Hi LES,

I would suggest moving the old (*.dbx) folder files to a folder on the
Desktop. To import these files there needs to be an OE folder of the same
name.

Something that worked for me in a test situation was creating a folder named
"Test" in OE. After closing and opening OE I copied Folders.dbx in the OE
message store and pasted this file into the Desktop backup folder (with the
OE local folder *.dbx files). Before importing I renamed a (*.dbx) file to
match the Test folder name. Example: Business.dbx would be renamed Test.dbx.
I could then import this folder file into OE. After importing, the messages
can be moved to another OE folder and the process repeated.

Check back in the next day for other suggestions. Others can offer other
methods that might be simpler or better to accomplish your task. If there
are problems they can be dealt with.

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"LESJMC" wrote in message
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What I did was before I deleted the master indexing file or folder I saved
the Outlook Express folder out of it that contained all the dbx files.
After
outlook created the new master indexing file everthing worked fine. I then
tried to insert the old dbx files into the Oulook Express folder of the
master indexing. After doing that I was back at the original problem. So
went
back and delteted the maste indexting file or folder and after Outlook
Express remade it, it was ok again. I would like to know if there is a way
to
insert the old dbx files and make them work with Outlook Express without any
problems or is there away to viwe the emails in these dbx files another way.
I hope I am clear enough in what I am saying

Thanks

LES