On or near 9/22/03 4:20 AM, Blake Barratt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > Everything is normally in the microsoft user data folder in the documents > folder. > I have managed to wipe everything by doing a first run if you havent gone > too far and the computer has installed a new msuserdata folder then the > contacts may be laying around somewhere other wise I hope you got them > backed up > > But first check out the user data the way to tell is the file size if > everything is still there.
Yes, good advice. To be a little clearer: Usually, your data is kept in a folder named by your Entourage identity name (often just the default "Main Identity"), inside this folder: ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office X Identities/. Look for that folder and see what's in it, and when it was created. Use Finder to search for any _other_ copies of "Office X Identities", and see if there are multiple user identity folders on your system. If there are, your old data may be in one of them, and entourage for some reason is using a different identity. To recover your data: - if you are currently using an identity folder that is empty, and your old, valid data is in another identity folder within the same "Office X Identities" folder, then simply use the command on the Entourage menu to Switch Identities. - if the identity folder Entourage is using is in a different Office X Identities than the valid identity folder, copy that valid folder into the "Office X Identities" folder that Entourage is using, giving it a different user name if necessary by renaming the identity folder. If you can't find a second identity folder anywhere on your system, you are probably out of luck, unless you have a recent backup of your system. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
