email message transfer from win98 to XP

[Macki]

I'm trying to copy my messages from win98 to winXP. I
copied the msgs. on a USB memory stick and copied them on
my XP computer to:

C:\Documents and Settings\(my name)\Local
Settings\Application Data\Identities\{30DEEAE1-BA1D-443A-
A693-E7EFC5A1B533}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx

But the files don't show up in the Outlook Express local
folders. Anybody got any ideas?
Thanks,
Mackie

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"Macki" > wrote in message

> I'm trying to copy my messages from win98 to winXP. I
> copied the msgs. on a USB memory stick and copied them on
> my XP computer to:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\(my name)\Local
> Settings\Application Data\Identities\{30DEEAE1-BA1D-443A-
> A693-E7EFC5A1B533}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx
>
> But the files don't show up in the Outlook Express local
> folders. Anybody got any ideas?
> Thanks,
> Mackie

Copy the DBX file to an empty Windows folder on your hard drive.
Male sure you include Folders.dbx.
Make sure they are not Read Only.
Use OE's File | Import | Messages.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com

[Mackie]

Frank,
Since i had already copied the files to the location i
listed in my orig. email, i just ran OE import. It found
the files (i had two) OK, but got an error msg. saying
they couldn't be opened because "..they may be in use". I
made sure they were not read only.

Also, what did you mean by "Male sure you include
Folders.dbx" ?

Thank you,
Mackie


>-----Original Message-----
>"Macki" > wrote in message

>> I'm trying to copy my messages from win98 to winXP. I
>> copied the msgs. on a USB memory stick and copied them
on
>> my XP computer to:
>>
>> C:\Documents and Settings\(my name)\Local
>> Settings\Application Data\Identities\{30DEEAE1-BA1D-
443A-
>> A693-E7EFC5A1B533}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Inbox.dbx
>>
>> But the files don't show up in the Outlook Express local
>> folders. Anybody got any ideas?
>> Thanks,
>> Mackie
>
>Copy the DBX file to an empty Windows folder on your hard
drive.
>Male sure you include Folders.dbx.
>Make sure they are not Read Only.
>Use OE's File | Import | Messages.
>
>--
>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP
>Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
>http://www.fjsmjs.com
>
>.
>

[Mackie]

Thanks Frank, but it didn't work. i must be doing
something wrong. I went to the site you suggested and
tried their suggestions, but it didn't work. I still get
an error msg. to the effect that i can't open the files
(the ones i want to import) because they may be in use by
some other application.
Thanks for your help. I give up.
Mackie


>-----Original Message-----
>"Mackie" > wrote in message

>> Frank,
>> Since i had already copied the files to the location i
>> listed in my orig. email, i just ran OE import. It found
>> the files (i had two) OK, but got an error msg. saying
>> they couldn't be opened because "..they may be in use".
I
>> made sure they were not read only.
>>
>> Also, what did you mean by "Male sure you include
>> Folders.dbx" ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Mackie
>>
>>> Copy the DBX file to an empty Windows folder on your
hard drive.
>>> Male sure you include Folders.dbx.
>>> Make sure they are not Read Only.
>>> Use OE's File | Import | Messages.
>
>Typo
>Make sure you included Folders.dbx.
>If you did not include folders.dbx with the other files
then it won't import
>user created files.
>
>See Backup and Restore at this site:
>http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com
>The site starts out with a link to a free OE backup
program.
>
>--
>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP
>Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
>http://www.fjsmjs.com
>
>.
>