-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Please help with .dbx issue
- From: "Sharon" <loonlake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 23:54:31 +0200
----- Original Message -----
From: "GuitarMan" <PCTech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Sharon,
> This is exactly the kind of info we need to allow us to get specific
in
> our replies. I'm glad you took the time to type it all out. :O)
>
> I see that you placed the old DBX files into their own 'OE Folders'
> folder on your Desktop. While the info you've sent here is nearly
complete,
> I'd like to make sure I understand everything correctly before proceeding.
...
>
> Are the two copies of the one DBX file in the same place or is there
one
> in each of the two identities you mentioned?
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Yes, one in each. I dragged them there in Explorer.
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> Also, what is the exact
> location of the DBX files that are currently being used by OE?
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C:\Documents and Settings\Sharon\Application Data\Identities\{first
num}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
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> Can you see
> this location AND the DBX files from within Windows Explorer or is that
the
> other problem (where the folders show up in a search, but not in
Explorer)?
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Exactly. the folders show up in a search, but not in explorer.
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> The DBX files that you manually put into the C:\Documents and
> Settings\Sharon\Application Data\Identities\{first num} folder won't show
up
> inside OE. This is because OE has to already be expecting this info
before
> it'll even look for it. We'll get to that as soon as we get past some of
> this other stuff. In the meantime, remove those files from there. If
it's
> an exact copy of a file that's sitting in that OE folder on your Desktop,
> you can just delete the one(s) under the {... num} folders. If the file
is
> unique because it isn't also in another location, move it back into the OE
> folder on your Desktop so we don't lose it.
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Done.
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> Peace,
> G Man
Back atcha,
Sharon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sharon" <loonlake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 5:16 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Please help with .dbx issue
>
>
> Hi G-man, this is the problem I've been trying to describe the whole time.
> Here it is in detail:
>
> First dbx's found: the 4 on the desktop that I've been trying to import:
> C:\Documents and Settings\Sharon\Desktop\oe folders
>
> Next: two copies of a dbx file that I tried inserting manually into my
> Identity (apparently I have two identities, I have no idea right now what
> the second one is, but it has nothing in it except the copy of the dbx
that
> I put there.)
> C:\Documents and Settings\Sharon\Application Data\Identities\{first num}
> and
> C:\Documents and Settings\Sharon\Application Data\Identities\{second num}
> These don't show up in OE.
>
> Next, all the current folders in the three OEs, one for each user. The
only
> ones relevant to this discussion are mine, of course.
> C:\Documents and Settings\Sharon\Application Data\Identities\{first
> num}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
>
> Please don't tell me to copy the files from the desktop into C:\Documents
> and Settings\Sharon\Application Data\Identities\{first
> num}\Microsoft\Outlook Express, unless you have a fix for this problem:
> When I look in Explorer, I can only see as far as the identity number, and
> that folder shows up as empty, even though "show hidden and system
folders"
> is checked. The dbx's that I moved into that folder show up in Explorer
and
> in Search, but not in OE.
> Just to be sure, I checked that the case is the same in the other
> identities. It is.
>
> Any ideas?
> Sharon
>
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