On 10/18/03 2:16 AM, "Gene Wieber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I accidentally moved the identity folder for Entourage from one hard > disk to another. I put it back to its original place, but the > application can't seem to find it. Instead, when I launch Entourage, I > get a new users screen and none of my messages or contacts appear. > Nothing has been deleted. How do I get entourage to recognize the old > identity folder? It depends on which folder you moved. If it was simply the actual "Main Identity" folder or - more likely from the sound of it - the folder renamed to "Gene Wieber" or similar - that you moved out of and then back to "Office X Identities" within the Microsoft User Data folder, do this: Within Entourage, go to Entourage menu/Switch Identity. A window will come up. You'll see "Gene Wieber" or whatever the correct identity is called, as well as your new (empty) "Main Identity". Select the right one and you'll be back. If you need the recent messages you've been getting, switch back to the recent identity, drag out messages (or folders) to your desktop, switch again to your real identity, drag in the messages (or folders). Then you can delete this temporary identity if you wish - either with the Switch Identities window or by removing the Main Identity folder. If , rather, you moved the entire "Office X Identities" or entire Microsoft User Data folder out and back, and new one (of wither) will have been created, with a new Main Identity. Then when you moved the old one back, since you didn't replace the interloper, evidently, the Finder would have added a "1" or something to the name. You'll have to rename the interloper to anything else, rename the old folder back to what it should be. That will let you open up back in your old identity. (which might still be called "Main Identity" if you never renamed it) To get recent messages from your recent foray, you'll have to rename the "Main Identity" folder within the interloper Office X Identities to any other name, then move that identity folder into the real restituted "Office X Identities" folder. Then you can access it as above via "Switch Identities..." and drag out the messages you need, switch back, and drag in as above. -- Paul Berkowitz -- 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/>
