detect and repair function

all of my email folders are gone. all of them.

under 'help' i checked 'detect and repair' trying to clean up toolbar
settings because apparently i am an idiot, and i checked 'discard my
customized settings, etc...' and when i went back to outlook, everything was
gone. there was no warning to save everything. i trusted that restore to
default meant restore microsoft settings, not destroy my stuff.

is there a way to get all my saved mail back? i save a lot of stuff and i
want it back.

Take a look here, it may help:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, vs asked:

| all of my email folders are gone. all of them.
|
| under 'help' i checked 'detect and repair' trying to clean up toolbar
| settings because apparently i am an idiot, and i checked 'discard my
| customized settings, etc...' and when i went back to outlook,
| everything was gone. there was no warning to save everything. i
| trusted that restore to default meant restore microsoft settings, not
| destroy my stuff.
|
| is there a way to get all my saved mail back? i save a lot of stuff
| and i want it back.