Accidentally deleted user data... trying to restore my mail, contacts, etc.

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I think I've accidentally deleted the user data that stores my e-mail
folders, e-mails, contacts and whatnot in Entourage. (I was cleaning up
the hard drive and must have thrown out the wrong thing). Now Entourage
opens fine but acts as though it's the first time i've opened it and
has no memory of me.

I hit the "empty trash" button before i releazed the problem. So i have
a disc recovery program which can look for items which have been
deleted from the trash, but i'm not sure what files/folders to look for
(or what file extension type).

if i can find these files, does anybody have any experience about how
to re-import the data and what' the likelihood is that it will work?

thanks for any help any smart folks out there can offer!!

-kristin
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Re: Accidentally deleted user data... trying to restore my mail, by Gary

Gary
Fri Mar 31 19:12:17 CST 2006

Kristin,
The folder you are looking for is "Microsoft User Data", which is
in your "home" folder.

Good Luck !

Gary


ps: fyi, I backup my entire home folder weekly.




On 3/31/06 3:55 PM, in article
1143849350.845008.300760@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
"yellowcarsuperstar@gmail.com" <yellowcarsuperstar@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I've accidentally deleted the user data that stores my e-mail
> folders, e-mails, contacts and whatnot in Entourage. (I was cleaning up
> the hard drive and must have thrown out the wrong thing). Now Entourage
> opens fine but acts as though it's the first time i've opened it and
> has no memory of me.
>
> I hit the "empty trash" button before i releazed the problem. So i have
> a disc recovery program which can look for items which have been
> deleted from the trash, but i'm not sure what files/folders to look for
> (or what file extension type).
>
> if i can find these files, does anybody have any experience about how
> to re-import the data and what' the likelihood is that it will work?
>
> thanks for any help any smart folks out there can offer!!
>
> -kristin
>


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Re: Accidentally deleted user data... trying to restore my mail, by Paul

Paul
Fri Mar 31 20:03:19 CST 2006

Actually, it's the "Main Identity" folder (unless you renamed your identity,
then it would be that name) which lives in the "Office 2004 Identities"
folder, which lives in the "Microsoft User Data" folder, which actually
lives in the Documents folder of your user (home) folder.

The essential component of you identity folder is a file called, simply
"Database" (no extension). The other files in the folder (which you could
manage without) are the Mailing Lists, Rules and Signature files.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

Please "Reply To Newsgroup" to reply to this message. Emails will be
ignored.

PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.


> From: Gary Stein <gpstein@cox.net>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:12:17 -0800
> Conversation: Accidentally deleted user data... trying to restore my mail,
> contacts, etc.
> Subject: Re: Accidentally deleted user data... trying to restore my mail,
> contacts, etc.
>
> Kristin,
> The folder you are looking for is "Microsoft User Data", which is
> in your "home" folder.
>
> Good Luck !
>
> Gary
>
>
> ps: fyi, I backup my entire home folder weekly.
>
>
>
>
> On 3/31/06 3:55 PM, in article
> 1143849350.845008.300760@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com,
> "yellowcarsuperstar@gmail.com" <yellowcarsuperstar@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think I've accidentally deleted the user data that stores my e-mail
>> folders, e-mails, contacts and whatnot in Entourage. (I was cleaning up
>> the hard drive and must have thrown out the wrong thing). Now Entourage
>> opens fine but acts as though it's the first time i've opened it and
>> has no memory of me.
>>
>> I hit the "empty trash" button before i releazed the problem. So i have
>> a disc recovery program which can look for items which have been
>> deleted from the trash, but i'm not sure what files/folders to look for
>> (or what file extension type).
>>
>> if i can find these files, does anybody have any experience about how
>> to re-import the data and what' the likelihood is that it will work?
>>
>> thanks for any help any smart folks out there can offer!!
>>
>> -kristin
>>
>
>

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