Undelete OE folder

[Guthro]

How can I undelete a folder in Outlook Express 6 ?
I was deleting an email but somehow selected and deleted the whole folder.
Where do I look on Windows ME to find where the files are stored ?
I tried a restore point and this did nothing. (obviously)

Is it just a case of the first 2 bytes being reversed ?
Can I find it in the registry ?

Does anyone have any ideas ?
It's not all my directories but a subdirectory that contains many receipt/acceptance messages etc.

Any help appreciated.
Thanks.


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[smah]

The whole folder is likely to be within your 'deleted items' folder. Click the + to expand the deleted items.

 

[Guthro]

I wish it was.
Thanks, but I've already looked there and everywhere else within OE.
It looks like I've deleted it completely rather than just moved it to a trashcan type folder.

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[smah]

You could try some file recovery software like pcinspector. You'd be looking for the .dbx file with the same name as whatever the folder was. If you manage to find & recover it, you'll then need to delete the file folders.dbx to have it re-appear within OE.

 

[Guthro]

I wonder what windows renames the file when it deletes it.
I've searched for .db* and various combinations.

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