how do I import old e-mails?
 

Hi Group.

Had a problem with my old hard drive. have new one now, but am looking to
restore some of my older e-mails back into the current OE6. I found the old
INBOX file with the .DBX extension. The computer shop saved it in a "OLD
STUFF" file on the new hard drive. I thought I could just open the current
INBOX, click "file" and go to "import" But then I'm lost. I think the
earlier file was also in OE6 but I've tried just ablut all the options that
come up and even when I do enter the locationof the old INBOX.DBX, I get an
error message that says:

" No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running
has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing
applications taht may have files open."

Except I don't have any other applications that would have that file open.

Any ideas? I am sure this is the file because looking into it, there are a
bunch of old .dbx files thre, Drafts, Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items etc. and
the Inbox.dbx file I want to access has 60,175 KB of data, which sounds
about right.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks,

Wendy

how do I import old e-mails?
 

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

Wendy Johnsen wrote:
Hi Group.

Had a problem with my old hard drive. have new one now, but am looking to
restore some of my older e-mails back into the current OE6. I found the
old INBOX file with the .DBX extension. The computer shop saved it in a
"OLD STUFF" file on the new hard drive. I thought I could just open the
current INBOX, click "file" and go to "import" But then I'm lost. I
think the earlier file was also in OE6 but I've tried just ablut all the
options that come up and even when I do enter the locationof the old
INBOX.DBX, I get an error message that says:

" No messages can be found in this folder or another application is
running has the required files open. Please select another folder or try
closing applications taht may have files open."

Except I don't have any other applications that would have that file open.

Any ideas? I am sure this is the file because looking into it, there are
a bunch of old .dbx files thre, Drafts, Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items etc. and
the Inbox.dbx file I want to access has 60,175 KB of data, which
sounds about right.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks,

Wendy

how do I import old e-mails?
 

"Wendy Johnsen" wrote in message
. com...
Hi Group.

Had a problem with my old hard drive. have new one now, but am looking to
restore some of my older e-mails back into the current OE6. I found the
old
INBOX file with the .DBX extension. The computer shop saved it in a "OLD
STUFF" file on the new hard drive. I thought I could just open the
current
INBOX, click "file" and go to "import" But then I'm lost. I think the
earlier file was also in OE6 but I've tried just ablut all the options
that
come up and even when I do enter the locationof the old INBOX.DBX, I get
an
error message that says:

" No messages can be found in this folder or another application is
running
has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing
applications taht may have files open."

Except I don't have any other applications that would have that file open.

Any ideas? I am sure this is the file because looking into it, there are
a
bunch of old .dbx files thre, Drafts, Inbox, Outbox, Sent Items etc. and
the Inbox.dbx file I want to access has 60,175 KB of data, which sounds
about right.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks,

Wendy


The shop probably left it as Read Only. Right click the file(s) and select
Properties. Uncheck the Read Only box. Then try File | Import.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, OE/WM
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