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I'm moving everything to new PC. I got the Emails & Address Book but how do
I get Message Rules/Etc, from this PC to new one? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY |
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"Willy" wrote in message
... I'm moving everything to new PC. I got the Emails & Address Book but how do I get Message Rules/Etc, from this PC to new one? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY The message rules are in the Registry. Export this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Micro soft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key. In your Address Book go to Help || About and it will tell ypu the name and location of its WAB file. Move that to My Documents (or wherever you want) on the new computer and make sure it is not Read Only (it will be if you use a CD). Then use OE's File | Import. Or the Address Book's File | Import. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. |
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http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
Backup four Registry keys, remove the keys from the new PC, and replace with the backup. -- Ron Sommer "Willy" wrote in message ... I'm moving everything to new PC. I got the Emails & Address Book but how do I get Message Rules/Etc, from this PC to new one? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY |
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Frank,
Got the Address Book & the mail moved to new machine, how do I export that registry Key from here to it? I use thumb drives on my USB ports to move other data over to it as needed. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... "Willy" wrote in message ... I'm moving everything to new PC. I got the Emails & Address Book but how do I get Message Rules/Etc, from this PC to new one? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY The message rules are in the Registry. Export this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Micro soft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key. In your Address Book go to Help || About and it will tell ypu the name and location of its WAB file. Move that to My Documents (or wherever you want) on the new computer and make sure it is not Read Only (it will be if you use a CD). Then use OE's File | Import. Or the Address Book's File | Import. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. |
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Couldn't find the keys mentioned in the link you provided.
-- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ron Sommer" wrote in message ... http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ Backup four Registry keys, remove the keys from the new PC, and replace with the backup. -- Ron Sommer "Willy" wrote in message ... I'm moving everything to new PC. I got the Emails & Address Book but how do I get Message Rules/Etc, from this PC to new one? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY |
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Start, Run, "regedit" without the quotes.
-- Ron Sommer "Willy" wrote in message ... Couldn't find the keys mentioned in the link you provided. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Ron Sommer" wrote in message ... http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ Backup four Registry keys, remove the keys from the new PC, and replace with the backup. -- Ron Sommer "Willy" wrote in message ... I'm moving everything to new PC. I got the Emails & Address Book but how do I get Message Rules/Etc, from this PC to new one? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY |
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Go to Start | Run and type
regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got the Address Book & the mail moved to new machine, how do I export that registry Key from here to it? I use thumb drives on my USB ports to move other data over to it as needed. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... "Willy" wrote in message ... I'm moving everything to new PC. I got the Emails & Address Book but how do I get Message Rules/Etc, from this PC to new one? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY The message rules are in the Registry. Export this key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Micro soft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key. In your Address Book go to Help || About and it will tell ypu the name and location of its WAB file. Move that to My Documents (or wherever you want) on the new computer and make sure it is not Read Only (it will be if you use a CD). Then use OE's File | Import. Or the Address Book's File | Import. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." |
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Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in
earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." |
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You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your
export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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Frank,
What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one
OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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The OE GUID on the other PC I assume? Then import it?
-- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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Yes, the {GUID} on the new machine.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... The OE GUID on the other PC I assume? Then import it? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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Frank,
I imported the {GUID} from the new machine into the OERULES.reg file and here is what I get: --------------------------------------------------------------- Cannot import E:\OERULES.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can import only registry files. OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The OERULES.reg came from an WIN XP PC but the PC I'm wanting to import to has WIN 98SE. Does that make a difference? Oh, I did replace the {GUID} every where it showed up in the OERULES.reg file I exported using find & replace all. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... Yes, the {GUID} on the new machine. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... The OE GUID on the other PC I assume? Then import it? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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Willy:
Export the registry keys again from the XP machine using the "Win98/Nt" method which places a different header on the *.reg file. Just click the drop/down arrow in the file type selection box after you've named the file. After reviewing most of your replies in this thread, it seems apparent that you have little experience with registry files. For that reason, you might seriously consider looking in your neighborhood or local area for some who has more experience working with the registy. Remember that mistakes you make working in the registry can make your machine "unbootable" and that's not a prospect to try and deal with via newsgroup support. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, I imported the {GUID} from the new machine into the OERULES.reg file and here is what I get: --------------------------------------------------------------- Cannot import E:\OERULES.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can import only registry files. OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The OERULES.reg came from an WIN XP PC but the PC I'm wanting to import to has WIN 98SE. Does that make a difference? Oh, I did replace the {GUID} every where it showed up in the OERULES.reg file I exported using find & replace all. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... Yes, the {GUID} on the new machine. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... The OE GUID on the other PC I assume? Then import it? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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Jim,
