You did not give details about your OS, but it sounds as if you logged in as
another user and got a new desktop profile and are accessing another user's
address book. Look over how you logged on the computer. For more help you
need to tell us what OS your are running.

Peter
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The NoSpin Group
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> -----Original Message-----
> When I started my backup computer today I found that the
> desktop background had changed and many of my shortcuts were
> missing.  These changes seem to have occurred spontaneous BUT
> I must check with my grand children to make sure they didn't
> change any settings.  The biggest nuisance is that when I
> recreated the OE short cut and opened it the address book was
> gone and all the archived e-mail.  My important e-mail is not
> on that machine, but I'd like to understand what happened so
> it doesn't happen again.  Where can the e-mail files be?
>
> Bob Warasila

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