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Recover Safe Senders List
I just reloaded my computer (XP), installed Office (2003), and restored my
data (.pst files and Signatures). I'm trying to recover my previous safe senders list, but I can't find where the entries are stored. I did not export the list before the reload. Can anyone tell me where these entries are stored so that I can get them back, please? Thank you for your support, Ron |
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Recover Safe Senders List
"RonBoris" wrote in message
... I just reloaded my computer (XP), installed Office (2003), and restored my data (.pst files and Signatures). I'm trying to recover my previous safe senders list, but I can't find where the entries are stored. I did not export the list before the reload. Can anyone tell me where these entries are stored so that I can get them back, please? They're gone because you wiped them out by reinstalling. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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"Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
They're gone because you wiped them out by reinstalling. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . But I have a complete backup of my computer, including an export of the entire registry, so they should be somewhere in the backup. Let me ask this: When I add an entry to the safe senders list, where is it stored? In a file? In the registry? If I've done a complete backup of my PC, I should be able to recover everything. What other "special" backups do I need to do to be able to recover all my Outlook information? Thank you for your support, Ron |
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"RonBoris" wrote in message
... But I have a complete backup of my computer, including an export of the entire registry, Unless you exported the registry, there's no way to recover it, even if you have the registry files themselves. I don't know of any tools that will read a non-active registry. For Outlook 2003, I seem to recall that the Safe Sender list is in the registry but that for Outlook 2007 it's in a hidden folder in the PST. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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"Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:
"RonBoris" wrote in message ... But I have a complete backup of my computer, including an export of the entire registry, Unless you exported the registry, there's no way to recover it, even if you have the registry files themselves. I don't know of any tools that will read a non-active registry. For Outlook 2003, I seem to recall that the Safe Sender list is in the registry but that for Outlook 2007 it's in a hidden folder in the PST. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . I have Outlook 2003, and as I said, I have a complete export of the registry prior to reload, but I can't find the key with the safe senders list. I've even tried adding a very unique string to my current safe senders list and looking for it in my current registry with no luck. If it's in a hidden folder in the .pst, it should have come back with everything else when I pointed Outlook at my old .pst files. Any other ideas? Thank you for your support, Ron |
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Recover Safe Senders List
Opening an offline registry is actually very straightforward.
Open Regedit Click on any top-level hive (I normally use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) for Software and System, and HKEY_USERS (HKU) for user-specific NTUSER.DAT) Click File - Load hive and select the desired hive. Give it a name. I like to use zzz. The new hive will appear at the bottom of subhives of your selected hive Windows registry is stored in C:\windows\system32\config User registry is stored in %userprofile%\ntuser.dat (unless it's a mandatory profile, in which case it's ntuser.man) Note: It is possible to unload active hives. Please don't do that. The following information is courtesy of http://www.experts-exchange.com/Soft..._22641096.html and further courtesy of TechSoEasy. I can confirm its accuracy based on my testing while writing this article for you. ======= You should still be able to find the safe senders list (and other stuff) in the registry of each workstation. The location of the key would be in HKEY_USERS\SID\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\profilename\0a0d020000000000c 000000000000046 And stored under these subkeys as encoded text: Safe senders list: 001f0418 Safe recipient list: 001f0419 Blocked senders list: 001f041a So, if you search the registry for "0a0d020000000000c000000000000046" you should come up with the older profile keys that you can export out. But you can't just import them back, you would have to also export out the current user's key, and then cut and paste from the old to the current before importing the current user's key back into the registry. ======= Thus, to recover your safe senders list you would do the following: 1. Load the hive from your old NTUSER.DAT 2. Proceed to export your current 0046 key from the HKCU hive 3. Proceed to export your previous 0046 key from the HKU\zzz subhive 4. Replace the contents of the 418 key with your previous data 5. Reimport your current 0046 key I think this solves your problem. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Please vote "helpful" if I helped you "RonBoris" wrote: "Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: "RonBoris" wrote in message ... But I have a complete backup of my computer, including an export of the entire registry, Unless you exported the registry, there's no way to recover it, even if you have the registry files themselves. I don't know of any tools that will read a non-active registry. For Outlook 2003, I seem to recall that the Safe Sender list is in the registry but that for Outlook 2007 it's in a hidden folder in the PST. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] . I have Outlook 2003, and as I said, I have a complete export of the registry prior to reload, but I can't find the key with the safe senders list. I've even tried adding a very unique string to my current safe senders list and looking for it in my current registry with no luck. If it's in a hidden folder in the .pst, it should have come back with everything else when I pointed Outlook at my old .pst files. Any other ideas? Thank you for your support, Ron |
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"RonBoris" wrote in message
... If it's in a hidden folder in the .pst, it should have come back with everything else when I pointed Outlook at my old .pst files. Well, no, because items in hidden folders in the PST are often tied to the mail profile that created it and a different mail profile can't tell it's there. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Brilliant! Perfect! Thank you! It's amazing how simple and fast when you have
the right information. Thank you for your support, Ron "Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert" wrote: Thus, to recover your safe senders list you would do the following: 1. Load the hive from your old NTUSER.DAT 2. Proceed to export your current 0046 key from the HKCU hive 3. Proceed to export your previous 0046 key from the HKU\zzz subhive 4. Replace the contents of the 418 key with your previous data 5. Reimport your current 0046 key I think this solves your problem. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Please vote "helpful" if I helped you |
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On 2/26/2010 12:36 PM, RonBoris wrote:
Brilliant! Perfect! Thank you! It's amazing how simple and fast when you have the right information. Thank you for your support, Ron "Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert" wrote: Thus, to recover your safe senders list you would do the following: 1. Load the hive from your old NTUSER.DAT 2. Proceed to export your current 0046 key from the HKCU hive 3. Proceed to export your previous 0046 key from the HKU\zzz subhive 4. Replace the contents of the 418 key with your previous data 5. Reimport your current 0046 key I think this solves your problem. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Please vote "helpful" if I helped you You are welcome. That was a bit of a pain to figure out, but I learned some pretty valuable information related to fixing the Outlook profiles. I'll probably post this solution on my site later on. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Please vote "helpful" if I helped you |
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