I tried to set up a new Outlook account to talk to my existing email server.  When I changed some of the settings (ports etc) and then tried to close Outlook, it displayed a message saying "deleting 5 folders", after which all the folders from the original account (itself a subfolder of my Inbox) were gone, along with all the messages.  meanwhile the new Outlook account (imap) does not connect to the server; I tried setting up another version as a POP account, and it sent but could not receive mail.  This has now happened twice, once with my old hosting service and now with a new hosting service, so I know it's not them, but Outlook. so::

1.  is there a fix for this, and a way to recover the lost emails?

I have been having other problems with outlook and am thinking of reinstalling it.

2.  If I save my Microsoft User Data and then reinstall Outlook, will I lose anything?  will I be able to recover all my old Identities?

thank you,