In folder "\Local Settings\Applications Data\Identities" I have
thirteen folders each called by a different long number.

One of these folders was my current store location, which I have now
moved to another location (its subfolder "\Microsoft\Outlook Express"
is now empty).

Two of the remaining folders also have empty subfolders.

Some of the remaining ten non-empty folders are identities I was using
prior to a recent crash.

Is there any way I can link OE into each of these non-empty locations
in turn to see what they are?

Is there any way I can reinstate those identities I was using prior to the
crash?

(The links provided by PA Bear in a recent conversation look like
they're written for people who already understand the system
-- i.e. not written for a dimwit like me.)

Perhaps the easiest way would be to create a new identity in OE. Then
do a File, Import, Messages, OE6, and select from Store Folder (rather
than the default from Identity) and select one of the the folders. Then
see what gets imported.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"andy-k" <spam.free@last> wrote in message
news:EyKgk.30105$i37.21482@newsfe10.ams2...
> In folder "\Local Settings\Applications Data\Identities" I have
> thirteen folders each called by a different long number.
>
> One of these folders was my current store location, which I have now
> moved to another location (its subfolder "\Microsoft\Outlook Express"
> is now empty).
>
> Two of the remaining folders also have empty subfolders.
>
> Some of the remaining ten non-empty folders are identities I was using
> prior to a recent crash.
>
> Is there any way I can link OE into each of these non-empty locations
> in turn to see what they are?
>
> Is there any way I can reinstate those identities I was using prior to
> the
> crash?
>
> (The links provided by PA Bear in a recent conversation look like
> they're written for people who already understand the system
> -- i.e. not written for a dimwit like me.)
>

1. OE File | Identities | Manage identities: How many identities are listed
here and what are their names? What is the name of your current identity
(i.e., the one that's highlighted by default)?

2a. START | RUN | (type in) WAB /A (note the space) | OK

2b. View | Folders and groups (select/check)

2c. Look in the left-hand pane: Without expanding any of the folders, how
many are listed and what are their names (e.g., Andy's Contacts)?

2d. Now select (highlight) each folder in turn: Do any of them display any
contacts in the right-hand pane? If so, which foldername(s)?

=======================

Technical references:

About OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

About OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/



andy-k wrote:
> In folder "\Local Settings\Applications Data\Identities" I have
> thirteen folders each called by a different long number.
>
> One of these folders was my current store location, which I have now
> moved to another location (its subfolder "\Microsoft\Outlook Express"
> is now empty).
>
> Two of the remaining folders also have empty subfolders.
>
> Some of the remaining ten non-empty folders are identities I was using
> prior to a recent crash.
>
> Is there any way I can link OE into each of these non-empty locations
> in turn to see what they are?
>
> Is there any way I can reinstate those identities I was using prior to the
> crash?
>
> (The links provided by PA Bear in a recent conversation look like
> they're written for people who already understand the system
> -- i.e. not written for a dimwit like me.)

"Michael Santovec" wrote:
> Perhaps the easiest way would be to create a new identity in OE. Then do
> a File, Import, Messages, OE6, and select from Store Folder (rather than
> the default from Identity) and select one of the the folders. Then see
> what gets imported.

Success!
My gratitude knows no bounds :-)

Thanks PA -- I think I have it sorted now.


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:ecixo%23p6IHA.4112@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 1. OE File | Identities | Manage identities: How many identities are
> listed here and what are their names? What is the name of your current
> identity (i.e., the one that's highlighted by default)?
>
> 2a. START | RUN | (type in) WAB /A (note the space) | OK
>
> 2b. View | Folders and groups (select/check)
>
> 2c. Look in the left-hand pane: Without expanding any of the folders, how
> many are listed and what are their names (e.g., Andy's Contacts)?
>
> 2d. Now select (highlight) each folder in turn: Do any of them display any
> contacts in the right-hand pane? If so, which foldername(s)?
>
> =======================
>
> Technical references:
>
> About OE Files & Settings
> http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm
>
> About OE Registry Keys
> http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
>
>
> andy-k wrote:
>> In folder "\Local Settings\Applications Data\Identities" I have
>> thirteen folders each called by a different long number.
>>
>> One of these folders was my current store location, which I have now
>> moved to another location (its subfolder "\Microsoft\Outlook Express"
>> is now empty).
>>
>> Two of the remaining folders also have empty subfolders.
>>
>> Some of the remaining ten non-empty folders are identities I was using
>> prior to a recent crash.
>>
>> Is there any way I can link OE into each of these non-empty locations
>> in turn to see what they are?
>>
>> Is there any way I can reinstate those identities I was using prior to
>> the
>> crash?
>>
>> (The links provided by PA Bear in a recent conversation look like
>> they're written for people who already understand the system
>> -- i.e. not written for a dimwit like me.)
>

Thanks for your feedback. If you want to leave those empty or
no-longer-valid folders on your system, so be it.

