You want to delete the dbx files in the Message Store with OE closed. New,
empty folders will be placed in the folder tree when you open OE again.

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 WindowsXP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start>Control Panel>Folder
Options>View.
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Steve Mc" <stevemc209@dnaglobal.net> wrote in message
news:zTPef.16136$7h7.13040@newssvr21.news.prodigy. com...
> I'm cleaning out my old computer, and thought that by deleting the
> identities in OE application would get rid of the various DBX files in the
> subject folder. It didn't. Could I just delete those dbx files without any
> problem ?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
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>
> Steve Mc
>
> DNA to SBC to respond
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