David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Frank Slootweg"

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| David H. Lipman wrote:
From: "Shaz"

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?

I assume you mean format drive "C:" and reinstall the OS on drive "C:"

The information on the OE account and the location of the OE data is
stored in the User's Registry.

Such as...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities

Therefore you need to make sure the user's Registry is backed up.

"C:\Documents and Settings\USER_ACCOUNT\NTUSER.DAT"
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| I think that's needlessly complex as one can Export Internet Accounts.
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| The Export (and Import) function for Accounts is just not in the main
| Export and Import submenu (in the File menu), but in the Accounts...
| submenu (in the Tools menu). (It's a little strange that File-Import
| allows to Import non-OE accounts, but not OE ones and File-Export has
| no selection for exporting accounts. But I guess there's GUIs and
| there's consistency and one doesn't neccessarily imply the other! :-))

The Registry has ALL the information. While it is the more complex,
it is the most exact in making the Restored system the same as the
flattened system.

True, but one will most likely have to *selectively* restore (parts
of) the Registry, because it's unlikely that the re-installed (not
restored) system will have the exact same configuration as the flattened
system. Selectively restoring (parts of) the Registry is not something
which most users are able to do.

Just (I)MO and my EUR 0.02.