User Account Config

Recently my computer crashed and corrupted my user account; I tried UPHClean to see if it might solve any problems I had with the user profile not unloading. Unfortunately my user account was corrupted and it didn't solve the problem.



The computer is working fine so I started the tedious job of creating a new user account, is there a way to copy the configuration info from Outlook Express? Also, where can I find the contents of my Outlook email folders from my old user account? What file are they saved to?



Does Windows 2K have a “msconfig” file?



Any help would be appreciated.



~chuck

 

Regarding Msconfig, Windows 2K doesn't include it.

You can use Msconfig from XP, details of how to do that available HERE, or you can download it from HERE. (Direct Download)

 

Thanks,

Do you know where I look to retrieve my email?

~chuck

 

chuck,

1. Email Messages:

From the Outlook Express menu select Tools | Options | Maintenance and click the StoreFolder button. You see a dialog with the name of the directory that has your mail files. If you look in that directory you find files named after your mail folders and news groups. They all have a .DBX suffix. Outlook Express keeps all messages in these database files. If you make copies of these files regularly, you'll have a safe backup of your OE mail.

2. Account settings: This should help with configuration info / settings

Data about your mail and news accounts are stored in the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager. To save this data, start RegEdit and select that key in the left-hand pane. Then from the menu select Registry | Export Registry File. Save the file to a name like "outlook.reg".

Note: As an alternative, you can save the data one account at a time through Outlook Express: click Tools | Accounts | Export and specify the name of the file to save the settings. Be sure to save this information for every account.

Steve

 

Thanks Steve,

I took your advise, unfortunately the "identity" folders were empty. Is there another place or another way I can find my old email messages?

 

chuck,

Try this: In Windows Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Folder Options. On the View tab, under Advanced Settings, under Files and Folders, under Hidden files and folders, select Show hidden files and folders. If you want to see all file name extensions, clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box.

See if you have anything in Identities now. If not, do a search for *.dbx

Steve