I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message

I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files from the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my emails
.....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there is nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it but you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files from the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs and Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files, except for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as it was too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it but you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files from the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

Are you showing hidden files & folders, you won't be able to see the folders
if you don't change the setting.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs and
Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named
differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files, except for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as it was
too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other
profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it but you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files from
the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

Once again..thanks Neil...I accessed the hidden files...went back into my
original USER file and followed your route and found the Inbox .dbx file,
copied it...went back and entered STUART, followed the route and pasted it .
....but when I opened Outlook , there were no emails there.
The size of the Inbox .dbx file in USER was only 139 kb, the same size as
the file I replaced in STUART...which makes me think...somehow...my emails
have gone.

"neil" wrote:

Are you showing hidden files & folders, you won't be able to see the folders
if you don't change the setting.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs and
Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named
differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files, except for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as it was
too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other
profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it but you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files from
the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

Hmm,
Does seem a bit strange. Assuming you made a copy of the files in your new
profile before overwriting anything, have you tried replacing all the files
in the new folder with all the files in your original profile folder.?
Doing this should recover the emails I'm sure, it certainly wont remove them
as any changes are in the new profile & not the old one. I suppose it is
possible an error in the original profile could have tried to write default
files to the folder. Are you sure there aren't backup copies of the Inbox
etc in the original folder.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Once again..thanks Neil...I accessed the hidden files...went back into my
original USER file and followed your route and found the Inbox .dbx file,
copied it...went back and entered STUART, followed the route and pasted it
.
...but when I opened Outlook , there were no emails there.
The size of the Inbox .dbx file in USER was only 139 kb, the same size as
the file I replaced in STUART...which makes me think...somehow...my emails
have gone.

"neil" wrote:

Are you showing hidden files & folders, you won't be able to see the
folders
if you don't change the setting.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs and
Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named
differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files, except for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as it was
too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other
profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it but
you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the
similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files
from
the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my
emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files
exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

Neil..there were only 3 files in the old USER Outlook Express folder...the
Inbox, Outbox and Offline DBX files.
In the new STUART Outlook folder there are 13 files.
I've tried replacing them....there are no backup files in the old USER
Outlook folder...so I've no idea where the emails have gone ...and there were
a lot of them plus attatchments......I'm pretty resigned to saying goodbye to
them...a bit annoying I've just looked in my back up ( backed up before the
problem began)on an external hard drive ...and followed the route through
USER to the Outlook Express folder and in there are the same 3
files...Folders.dbx, 74 kb, Inbox.dbx, 139 kb and Offline.dbx, 10kb...I
copied and pasted the Inbox to STUART...but the emails weren't there.....so
maybe the emails are stored somewhere else...weird.
I do have Microsoft Outlook

"neil" wrote:

Hmm,
Does seem a bit strange. Assuming you made a copy of the files in your new
profile before overwriting anything, have you tried replacing all the files
in the new folder with all the files in your original profile folder.?
Doing this should recover the emails I'm sure, it certainly wont remove them
as any changes are in the new profile & not the old one. I suppose it is
possible an error in the original profile could have tried to write default
files to the folder. Are you sure there aren't backup copies of the Inbox
etc in the original folder.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Once again..thanks Neil...I accessed the hidden files...went back into my
original USER file and followed your route and found the Inbox .dbx file,
copied it...went back and entered STUART, followed the route and pasted it
.
...but when I opened Outlook , there were no emails there.
The size of the Inbox .dbx file in USER was only 139 kb, the same size as
the file I replaced in STUART...which makes me think...somehow...my emails
have gone.

