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Where on my computer hard drive are the E-mails in my local / offline folders
stored? In Outlook there are .PST files but I can't seem to find anything similar when searching on my C: drive of the computer that uses Outlook Express. I will be buying a new computer and want to trnasfer all my local folders E-mail to the new computer. |
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Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then StartRunCtrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer. In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Backup & Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx If you are transferring to another PC, and have access to a Windows XP setup CD, or if both computers are running Windows XP, see: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "illinifan1985" wrote in message ... Where on my computer hard drive are the E-mails in my local / offline folders stored? In Outlook there are .PST files but I can't seem to find anything similar when searching on my C: drive of the computer that uses Outlook Express. I will be buying a new computer and want to trnasfer all my local folders E-mail to the new computer. |
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Bruce, this was very helpful. I found the .DBX files that are the E-mail
folders. What would happen if I just copied these files to the same location in a different computer using Outlook Express? Would I see the E-mails in the second computer? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then StartRunCtrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer. In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Backup & Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx If you are transferring to another PC, and have access to a Windows XP setup CD, or if both computers are running Windows XP, see: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "illinifan1985" wrote in message ... Where on my computer hard drive are the E-mails in my local / offline folders stored? In Outlook there are .PST files but I can't seem to find anything similar when searching on my C: drive of the computer that uses Outlook Express. I will be buying a new computer and want to trnasfer all my local folders E-mail to the new computer. |
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illinifan1985 wrote:
Bruce, this was very helpful. I found the .DBX files that are the E-mail folders. What would happen if I just copied these files to the same location in a different computer using Outlook Express? Would I see the E-mails in the second computer? No, move them to the new computer and then use OE to import them. Alias "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then StartRunCtrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer. In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Backup & Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx If you are transferring to another PC, and have access to a Windows XP setup CD, or if both computers are running Windows XP, see: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "illinifan1985" wrote in message ... Where on my computer hard drive are the E-mails in my local / offline folders stored? In Outlook there are .PST files but I can't seem to find anything similar when searching on my C: drive of the computer that uses Outlook Express. I will be buying a new computer and want to trnasfer all my local folders E-mail to the new computer. |
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You can copy the dbx files, (make sure you include Folders.dbx), to a CD.
Copy the CD to any location on your new machine that is convenient. Right click on them | Properties and remove the Read Only attribute. Now open OE and File | Import | Messages | MSOE 6 | and check Import from an OE6 Store directory and point to where you saved them. Before you start, move the messages in your old machine to folders with names that are not on the new machine to avoid an overwrite. Ex: If you have messages in both Inboxes, the mail in the new machine may be overwritten. Once you import successfully, you can move the messages around as you please. -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "illinifan1985" wrote in message ... Bruce, this was very helpful. I found the .DBX files that are the E-mail folders. What would happen if I just copied these files to the same location in a different computer using Outlook Express? Would I see the E-mails in the second computer? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then StartRunCtrl+V will put the location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer. In Windows XP, 2K & 3K, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Backup & Resto http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx If you are transferring to another PC, and have access to a Windows XP setup CD, or if both computers are running Windows XP, see: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/...pten.mspx#EBAA -- Bruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "illinifan1985" wrote in message ... Where on my computer hard drive are the E-mails in my local / offline folders stored? In Outlook there are .PST files but I can't seem to find anything similar when searching on my C: drive of the computer that uses Outlook Express. I will be buying a new computer and want to trnasfer all my local folders E-mail to the new computer. |
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