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marbles348   01-10-2007 at 03:56:54 AM

I upgraded from 98SE to XP and now I can't open my Outlook Express because I don't have the password. I never used a password on 98 so I have no idea what it might be. Is there any possible way to access Outlook without losing what i have saved on there?
Thanks much !

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pscowboy   01-10-2007 at 06:32:37 AM
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I think you are a victim of not doing your research. You didn't use the File & Settings Transfer Wizard, right?

Check this group of fixes for a possible solution:

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Also read this article about the Wizard.

http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

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marbles348   01-10-2007 at 05:48:27 PM
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I didn't use the transfer wizard since I didn't use a password on 98. I didn't think it would affect me opening Outlook in XP.
I suppose I could uninstall XP to access Outlook, then reinstall XP again, or would my Outlook still not function?

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pscowboy   01-10-2007 at 07:09:05 PM
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I think you may be right about the uninstall in order to access your old OE.

Teach yourself how to do the merge first - Google Merging OE files. You'll come up with enough quality hits to solve it.

98's OE & XP's OE are different versions, but their dbx and wab files can be merged. That way you won't have to access the 98's OE.

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marbles348   01-10-2007 at 08:14:37 PM
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Will take advantage of your advice pscowboy. Thanks for the links!

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zhyl   04-30-2008 at 11:56:43 AM
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Hi,

Why not try Advanced Outlook Express Repair at http://www.datanumen.com/aoer/ ? It recovers several important Outlook Express dbx files for me and is really helpful!

Alan

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