lost emails and settings in outlook express

My wife runs Windows XP on his desk. My question is related to a problem with) Outlook Express 6

We have Windows XP on the desktop with Outlook Express 6. A few days earlier, the format changed and reverted to an earlier version of Outlook 6 and all of his Inbox of email, deletions, et al. have disappeared. Instead he appeared a very old version of his email to the original format. What should I do to restore his preferred version?

File | Identities | Manage identities. Is there more than one list?

Select Show hidden files and folders in Windows Explorer. Tools | Folder options | View.

In Windows Explorer, follow this path.

C:\Documents and Settings\Your User of utilisateur\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\ {long string of letters & numbers} \Microsoft\Outlook Express

When you get to the identities, is there more than one? If so, continue each folder Outlook Express (message store). It does not contain the dbx files created recently and the other your dbx files missing?

Finally, check the trash. All bak files there? If so, check the date of creation.

Post back with the results so far.

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