"neil" wrote:

Are you showing hidden files & folders, you won't be able to see the
folders
if you don't change the setting.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs and
Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named
differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files, except for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as it was
too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other
profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it but
you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the
similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files
from
the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my
emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files
exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

In your original post I got the impression you were using Outlook Express,
if you used Outlook then the files will be saved as a PST file. Look for
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook" the file name should be outlook.pst (still hidden
files & folders). Look in the old user profile but you will need outlook to
import the "outlook.pst" file into Outlook run from the new user "stuart".
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Neil..there were only 3 files in the old USER Outlook Express folder...the
Inbox, Outbox and Offline DBX files.
In the new STUART Outlook folder there are 13 files.
I've tried replacing them....there are no backup files in the old USER
Outlook folder...so I've no idea where the emails have gone ...and there
were
a lot of them plus attatchments......I'm pretty resigned to saying goodbye
to
them...a bit annoying I've just looked in my back up ( backed up before
the
problem began)on an external hard drive ...and followed the route through
USER to the Outlook Express folder and in there are the same 3
files...Folders.dbx, 74 kb, Inbox.dbx, 139 kb and Offline.dbx, 10kb...I
copied and pasted the Inbox to STUART...but the emails weren't
there.....so
maybe the emails are stored somewhere else...weird.
I do have Microsoft Outlook

"neil" wrote:

Hmm,
Does seem a bit strange. Assuming you made a copy of the files in your
new
profile before overwriting anything, have you tried replacing all the
files
in the new folder with all the files in your original profile folder.?
Doing this should recover the emails I'm sure, it certainly wont remove
them
as any changes are in the new profile & not the old one. I suppose it is
possible an error in the original profile could have tried to write
default
files to the folder. Are you sure there aren't backup copies of the Inbox
etc in the original folder.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Once again..thanks Neil...I accessed the hidden files...went back into
my
original USER file and followed your route and found the Inbox .dbx
file,
copied it...went back and entered STUART, followed the route and pasted
it
.
...but when I opened Outlook , there were no emails there.
The size of the Inbox .dbx file in USER was only 139 kb, the same size
as
the file I replaced in STUART...which makes me think...somehow...my
emails
have gone.

"neil" wrote:

Are you showing hidden files & folders, you won't be able to see the
folders
if you don't change the setting.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs and
Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named
differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files, except
for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as it
was
too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other
profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it
but
you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the
similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files
from
the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my
emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there
is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files
exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

Neil...I followed your route and have managed to import my
emails......thanks...sorry about the confusion ..I really did think I was
using Outlook Express....can I blame it on senility?
Once again..thanks
"neil" wrote:

In your original post I got the impression you were using Outlook Express,
if you used Outlook then the files will be saved as a PST file. Look for
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook" the file name should be outlook.pst (still hidden
files & folders). Look in the old user profile but you will need outlook to
import the "outlook.pst" file into Outlook run from the new user "stuart".
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Neil..there were only 3 files in the old USER Outlook Express folder...the
Inbox, Outbox and Offline DBX files.
In the new STUART Outlook folder there are 13 files.
I've tried replacing them....there are no backup files in the old USER
Outlook folder...so I've no idea where the emails have gone ...and there
were
a lot of them plus attatchments......I'm pretty resigned to saying goodbye
to
them...a bit annoying I've just looked in my back up ( backed up before
the
problem began)on an external hard drive ...and followed the route through
USER to the Outlook Express folder and in there are the same 3
files...Folders.dbx, 74 kb, Inbox.dbx, 139 kb and Offline.dbx, 10kb...I
copied and pasted the Inbox to STUART...but the emails weren't
there.....so
maybe the emails are stored somewhere else...weird.
I do have Microsoft Outlook

"neil" wrote:

Hmm,
Does seem a bit strange. Assuming you made a copy of the files in your
new
profile before overwriting anything, have you tried replacing all the
files
in the new folder with all the files in your original profile folder.?
Doing this should recover the emails I'm sure, it certainly wont remove
them
as any changes are in the new profile & not the old one. I suppose it is
possible an error in the original profile could have tried to write
default
files to the folder. Are you sure there aren't backup copies of the Inbox
etc in the original folder.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Once again..thanks Neil...I accessed the hidden files...went back into
my
original USER file and followed your route and found the Inbox .dbx
file,
copied it...went back and entered STUART, followed the route and pasted
it
.
...but when I opened Outlook , there were no emails there.
The size of the Inbox .dbx file in USER was only 139 kb, the same size
as
the file I replaced in STUART...which makes me think...somehow...my
emails
have gone.

