Any way to recover *.dbx files that were accidentally written over when switchin

I had two identities that were set up for two mail
accounts on Outlook Express. Both accounts pointed to the
same directory for storing mail messages.

I recently created a third identity for a new mail
account. I wanted to point this new account to the same
directory as the other two for storing mail messages.
When I did that (via Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store
Folder), I must not have been paying attention to the
dialog box, because the next time I logged in with one of
the older accounts, all my stored mail messages were gone!

The program must have overwritten my old *.dbx files with
the ones created for the new account. Is there a way I
can recover the old *.dbx files?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Trang

No. Or at least not very likely. If your old files were overwritten, the
only way I can think of to recover them (and it's only a possibility) would
be by using DBXPress from www.oehelp.com and it's not a free program.

I'm making an assumption that you've already conducted a file search for
files ending with DBX and have found none other than the ones in your
present message store folder.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
Please reply only to newsgroup.


"Trang" wrote in message
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I had two identities that were set up for two mail
accounts on Outlook Express. Both accounts pointed to the
same directory for storing mail messages.

I recently created a third identity for a new mail
account. I wanted to point this new account to the same
directory as the other two for storing mail messages.
When I did that (via Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store
Folder), I must not have been paying attention to the
dialog box, because the next time I logged in with one of
the older accounts, all my stored mail messages were gone!

The program must have overwritten my old *.dbx files with
the ones created for the new account. Is there a way I
can recover the old *.dbx files?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Trang

Just saw your question - just happened to me too - I'm
looking for answers. Trang - did you find any way to
recover these files? Anyone else??

-----Original Message-----
I had two identities that were set up for two mail
accounts on Outlook Express. Both accounts pointed to
the
same directory for storing mail messages.

I recently created a third identity for a new mail
account. I wanted to point this new account to the same
directory as the other two for storing mail messages.
When I did that (via Tools, Options, Maintenance, Store
Folder), I must not have been paying attention to the
dialog box, because the next time I logged in with one of
the older accounts, all my stored mail messages were gone!

The program must have overwritten my old *.dbx files with
the ones created for the new account. Is there a way I
can recover the old *.dbx files?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
Trang

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