Need to get my old dbx files into outlook express

On May 9, 6:59*pm, "Patrick Keenan" wrote:
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HI! *I saved my inbox, sent, and deleted folders as dbx files. *Then I
reloaded windows xp on my computer. *Now I had to redo my outlook
express. *How do I get these three folders back into my new outlook
express? *I saved and imported my address book with ease. *But when I
try to import "messages" (I placed these dbx files on my desktop) it
cannot find it. *I tried dragging these files into outlook express,
but then OE made it an attachment to an email. *HELP!

To use these files, you also need the file "folders.dbx", but it sounds like
you didn't save that one. * When saving OE files, you should save the entire
folder, not just individual files.

You can however recover from this situation by closing OE, moving the
existing Inbox and Deleted files to another folder, and swapping in the old
ones.

Restart OE, and you should see those two folders as they were. *Now, create
two new folders, for example OldInbox and OldDeleted, and copy all of the
messages from Inbox and Deleted to those folders. * *Shut down OE again,
move the Inbox and Deleted folders out of the OE folder, and swap the other
ones back in.

Restart OE, and you should have all the messages again.

HTH
-pk

Thanks for the resonse. Easier said than done, though.

1. HOW do you copy all the messages from INBOX and DELETED and SENT
and put them in another folder? I tried dragging but nothing happens.

2. HOW do you move the inbox and deleted and sent folders out of the
OE folder and HOW do you swap the other ones back in. Again, dragging
does nothing.

You're gonna have to help me step by step, please ....

Aloha,
Lane