"neil" wrote:

Are you showing hidden files & folders, you won't be able to see the
folders
if you don't change the setting.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs and
Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named
differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files, except
for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as it
was
too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the other
profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done it
but
you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the
similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile" message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my files
from
the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import my
emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and there
is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email files
exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?

No problem, glad we got it sorted eventually.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Neil...I followed your route and have managed to import my
emails......thanks...sorry about the confusion ..I really did think I was
using Outlook Express....can I blame it on senility?
Once again..thanks
"neil" wrote:

In your original post I got the impression you were using Outlook
Express,
if you used Outlook then the files will be saved as a PST file. Look for
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook" the file name should be outlook.pst (still hidden
files & folders). Look in the old user profile but you will need outlook
to
import the "outlook.pst" file into Outlook run from the new user
"stuart".
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Neil..there were only 3 files in the old USER Outlook Express
folder...the
Inbox, Outbox and Offline DBX files.
In the new STUART Outlook folder there are 13 files.
I've tried replacing them....there are no backup files in the old USER
Outlook folder...so I've no idea where the emails have gone ...and
there
were
a lot of them plus attatchments......I'm pretty resigned to saying
goodbye
to
them...a bit annoying I've just looked in my back up ( backed up before
the
problem began)on an external hard drive ...and followed the route
through
USER to the Outlook Express folder and in there are the same 3
files...Folders.dbx, 74 kb, Inbox.dbx, 139 kb and Offline.dbx, 10kb...I
copied and pasted the Inbox to STUART...but the emails weren't
there.....so
maybe the emails are stored somewhere else...weird.
I do have Microsoft Outlook

"neil" wrote:

Hmm,
Does seem a bit strange. Assuming you made a copy of the files in your
new
profile before overwriting anything, have you tried replacing all the
files
in the new folder with all the files in your original profile folder.?
Doing this should recover the emails I'm sure, it certainly wont
remove
them
as any changes are in the new profile & not the old one. I suppose it
is
possible an error in the original profile could have tried to write
default
files to the folder. Are you sure there aren't backup copies of the
Inbox
etc in the original folder.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Once again..thanks Neil...I accessed the hidden files...went back
into
my
original USER file and followed your route and found the Inbox .dbx
file,
copied it...went back and entered STUART, followed the route and
pasted
it
.
...but when I opened Outlook , there were no emails there.
The size of the Inbox .dbx file in USER was only 139 kb, the same
size
as
the file I replaced in STUART...which makes me think...somehow...my
emails
have gone.

"neil" wrote:

Are you showing hidden files & folders, you won't be able to see
the
folders
if you don't change the setting.
Neil
"Sam" wrote in message
...
Thanks Neil...I tried to follow your advice.....went to C, Docs
and
Settings,
then looked in the old USER file and the newly ceated one (named
differently,
STUART) and in neither is there a LOCAL SETTINGS file.
Also did a SEARCH for DBX files, but none showed.
When I created my new USER ( STUART), I moved all the files,
except
for
NTUSER DAT file, from USER to STUART (couldn't Copy and Paste as
it
was
too
big)..

"neil" wrote:

Your emails will be stored in a hidden folder relating to the
other
profile
"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{82117BC3-82A1-49AA-BC67-3A3A0ED74E51}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express" (the long number will be different)
they will be dbx files I believe. It's a while since I've done
it
but
you
can import them I think or you may need to COPY the files to the
similar
location under the new profile.
Neil

"Sam" wrote in message
...
I got a "Windows cannot load the locally stored profile"
message.
I've managed to make a new User profile and imported all my
files
from
the
original User profile....but I've been unable to find/import
my
emails
....Outlook Express is acting as if it hasn't been used and
there
is
nothing
in there...anyone any suggestions?....wil my original email
files
exist
somewhere....or has Outlook erased them?