[dba-Tech] Lost messages and settings

Dear Group,

I think I found the trouble...but I can't figure out why it happened.

First I went to the folder where the Outlook Express .dbx files are stored
in Windows 2000. I saw that the most recent changes were made at 12:33 pm
today. That was the last time I sent a message before I shut the system down
and left for a client's site. When I came back around 5:00 pm is when I
noticed that all the messages from the last 3 1/2 days were gone.

I then figured that, since the modified dates for my .dbx files weren't
changing when I sent and received new messages, a different set of .dbx
files were being used. Sure enough I found in the Maintenance tab of the
Options dialog box a button to change the "Store Folder". There I saw that
the .dbx files on drive D: were being used instead of those on drive C:. I
use Norton Ghost as a backup system and clone everything from C: to D: on a
regular basis. The last time I did it was late Friday, just before I
installed Office XP.

I changed the location of the Store Folder and there were all my messages
from the last 3 1/2 days.

Now, how did that Store Folder setting get changed in the first place,
that's what I wanna know. Any ideas?

Regards...
                 `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·->  Steve Erbach
                                              Scientific Marketing
                                              Neenah, WI
                                              920-969-0504