Re: Where are OE's settings stored?
- From: "Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:07:36 -0700
When I look in mine, the value uses %SystemDrive% for the C: drive. (I
had also changed mine from the default).
The key name is "Store Root" under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{guid}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0
However, if you are expecting to do this after a disk drive disaster,
the registry may not be readable. As [art of my weekly backups, I
export the registry to a text file and save.
--
Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bruce, I know the actual dbx files are not living in the registry! I
know where they reside. I back mine up every day. That's not what I'm
asking.
I have changed my store folder to C:\OE\MESSAGES
Here comes the question:
Why does the Find function in regedit NOT FIND this string anywhere in
the registry?
This is the string it can't find: C:\OE\MESSAGES
If OE doesn't store that string in the registry, where is it stored?
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I must be missing the point. What kind of program would encrypt the
path to the message store? There is information in the registry about
your identity, including Rules, Blocked Senders, Signatures, etc., but
your dbx files will never be in the registry.
1.. Close OE and then In Regedit, navigate to this key:
|--HKEY_CURRENT_USER
|-----Identities
|--------{GUID}
|-----------Software
|--------------Microsoft
|-----------------Outlook Express
|--------------------5.0
where GUID is the Global Unique IDentifier for your Identity.
2.. Under that key, you will find OE information that /is/ in the
registry.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know! But, what about the registry? Is it possible some programs
encrypt their plain-text entries, so a simple path name becomes
unrecognizable?
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The files will always be in Windows Explorer, somewhere. If you
can't find them in the usual manner, then you would want to do an
Advanced search and include Hidden Files and Folders. You would
search for:
*.dbx
I have never used MS Outlook, but I would assume in your friends
case, he would want to search for:
*.pst
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bruce:
I know how to find the path using the options dialog. I'm
wondering what would happen if, for some reason, I *had* to use a
back door method (other than Explorer) to locate the message store
for OE. It's just a matter of curiosity, really. Apparently, it's
not in the registry. It has to be filed somewhere. Where?
I mentioned Outlook because the other user's problem got me
thinking about this whole thing.
"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You /are/ asking about the OE message store and not MS Outlook?
Even if you moved it, Tools | Option | Maintenance | Store Folder
will reveal the path. (They are not in the registry). The files
may be marked as hidden though.
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the
location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down
and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into
Start | Run.
In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by
default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows
Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under
Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows
Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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At my home office, a user's computer began making odd noises
which turned out to be the hard disk in the throes of death. Our
tech consultant managed to salvage quite a bit, but they can't
find his pst files from Outlook (not OE). They're not in the
usual place, and it's suspected they might be on the office
server. I don't know what they've done so far to check this
theory, but never mind that.
A couple of years ago, I relocated my OE message store to
c:\oe\messages, which makes it much easier for me to find the
files and do backups. Less cryptic path than the default.
Pondering the other user's predicament, I wondered what would
happen if I needed to find my message store, but I couldn't use
Tools, Options, Maintenance for some reason. Obviously, I could
search the disk for all occurrences of inbox.dbx, and one of the
search results would be correct. But, I wondered about searching
the registry. I tried that, using the exact path to my message
store folder, and got no results at all.
Why? Where does OE store that config info, if not in the
registry?
.
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