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Remove the Read Only attribute for the dbx files?

Include Folders.dbx when you saved them?

Reference: Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/
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Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Brett" wrote in message
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I saved messages to my desktop and a CD-R and am now trying to import back
into my OE. I keep getting a message saying "not a valid Win32
application".
I have tried importing and and received some of my message but not the
individual files that contain around 50 to 100 messages. I appreciate any
help.
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Brett