Brian,
I sent the last message in error. I was trying to do what you suggested. But
when I had to close OE, I clicked Send instead of Save
I'll try again

Brian,
Still struggling

Some replies in-line. I will look at your later response after I
reply to this one

Brian A. wrote:
> "Trevor L." <tandcl@homemail.com.au> wrote in message
> news:%23XeBc179FHA.3340@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Brian,
>> I am getting confused.
>>
>> I sent a reply saying that I got my folders back when I deleted
>> folders.dbx but this message doesn't appear on the newsgroup ???
>
> I don't see it either.
>

I think it may not have been sent. We had a power failure here in
Canberra during a very bad thunderstorm. Maybe I thought I sent it
when the power came back but actually didn't - the power failed about
4 times in 2 hours

>>
>> Now I find that a folder (Layer positioning) which was restored by
>> deleting folders.dbx appears in Outlook Express but not on:
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Trevor\Local Settings\Application
>> Data\Identities\{83FDBF62-3205-46F3-BAE6-6D4B94BB0594}\Microsoft\Outlook
>> Express
>>
>> There is also a file (positioning.dbx) in C:\Documents and
>> Settings\Trevor\Local Settings\Application
>> Data\Identities\{83FDBF62-3205-46F3-BAE6-6D4B94BB0594} which doesn't
>> appear in OE. I opened this file using OE Viewer and I found it has
>> the same contents. (That is positioning.dbx has the same contents as
>> "Layer positoning" in OE)
>
> In Explorer rename positioning.dbx to positioning.db_. Exit
> Explorer and open OE.
> What are the results?
>

When I renamed it, I closed OE (this was where I sent the message in error)
and re-opened it.
The folder in OE "Layer postioning" was empty. There was a new file named
positoning.dbx created in C:\Documents and Settings\Trevor\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{83FDBF62-3205-46F3-BAE6-6D4B94BB0594}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express
This folder is empty (viewed with OE Viewer) but positioning.db_ has the
original contents


>>
>> Perhaps at some stage I renamed the folder, but:
>> How can two folders with the same contents have different names ?
>
> Easy, it's no different than any other folders. You can have
> multiple folders with the same name and same content as long as they
> are not in the same directory. You can have multiple folders with
> different names anywhere that contain the same content. As long as
> the path or name are different, it doesn't matter what's in the
> folder.
>>
>> There are also .dbx files with different names, e.g. suffixed with
>> (1) , (2) which are not the names on OE.
>
> Where do you see this, in the original Identity folder or one you
> copied folders/files to?
>
>> I also found an empty folder in OE which doesn't have a
>> corresponding .dbx file . Is this to be expected ?
>
> Not that I'm aware of.
>
>> Another point is that renaming a folder in OE is not reflected in
>> the .dbx store
>
> Ok, now I'm beginning to think either your store got corrupted or
> you mis-stepped in the copy.
>
>>
>> When do the two stores align?
>
> If you only have one Identity, I believe there should only be one.
>
>> If I take a backup of the .dbx store, wil a restoration give the
>> details on the .dbx store or that on OE. ?
>
> A backup/restore using what?
>
>
> --
>
> Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
> Conflicts start where information lacks.
> http://basconotw.mvps.org/
>
> Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

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Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au