outlook express and lost one folder only's worth of messages?

[Nancyb]

I was trying to rename a folder, and got an error message- folder cannott be
renamed, an error has occured.
Everything in that folder is gone now- and was fine before I tried to
rename- can anyone help me figure out what happened and where those messages
went?
Thank you,
Nancy




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[Kent W. England [MVP]]

If you were renaming from Windows Explorer, then you screwed up OE's
folders.dbx references. Try renaming the folder back to what it was, and
it should re-appear in OE's folder list.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Nancyb" > wrote in
message ...

> I was trying to rename a folder, and got an error message- folder
cannott be
> renamed, an error has occured.
> Everything in that folder is gone now- and was fine before I tried to
> rename- can anyone help me figure out what happened and where those
messages
> went?
>

[Nancyb]

No, I was renaming from inside Outlook Express - though Windows Explorer was
open to the same folder- would that have had something to do with it?

"Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> If you were renaming from Windows Explorer, then you screwed up OE's
> folders.dbx references. Try renaming the folder back to what it was, and
> it should re-appear in OE's folder list.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
> "Nancyb" > wrote in
> message ...
>
> > I was trying to rename a folder, and got an error message- folder
> cannott be
> > renamed, an error has occured.
> > Everything in that folder is gone now- and was fine before I tried to
> > rename- can anyone help me figure out what happened and where those
> messages
> > went?
> >
>

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

No, just looking with WinEx shouldn't do anything. I would advise you
check out www.tomsterdam.com the "Inside OE" section for more help on
how to fix folder view problems. It is possible that if you see a folder
in Windows Explorer but not in OE, you can restore the view by
recreating folders.dbx. See
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/errors.htm#foldersdbx

At worst, you will have to restore your folder hierarchy, if any.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



"Nancyb" > wrote in
message ...

> No, I was renaming from inside Outlook Express - though Windows
Explorer was
> open to the same folder- would that have had something to do with it?
>
> "Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > If you were renaming from Windows Explorer, then you screwed up OE's
> > folders.dbx references. Try renaming the folder back to what it was,
and
> > it should re-appear in OE's folder list.

[Nancyb]

Okay, thank you. Will do!

"Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> No, just looking with WinEx shouldn't do anything. I would advise you
> check out www.tomsterdam.com the "Inside OE" section for more help on
> how to fix folder view problems. It is possible that if you see a folder
> in Windows Explorer but not in OE, you can restore the view by
> recreating folders.dbx. See
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/problems/errors.htm#foldersdbx
>
> At worst, you will have to restore your folder hierarchy, if any.
>
> --
> Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
>
>
>
> "Nancyb" > wrote in
> message ...
>
> > No, I was renaming from inside Outlook Express - though Windows
> Explorer was
> > open to the same folder- would that have had something to do with it?
> >
> > "Kent W. England [MVP]" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > If you were renaming from Windows Explorer, then you screwed up OE's
> > > folders.dbx references. Try renaming the folder back to what it was,
> and
> > > it should re-appear in OE's folder list.
>