On 3/10/05 3:06:42 PM, "bobgir2004" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Today, 3-10-2005, Launched Entourage 2004 for the second since time > since upgrading to v. 2004 while holding down the Option key. > > In the resulting window, chose to: > > � Verify Database > > � Compact Database > > � Then Rebuild Database > > Prior to v 2004, when I did the equivalent, it was very easy in... > > "/Users/bobgir/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2004/ > Identities/Earthlink account > > ...to dope out which was the old database because, guess what, Entourage > automatically labeled it "Old Database" and "Old Cache". > > Now I find folders labeled thusly: > > Earthlink account (Backed up 2-11-2005 15.46) > Earthlink Account (Backed up 2-11-2005 15.46) (Backed up 3-10-2005 > 17.39) > Earthlink Account (Backed up 2-11-2005 15.46) (Backed up 3-10-2005 > 17.40) > > When I check out the Database Icon in each of these folders, from top to > bottom they reveal: > > Created Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:40 PM; Modified Thursday March 10, > 2005 5:59 PM > Created Friday, February 11, 2005 6:52 PM; Modified Thursday March > 10, 2005 4:57 PM > Created Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:38 PM; Modified Thursday March > 10, 2005 5:39 PM > > This is like a game of "which walnut has the pea under it?". > > Which of the three folders should I keep? Which delete? Entourage backs up your identity before rebuilding or compacting. Those backed up identities are the state of the database before the rebuild or compact. If the new database is running well, feel free to throw out the old ones. I'm curious though what was wrong with the database that caused you to do all those steps. -- 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/>
