also, If I format my computer....what files do I save, in order to bring them
across to OE once my computer is up and running?

"Shaz" wrote:

Frank

"Be very careful that the folder exists before telling OE to change. If you
click Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder | Change and tell it to
change to D:\OE-Data and you have not already created D:\OE-Data then you
will lose all saved messages."

so if I have already had outlook express running on drive c (for Davids
sake!), so have all my emails on that drive, if I create a new
directory....it will automatically move my previous emails across?? Am I
understanding this correctly?

Shaz

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"David H. Lipman" wrote in message
...
From: "Shaz"

| Hi
|
| I have two hard drives on my computer and was wanting to keep purely
| programs on one and data on the other.
|
| Is it possible to install outlook express on drive A, but have the
emails
| saved on drive b?
|
| Many thanks
| Shaz

Expressing this as "...outlook express on drive A, but have the emails
saved on drive b?"
Is NOT good. Drive A and and B are floppies so the use of this
nomenclature will cause
confusion.

What you are asking is...

"...Outlook Express on drive "C:", but have the emails saved on drive "D:"
?"
The answer is YES.

By defaultt and design, Outlook Express (OE) resides in...
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express"

What you want is the data directory to be on drive "D:" (or other hard
disk or partition).

Create a folder on Drive "D:" such as OE-Data ( D:\OE-Data )

Go to; Tools -- Options -- maintenance -- store folder -- change

Browse to; D:\OE-Data

BTW: This is exactly what I do on my computers.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



Be very careful that the folder exists before telling OE to change. If you
click Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder | Change and tell it to
change to D:\OE-Data and you have not already created D:\OE-Data then you
will lose all saved messages.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
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