From:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/simple.htm

Note the last sentence in the first paragraph.

3. Backup your mail folders.

In OE, click Tools| Options| Maintenance| Store folder to see the path to
the folder currently being used for your message store. Open Windows
Explorer and navigate to the Store. Copy the Folders.dbx file and all mail
folder.dbx files to your backup media. It is not necessary to copy any
newsgroup.dbx file because OE will not import newsgroup messages, only
messages in mail folders. ***You must include Folders.dbx in your backup***
or you will be unable to import the mail folders!

To restore your mail folders, open OE and click File| Import| Messages| OE5
(or OE6 if OE5 is not listed)| Message store directory, then browse to the
folder containing your old messages. Do not copy the backup files into the
current OE message store or the import will fail. If you saved your backup
on a CD or a networked drive, you will need to copy the backup to your hard
disk and verify that none of the *.dbx files are marked as "read only", or
the import will fail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~


"Brett" wrote in message
...
I did remove the read only attribute.
I am not sure what you mean by include Folders.dbx when I saved them.

The other possible issue is that I changed the format as to what to open
them with and I am not sure what to open them with.
--
Brett


"Brett" wrote:

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.
--
Brett