Originally posted here by foxyloxley
something that caught my eye ??
from Darkes: re: the DBX files in OE.
I (again) managed to trash my OE settings, have had to generate a new account, with a new SID ?? and as such I am unable to access the old files ?? which include some job references.

So, the question is 'could someone tell me how to access my old DBX files , preferably, so that I can re-fit ??? them into the NEW account.
bluthund is quite correct, but there is another way of doing this.

It doesn't matter that your SID has changed.

Search for the directory in which your original dbx files exist (you'll need to search for hidden files), and copy it or make a note of the name, in particular the SID bit.

From your new install of OE, select File->Import->Messages. Assuming you are running OE6 (or OE5 !!), select the OE6 option, and the first option, and choose 'main identity'.
After you have hit next, change the SID in the directory name from your current one to your original one, and that should do the trick.

You can import messages from multiple previous copies of OE etc. using this method.
If you should have a problem then you can instead copy all the dbx files to a new folder, say oemails. Then do the same thing but select the OE store directory option instead, and point it to the new folder you have just created (C:\oemails in this case).