A folder i stored in outlook express 6 has vanished, i can assure you i have not deleted it, what can have happened, it included passwords to sites, [not financial i hasten to add,] and receipts from payment transactions, i did have a virus today Q down, but avg healed it is this linked? my kids are buggers for this file sharing stuff.

I once read about a trick for something like this, but I've forgotten it now... I'll do some searching for it... In the meantime, browse to this folder: C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserAccountNameHere\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities Then press the search button, and search for *.dbx All folders in Outlook Express are stored as .dbx files in one of the identities folders. If the search shows the folder still exists as a .dbx file, then that's the important part taken care of. Now, on to finding a way to get it to show up again... Try this: ControlPanel>Internet Options>General page [Temporary Internet Files] Delete cookies <YES Delete files <YES (even offline content) OE is part of Internet Explorer, and clearing the tempfiles cache sometimes does the trick (because of the index.dat files being refreshed - I think). I'll get back to you on that possible trick... ___________________________________________ ☺ [Belgium, GMT+1]_________________________svg

Try this: [create a new identity in OE, and] switch to it (a different one from the one you're using). Then exit OE. Restart it and switch back to your normal identity. Is the lost folder back? I do know another trick that might force OE to rebuild the folder-structure, but it might be a bit more "dangerous". Give me some feedback first on whether the folder's already back or not... ___________________________________________ ☺ [Belgium, GMT+1]_________________________svg

i did the first part, browsed to the identities folder, sadly the folder i was looking for was not there... i'm puzzled, thinking of what has occured, strange. cheers for the help by the way A folder i stored in outlook express 6 has vanished, i can assure you i have not deleted it, what can have happened, it included passwords to sites, [not financial i hasten to add,] and receipts from

You searched for *.dbx files, right? It may still be there, for example: 1) You deleted it somehow > check the "deleted items" folder. 2) Your Logon-UserAccount has lost all its permissions on the LostFolder.dbx file, so you won't even see it in Explorer. Let me know if you want me to give you complete instructions on how to change that, if you're not familiar with User-Permissions. ___________________________________________ ☺ [Belgium, GMT+1]_________________________svg

yes i searced the *.dbx files, and in the list the local folder i made, and had stored in outlook , did not pop up in the list... yes i would like you to give us complete instructions as i'm not familiar with user permissions... cheers mike

By the way, i have not deleted this folder, i had not even viewed the folder in question for a couple of weeks.......