Cant find my mail folders

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Hi,

Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the options
so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:

Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"

I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known file
types".

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"John" <blnewqewq@iol.ie> wrote in message
news:7Ze6e.51323$Z14.39960@news.indigo.ie...
> Hi,
> I have wasted a lot of time over the past 10 years trying to figure out
> where Microsoft have hidden my mail folders on successive operating
> systems.I use Outlook express and I have always backed up my email
> folders, even when they were .mmf files. Now they are .dbx files and they
> are hidden away in Documents and Settings\computername\local settings\
> ect\ect. Only problem now is that the folder is now hidden and I cant see
> it in explorer. I have just wiped my hd for the 50th time, and want to
> restore selected archives,including my beloved emails, but I cant see the
> folder in explorer to copy them into. I know they are there because when I
> do a search for Inbox.* I get a location for inbox.dbx. Can someone please
> tell me how to make this folder visable and accessable.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

for yhe heck of it, iwent to viewcept when i went to disable hide protected
operating foldrs, i got an error message saying that action would hurt my
system
"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the options
> so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:
>
> Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
> Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
> Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"
>
> I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known file
> types".
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "John" <blnewqewq@iol.ie> wrote in message
> news:7Ze6e.51323$Z14.39960@news.indigo.ie...
> > Hi,
> > I have wasted a lot of time over the past 10 years trying to figure out
> > where Microsoft have hidden my mail folders on successive operating
> > systems.I use Outlook express and I have always backed up my email
> > folders, even when they were .mmf files. Now they are .dbx files and they
> > are hidden away in Documents and Settings\computername\local settings\
> > ect\ect. Only problem now is that the folder is now hidden and I cant see
> > it in explorer. I have just wiped my hd for the 50th time, and want to
> > restore selected archives,including my beloved emails, but I cant see the
> > folder in explorer to copy them into. I know they are there because when I
> > do a search for Inbox.* I get a location for inbox.dbx. Can someone please
> > tell me how to make this folder visable and accessable.
> >
>
>
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

Hi,

It won't hurt anything, the message just comes up as a warning that
tampering with system files can cause problems.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"matchstich" <matchstich@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6030E6C0-B04E-469C-A516-CA0CD6F84F2B@microsoft.com...
>
> for yhe heck of it, iwent to viewcept when i went to disable hide
> protected
> operating foldrs, i got an error message saying that action would hurt my
> system
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Go to the Control Panel/Folder Options, and on the View tab, set the
>> options
>> so you can see hidden and system files. Specifically:
>>
>> Enable (check) "Display the contents of system folders"
>> Enable (check) "Show hidden files and folders"
>> Disable (uncheck): "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)"
>>
>> I also recommend that you disable (uncheck) "hide extensions for known
>> file
>> types".
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "John" <blnewqewq@iol.ie> wrote in message
>> news:7Ze6e.51323$Z14.39960@news.indigo.ie...
>> > Hi,
>> > I have wasted a lot of time over the past 10 years trying to figure
>> > out
>> > where Microsoft have hidden my mail folders on successive operating
>> > systems.I use Outlook express and I have always backed up my email
>> > folders, even when they were .mmf files. Now they are .dbx files and
>> > they
>> > are hidden away in Documents and Settings\computername\local settings\
>> > ect\ect. Only problem now is that the folder is now hidden and I cant
>> > see
>> > it in explorer. I have just wiped my hd for the 50th time, and want to
>> > restore selected archives,including my beloved emails, but I cant see
>> > the
>> > folder in explorer to copy them into. I know they are there because
>> > when I
>> > do a search for Inbox.* I get a location for inbox.dbx. Can someone
>> > please
>> > tell me how to make this folder visable and accessable.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)

If you reinstall quite so often, you'd be better off moving the Email folder
on another partition or in a place you'll remember:
Tools/Options/Maintenance/StoreFolder...
Michael

"John" <blnewqewq@iol.ie> wrote in message
news:7Ze6e.51323$Z14.39960@news.indigo.ie...
> Hi,
> I have wasted a lot of time over the past 10 years trying to figure out
> where Microsoft have hidden my mail folders on successive operating
> systems.I use Outlook express and I have always backed up my email
> folders, even when they were .mmf files. Now they are .dbx files and they
> are hidden away in Documents and Settings\computername\local settings\
> ect\ect. Only problem now is that the folder is now hidden and I cant see
> it in explorer. I have just wiped my hd for the 50th time, and want to
> restore selected archives,including my beloved emails, but I cant see the
> folder in explorer to copy them into. I know they are there because when I
> do a search for Inbox.* I get a location for inbox.dbx. Can someone please
> tell me how to make this folder visable and accessable.
>