How do I access old Outlook Express folders?

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I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
suggestions regarding how I get to them?
Thanks much!

 

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You have to copy the dbx folders to your HDD and then remove the Read Only
Attribute. Then you can import them as long as you included Folders.dbx when
you made the copy.

References:

Backup and Restore:

http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

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

http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx

Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - (IE/OE)
~IB-CA~

"Bigchick" <jcsteding@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1119400015.460359.209000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
> did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
> restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
> unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
> suggestions regarding how I get to them?
> Thanks much!
>

 

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Bigchick let me tell you how to backup Outlook Express inforamtion. All the
folders you see in OEX are in one file really. It is called Inbox.dbx and
is located in:

C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{615D1F33-A864-4C18-BD86-80F890204960}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

Now your CLSID number will be different; %USER% will be the user you signed
into Windows XP as; and Local Settings is hidden so that has to be unhidden
to see this location.

But when you are backing up OEX all you need do is copy this folder above to
someplace you can use when you get your system back in order.

Now to get your new system to recognize your "backup" that is NOT done by
copying this folder back. That is the WRONG thing to do. Instead you open
OEX | File | Import | Messages... | Microsoft Outlook Express version # |
Next | Import mail from an OE # Store directory | OK | Browse | choose where
you saved the "backup" (the folder) make sure it is on your Hardrive | Next
or OK OEX will find everything for you and voila. That's how you do it.

--
George Hester
_______________________________
"Bigchick" <jcsteding@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1119400015.460359.209000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
> did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
> restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
> unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
> suggestions regarding how I get to them?
> Thanks much!
>

 

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Hello,

You might want to post your question to the OE experts at:

nntp://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress

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"Bigchick" <jcsteding@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1119400015.460359.209000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
> did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
> restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
> unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
> suggestions regarding how I get to them?
> Thanks much!
>

 

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Bigchick wrote:
> I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
> did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
> restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
> unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
> suggestions regarding how I get to them?
> Thanks much!

Restore won't work well. Import them. Click on File...Import...Messages.
You may also be able to choose Address Book from there. Some setups only
have text versions available and you will want .wab type files. If .wab is
not an option, open your Address Book and from it choose File...
Import...Address Book and .wab files will now be an available option.
--

Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
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Bigchick wrote:
> I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
> did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
> restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
> unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
> suggestions regarding how I get to them?
> Thanks much!

Big Chick. In my previous message about importing the data I should have
mentioned that you should have previously chosen Export from your old
computer using the same procedure. That will export that data in the
correct form that can then be Imported. Place the disk with the exported
data in your new computer and Import from there.

--

Darrell R. Schmidt
B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
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Bigchick,

Try out the File|Import menu options in OE6. You won't need your backed up
files in the OE6 store locations. HTH ya' Bigchick.

-Winux P

"Bigchick" <jcsteding@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1119400015.460359.209000@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
> did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
> restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
> unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
> suggestions regarding how I get to them?
> Thanks much!
>

 

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Here's an alternate solution. Create a Mailbox folder on your drive.
Place your originals inside that folder. Then open OE, and switch
the Storage folder to the new drive location. Shutdown OE and
restart, your original folders should now be used. This presumes
that the original folders for OE are in the Application Data tree on
within your user profile. You'll receive a prompt to verify you want
to change the default location.

"Darrell S" <dumbwid@fox.com> wrote in message
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> Bigchick wrote:
>> I had to have my computer restored back to factory state but before I
>> did, I backed up my Outlook Express folders and address book. I
>> restored them to the store location identified in Options, but I am
>> unable to access any of them. I am on XP & OE6. Can anyone offer any
>> suggestions regarding how I get to them?
>> Thanks much!
>
> Big Chick. In my previous message about importing the data I should have
> mentioned that you should have previously chosen Export from your old
> computer using the same procedure. That will export that data in the
> correct form that can then be Imported. Place the disk with the exported
> data in your new computer and Import from there.
>
> --
>
> Darrell R. Schmidt
> B-58 Hustler History: http://members.cox.net/dschmidt1/
> -
>
>

 

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Thanks so much for the advice. When I did my backups, I just copied
all the folder C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{615D1F33-A864­-4C18-BD86-80F890204960}\Micro­soft\Outlook

Express onto a CD. So, I copied them back into an identify folder but
when I do the OEX | File | Import | Messages... | Microsoft Outlook
Express version # |
Next | Import mail from an OE # Store directory | OK | Browse | and
select the identity I copied them to, the only folders that show up in
the list are inbox, outbox, and deleted items. None of the other
folders appear. Any other suggestions?

I hope I didn't mess it up when I thought I was backing it up. I have
some really important email in some of those folders and really need to
get to them!

 

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Do it as I explained before. You will do absolutely nothing with that
folder you saved once you point OEX to it as another store directory.. Once
that is done remove it from your harddrive it has done its purpose. But
there is one issue when copying the folder to the harddrive that Bruce Hagen
mentioned. You need to make sure the Read-only attribute has been removed
from the Store directory (before you follow my directions) which happens
when you copy it off the CD-R to your harddrive. You must do that copy it
off the CD-R to the harddrive. Then right-click the folder in Windows
Explorer | Properties | General | uncheck the Read-only attribute | Apply |
OK. It's actually a simple method. Copy the current store folder
somewhere. In new installation Import ftom that old Store directory.
Nothing more to it. Except you have to watch out for Read-only when you
bring a CD-R into the mix.

--
George Hester
_______________________________
"Bigchick" <jcsteding@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1119711533.802501.82740@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Thanks so much for the advice. When I did my backups, I just copied
all the folder C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{615D1F33-A864­-4C18-BD86-80F890204960}\Micro­soft\Outlook

Express onto a CD. So, I copied them back into an identify folder but
when I do the OEX | File | Import | Messages... | Microsoft Outlook
Express version # |
Next | Import mail from an OE # Store directory | OK | Browse | and
select the identity I copied them to, the only folders that show up in
the list are inbox, outbox, and deleted items. None of the other
folders appear. Any other suggestions?

I hope I didn't mess it up when I thought I was backing it up. I have
some really important email in some of those folders and really need to
get to them!