That did it, thanks a heap. Oh, I been working with PCs since 85 (IBM Personal PC, 8088 with no hard drive), the stroke I had in 95 just makes me unsure of some things so I err on the side of caution & ask when I'm unsure. I've modified Registries plenty of times to correct problems and have made a few mistakes to, but my back-up has bailed me out of those jams. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Jim Pickering" wrote in message ... Willy: Export the registry keys again from the XP machine using the "Win98/Nt" method which places a different header on the *.reg file. Just click the drop/down arrow in the file type selection box after you've named the file. After reviewing most of your replies in this thread, it seems apparent that you have little experience with registry files. For that reason, you might seriously consider looking in your neighborhood or local area for some who has more experience working with the registy. Remember that mistakes you make working in the registry can make your machine "unbootable" and that's not a prospect to try and deal with via newsgroup support. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, I imported the {GUID} from the new machine into the OERULES.reg file and here is what I get: --------------------------------------------------------------- Cannot import E:\OERULES.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can import only registry files. OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The OERULES.reg came from an WIN XP PC but the PC I'm wanting to import to has WIN 98SE. Does that make a difference? Oh, I did replace the {GUID} every where it showed up in the OERULES.reg file I exported using find & replace all. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... Yes, the {GUID} on the new machine. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... The OE GUID on the other PC I assume? Then import it? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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I'm glad you sorted it out and thanks for the feedback. The changes in the
registry header info came about with Windows 2000 and XP and tend to confuse many since Windows 2000/XP files will not import/merge into earlier operating systems without some editing. Good luck. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 "Willy" wrote in message ... Jim, That did it, thanks a heap. Oh, I been working with PCs since 85 (IBM Personal PC, 8088 with no hard drive), the stroke I had in 95 just makes me unsure of some things so I err on the side of caution & ask when I'm unsure. I've modified Registries plenty of times to correct problems and have made a few mistakes to, but my back-up has bailed me out of those jams. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Jim Pickering" wrote in message ... Willy: Export the registry keys again from the XP machine using the "Win98/Nt" method which places a different header on the *.reg file. Just click the drop/down arrow in the file type selection box after you've named the file. After reviewing most of your replies in this thread, it seems apparent that you have little experience with registry files. For that reason, you might seriously consider looking in your neighborhood or local area for some who has more experience working with the registy. Remember that mistakes you make working in the registry can make your machine "unbootable" and that's not a prospect to try and deal with via newsgroup support. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, I imported the {GUID} from the new machine into the OERULES.reg file and here is what I get: --------------------------------------------------------------- Cannot import E:\OERULES.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can import only registry files. OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The OERULES.reg came from an WIN XP PC but the PC I'm wanting to import to has WIN 98SE. Does that make a difference? Oh, I did replace the {GUID} every where it showed up in the OERULES.reg file I exported using find & replace all. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... Yes, the {GUID} on the new machine. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... The OE GUID on the other PC I assume? Then import it? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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Some good info to know Jim.
-- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Jim Pickering" wrote in message ... I'm glad you sorted it out and thanks for the feedback. The changes in the registry header info came about with Windows 2000 and XP and tend to confuse many since Windows 2000/XP files will not import/merge into earlier operating systems without some editing. Good luck. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 "Willy" wrote in message ... Jim, That did it, thanks a heap. Oh, I been working with PCs since 85 (IBM Personal PC, 8088 with no hard drive), the stroke I had in 95 just makes me unsure of some things so I err on the side of caution & ask when I'm unsure. I've modified Registries plenty of times to correct problems and have made a few mistakes to, but my back-up has bailed me out of those jams. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Jim Pickering" wrote in message ... Willy: Export the registry keys again from the XP machine using the "Win98/Nt" method which places a different header on the *.reg file. Just click the drop/down arrow in the file type selection box after you've named the file. After reviewing most of your replies in this thread, it seems apparent that you have little experience with registry files. For that reason, you might seriously consider looking in your neighborhood or local area for some who has more experience working with the registy. Remember that mistakes you make working in the registry can make your machine "unbootable" and that's not a prospect to try and deal with via newsgroup support. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, I imported the {GUID} from the new machine into the OERULES.reg file and here is what I get: --------------------------------------------------------------- Cannot import E:\OERULES.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can import only registry files. OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The OERULES.reg came from an WIN XP PC but the PC I'm wanting to import to has WIN 98SE. Does that make a difference? Oh, I did replace the {GUID} every where it showed up in the OERULES.reg file I exported using find & replace all. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... Yes, the {GUID} on the new machine. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... The OE GUID on the other PC I assume? Then import it? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM" wrote in message ... You have to make sure that the {GUID} in OERULES.reg is the same as the one OE is now using. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM Please reply in newsgroup. "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, What I did was export to my USB drive that key you referenced, I named it OERULES, I know what the GUID is but not sure what your telling me to do now. Sorry to be such a pain, but had a stroke 11 years ago so kinda slow to grasp things. My OE store file is in C:\OESTORE. -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... You don't edit the Registry, you edit the REG file that resulted from your export. The {GUID} is that Big, long alphanumeric number in the store file path. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM "Anyone who prefers security over freedom deserves neither." "Willy" wrote in message ... Frank, Got it exported but having hard time understanding your statement in earlier post which read: "Before merging it into a new Identity or new machine, edit the REG file with WordPad and change the GUID to agree with where you want to Merge it. Block Senders is higher up in the same 5.0 key." How do I edit registry using WordPad and what do you mean by change the GUID? -- Thanks.....Bill Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message ... Go to Start | Run and type regedit and press Enter. In the left pane navigate to that key and then click File Export. Give it any name you want and save it where you can find it (the USB drive would be handy). |
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