Deleting downloaded newsgroup messages in OE - can't find files in XP

I am having difficulty finding and deleting OE newsgroup cache files with
Windows XP.

Using my old computer (Windows 98), I could search for .dbx files and
manually delete them. This would allow all new message headers in a large
multimedia newsgroup to simply download rather than having OE automatically
load the stored headers and then replace the old ones with the new ones.

In XP, I can't find any .dbx files. And the function under
Tools/Maintenance doesn't seem to work. This problem has grown to the point
where the groups I visit most frequently won't even load, prompting the
message "An unknown error has occurred". Can anyone help me? Thanks!

 

OE > tools > options > maintenance > store folder. Will tell you where your
..dbx files are...

Hope that helps..




Brad Bryant wrote:
:: I am having difficulty finding and deleting OE newsgroup cache files
:: with Windows XP.
::
:: Using my old computer (Windows 98), I could search for .dbx files and
:: manually delete them. This would allow all new message headers in a
:: large multimedia newsgroup to simply download rather than having OE
:: automatically load the stored headers and then replace the old ones
:: with the new ones.
::
:: In XP, I can't find any .dbx files. And the function under
:: Tools/Maintenance doesn't seem to work. This problem has grown to
:: the point where the groups I visit most frequently won't even load,
:: prompting the message "An unknown error has occurred". Can anyone
:: help me? Thanks!

 

This just figures. It points to a location that doesn't even exist:

C:\Documents and Settings\Bryants\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{8D32DF8B-D3B8-4783-A0C5-FE37E2FC8659}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

There is no folder called "Local Settings" under "Bryants". How is this
possible? The downloaded headers/messages are obviously being stored
somewhere!

 

Check that you have 'Show hidden files and folders'
checked in Tools / Folder Options / View.

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Just right-click the newsgroup folder on your Folder list in OE.
Select Properties; Local File; Delete.

 

Oh, you da man! I loathe the steps Windows now takes to "protect us from
ourselves". I unchecked the "do not show hidden files" option on my old
computer right after I bought it, and I totally forgot to do the same for my
new PC. Thanks a bunch!

 

You're welcome.

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