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Need to get my old dbx files into outlook express
On May 9, 6:59*pm, "Patrick Keenan" wrote:
wrote in message ... 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 |
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