andy-k wrote:
> Thanks PA -- I think I have it sorted now.
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ecixo%23p6IHA.4112@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> 1. OE File | Identities | Manage identities: How many identities are
>> listed here and what are their names? What is the name of your current
>> identity (i.e., the one that's highlighted by default)?
>>
>> 2a. START | RUN | (type in) WAB /A (note the space) | OK
>>
>> 2b. View | Folders and groups (select/check)
>>
>> 2c. Look in the left-hand pane: Without expanding any of the folders, how
>> many are listed and what are their names (e.g., Andy's Contacts)?
>>
>> 2d. Now select (highlight) each folder in turn: Do any of them display
>> any
>> contacts in the right-hand pane? If so, which foldername(s)?
>>
>> =======================
>>
>> Technical references:
>>
>> About OE Files & Settings
>> http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm
>>
>> About OE Registry Keys
>> http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>>
>>
>> andy-k wrote:
>>> In folder "\Local Settings\Applications Data\Identities" I have
>>> thirteen folders each called by a different long number.
>>>
>>> One of these folders was my current store location, which I have now
>>> moved to another location (its subfolder "\Microsoft\Outlook Express"
>>> is now empty).
>>>
>>> Two of the remaining folders also have empty subfolders.
>>>
>>> Some of the remaining ten non-empty folders are identities I was using
>>> prior to a recent crash.
>>>
>>> Is there any way I can link OE into each of these non-empty locations
>>> in turn to see what they are?
>>>
>>> Is there any way I can reinstate those identities I was using prior to
>>> the
>>> crash?
>>>
>>> (The links provided by PA Bear in a recent conversation look like
>>> they're written for people who already understand the system
>>> -- i.e. not written for a dimwit like me.)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OB2LX3q6IHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for your feedback. If you want to leave those empty or
> no-longer-valid folders on your system, so be it.

It's not that I *want* to do that, but rather that I don't understand
what's going on here. No offense intended.
(I wanted access to my lost files and now I seem to have it.
What other consequences I might be suffering is over my head.)
So anyway... I take it that I now have to get rid of these empty folders:--

> 1. OE File | Identities | Manage identities: How many identities are
> listed here and what are their names? What is the name of your current
> identity (i.e., the one that's highlighted by default)?

I now have three identities in OE:

1. Main Identity (current identity)
2. breaker14 (alternate identity linked to different email address)
3. new (recovered files from old identity)


> 2a. START | RUN | (type in) WAB /A (note the space) | OK
>
> 2b. View | Folders and groups (select/check)
>
> 2c. Look in the left-hand pane: Without expanding any of the folders, how
> many are listed and what are their names (e.g., Andy's Contacts)?
>
> 2d. Now select (highlight) each folder in turn: Do any of them display any
> contacts in the right-hand pane? If so, which foldername(s)?

Shared contacts:

Adi Benson's contacts
Adi's contacts (one contact)
Andy K.'s contacts
andy-k's contacts
andymk's contacts
breaker14's contacts (four contacts)
friendsreunited's contacts (two contacts)
Main Identity's contacts (loadsa contacts)
Newsgroups's contacts
new's contacts
Newsgroups's contacts
Yahoo's contacts

Don't worry about it, Andy.

andy-k wrote:
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OB2LX3q6IHA.3512@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for your feedback. If you want to leave those empty or
>> no-longer-valid folders on your system, so be it.
>
> It's not that I *want* to do that, but rather that I don't understand
> what's going on here. No offense intended.
> (I wanted access to my lost files and now I seem to have it.
> What other consequences I might be suffering is over my head.)
> So anyway... I take it that I now have to get rid of these empty
> folders:--
>
>> 1. OE File | Identities | Manage identities: How many identities are
>> listed here and what are their names? What is the name of your current
>> identity (i.e., the one that's highlighted by default)?
>
> I now have three identities in OE:
>
> 1. Main Identity (current identity)
> 2. breaker14 (alternate identity linked to different email address)
> 3. new (recovered files from old identity)
>
>
>> 2a. START | RUN | (type in) WAB /A (note the space) | OK
>>
>> 2b. View | Folders and groups (select/check)
>>
>> 2c. Look in the left-hand pane: Without expanding any of the folders, how
>> many are listed and what are their names (e.g., Andy's Contacts)?
>>
>> 2d. Now select (highlight) each folder in turn: Do any of them display
>> any
>> contacts in the right-hand pane? If so, which foldername(s)?
>
> Shared contacts:
>
> Adi Benson's contacts
> Adi's contacts (one contact)
> Andy K.'s contacts
> andy-k's contacts
> andymk's contacts
> breaker14's contacts (four contacts)
> friendsreunited's contacts (two contacts)
> Main Identity's contacts (loadsa contacts)
> Newsgroups's contacts
> new's contacts
> Newsgroups's contacts
> Yahoo's contacts

You are welcome and thanks for posting back.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"andy-k" <spam.free@last> wrote in message
news:R0Ngk.3813$vp4.2344@newsfe28.ams2...
> "Michael Santovec" wrote:
>> Perhaps the easiest way would be to create a new identity in OE.
>> Then do a File, Import, Messages, OE6, and select from Store Folder
>> (rather than the default from Identity) and select one of the the
>> folders. Then see what gets imported.
>
> Success!
> My gratitude knows no bounds :-)
>