Told you I was a novice. "Close OE and rename "Temp.dbx" in your OE store
folder. Now copy the *.dbx to be imported into the store folder and rename it
to "Temp.dbx". OK, What's a OE store folder and where is it? Does the * in
*.dbx mean the specific folder I want to import? I think I could handle it
from there.
Thanks ........

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (paragraph before the Windows Mail
section)

Importing OE data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx) from a backup set
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Other references:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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dama1 wrote:
As a relative novice, I'm mostly confused by the links I see posted on
handling missing folders in OE. I know how to find the .dbx files through
c:\documents and settings etc., but when I import a file to OE it opens
empty, even though there are messages in it. Is there a "follow the
bouncing
ball" set of instructions on how to move a .dbx file (folder) back to OE
with all the messages intact? I have OE6 and Windows XP. Thanks for any
help. Dave G.