most accurate folder is the one lost about the time my
son
lost the file ?

Ken B
thankyou in advance for your help, I am a techno idioto.
Ken B


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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Write down the path to these dbx files you found doing the search.

Follow that path in Windows Explorer. Do you see them?

Are they all together in one folder?

Look for Folders.dbx. Is that among them? If yes, Open OE and import
them.

File | Import | Messages. Select Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and check:
Import from an OE store Directory. Point to the location of the folder
you found and import.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA



"BKent1" wrote in message
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Ohh, sorry, first time I have used newsgroup.
windows xp/sp2 OS

My son tried moving the whole OE local folders file
using IE to a new storage folder created on C drive.

Alot (100+) of files come up searching .dbx

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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So you're just going to ask the same question over and over and ignore
my post? OK. Someone else can handle it for you.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"BKent1" wrote in message
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My young son thought he could move the local folders file of OUTLOOK
EXPRESS 6 (all my folders)
into a new folder he creaed outside of Outlook express.

When he clicked on MOVE TO, instead of all the LOCAL folders showing
up in
the new file,
the LOCAL FOLDERS (and all the 109 subfolders) disspeared .

8 years of business and personal files!!!

WOULD ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RETREIVE THE LOCAL FOLDER FILE???

KEN B in L.A.



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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1: Is this the machine in question? (XP/SP2).

2: Was he in Windows Explorer at the time and try to move the Outlook
Express message store folder, or the individual dbx files within the
message store?

You can Right Click and Send To, or drag the folder or files and then
select Move, but I am not seeing a Move To option. Please elaborate
so I can give you the best advice.

Enable Hidden Files and Folders:

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.

Now do a search for

*.dbx

What do you find?
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"BKent1" wrote in message
...
My young son thought he could move the local folders file of
OUTLOOK EXPRESS 6 (all my folders)
into a new folder he creaed outside of Outlook express.

When he clicked on MOVE TO, instead of all the LOCAL folders showing
up in the new file,
the LOCAL FOLDERS (and all the 109 subfolders) disspeared .

8 years of business and personal files!!!

WOULD ANYONE KNOW HOW TO RETREIVE THE LOCAL FOLDER FILE???

KEN B in L.A.