Recover Safe Senders List

[RonBoris]

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

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

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.

 

[RonBoris]

They're gone because you wiped them out by reinstalling.

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

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

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.

 

[RonBoris]

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.

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

 

[Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert]

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/Software/Office_Productivity/Groupware/Outlook/Q_22641096.html and further courtesy of TechSoEasy.

I can confirm its accuracy based on my testing while writing this article
for you.

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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>\0a0d020000000000c000000000000046

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.
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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
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[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

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.

 

[RonBoris]

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]

Brilliant! Perfect! Thank you! It's amazing how simple and fast when you have
the right information.

Thank you for your support,

Ron

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