Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need to up
upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows Explorer and
locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity, but don't open it.
Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder.
Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need to
up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

this sounds good but the problem is the folder on my desktop is named "Old
Hard Drive" and IS the entire hard drive; only ONE of the folders in it is
the mail folder. Should I select all those files and save them as something
else first, on the desktop?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows Explorer and
locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity, but don't open it.
Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder.
Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need to
up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

If that folder contains your complete Message Store, than you should be able
to import them by pointing to it.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

If you just want to retrieve one OE folder, then in the saved folder, expand
the thread in Documents and Settings to get to the old message store. Open
it and find the dbx file for the folder you want and send that dbx file to
the Desktop and then follow the previous instructions.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
this sounds good but the problem is the folder on my desktop is named "Old
Hard Drive" and IS the entire hard drive; only ONE of the folders in it is
the mail folder. Should I select all those files and save them as
something else first, on the desktop?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows Explorer
and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity, but don't open
it. Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store
folder. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need to
up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

import? the import menu allows only import from another PROGRAM, not from a
folder?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If that folder contains your complete Message Store, than you should be
able to import them by pointing to it.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

If you just want to retrieve one OE folder, then in the saved folder,
expand the thread in Documents and Settings to get to the old message
store. Open it and find the dbx file for the folder you want and send that
dbx file to the Desktop and then follow the previous instructions.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
this sounds good but the problem is the folder on my desktop is named
"Old Hard Drive" and IS the entire hard drive; only ONE of the folders in
it is the mail folder. Should I select all those files and save them as
something else first, on the desktop?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on
your desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows
Explorer and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity, but
don't open it. Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the
OE store folder. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need
to up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

If the saved folder contains the old store directory, then you should be
able to File | Import | Messages. Choose Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and
then the radio button to Import from a store directory and point to the one
in the saved folder.

Or open the folder and move the old message store to the Desktop by itself
and point to that.

Otherwise, you will have to do it manually as I pointed out before.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"pumpkin" wrote in message
...
import? the import menu allows only import from another PROGRAM, not from
a folder?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If that folder contains your complete Message Store, than you should be
able to import them by pointing to it.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

If you just want to retrieve one OE folder, then in the saved folder,
expand the thread in Documents and Settings to get to the old message
store. Open it and find the dbx file for the folder you want and send
that dbx file to the Desktop and then follow the previous instructions.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
this sounds good but the problem is the folder on my desktop is named
"Old Hard Drive" and IS the entire hard drive; only ONE of the folders
in it is the mail folder. Should I select all those files and save them
as something else first, on the desktop?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on
your desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows
Explorer and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity, but
don't open it. Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the
OE store folder. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need
to up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows Explorer and
locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity

how do I find THAT? What is it called?

, but don't open it. \

click desktop? Where IS that? I couldn't even create a folder on desktop...

Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder.
Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need to
up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

This is how you would find the message store for your current identity.
Write down the path and follow it in the folder you saved on your Desktop.
It will be the same with the exception on the identity's code. This was
definitely not the way to backup OE.

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 Start | Run | Ctrl+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 WinXP, Win2K & Win2K03, 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.

When I say Click Desktop, I am referring to clicking on it in Windows
Explorer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"pumpkin" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows Explorer
and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity

how do I find THAT? What is it called?

, but don't open it. \

click desktop? Where IS that? I couldn't even create a folder on
desktop...

Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder.
Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need to
up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
This is how you would find the message store for your current identity.
Write down the path

write down WHAT path?

and follow it in the folder you saved on your Desktop. It will be the same
with the exception on the identity's code. This was definitely not the way
to backup OE.

agreed. The guy at the shop did it for me free of charge when I took the old
laptop in for service....he offered to move all the files to the new
computer too but I was in a hurry...he said he could walk me through it on
the phone but I'm trying to do it this weekend because otherwise I have to
wait until Tuesday....I can tell you've ascertained that I'm a
technodrip....hence your suggestion that I take it to the shop, LOL! I just
now discovered that there is no printer port on the new laptop that will
work with my HP printer here, so I can't even print our your instructions.

and no, I don't like the new laptop much so far! LOL

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 Start | Run | Ctrl+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 WinXP, Win2K & Win2K03, 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.

When I say Click Desktop, I am referring to clicking on it in Windows
Explorer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"pumpkin" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on
your desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows
Explorer and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity

how do I find THAT? What is it called?

, but don't open it. \

click desktop? Where IS that? I couldn't even create a folder on
desktop...

Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store folder.
Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need
to up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!

If you opened OE: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder shows the
location, (path), in Windows Explorer to the dbx files that contain your
messages. However, since you have never heard of a Message Store, nor
Windows Explorer and where it is located, I think you're just going to have
to wait until Tuesday.

I wish I could have been of more help, but I don't think I could have done
any more unless the laptop was right in front of me. Sorry.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"pumpkin" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
This is how you would find the message store for your current identity.
Write down the path

write down WHAT path?

and follow it in the folder you saved on your Desktop. It will be the
same with the exception on the identity's code. This was definitely not
the way to backup OE.

agreed. The guy at the shop did it for me free of charge when I took the
old laptop in for service....he offered to move all the files to the new
computer too but I was in a hurry...he said he could walk me through it on
the phone but I'm trying to do it this weekend because otherwise I have to
wait until Tuesday....I can tell you've ascertained that I'm a
technodrip....hence your suggestion that I take it to the shop, LOL! I
just now discovered that there is no printer port on the new laptop that
will work with my HP printer here, so I can't even print our your
instructions.

and no, I don't like the new laptop much so far! LOL

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 Start | Run | Ctrl+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 WinXP, Win2K & Win2K03, 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.

When I say Click Desktop, I am referring to clicking on it in Windows
Explorer.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"pumpkin" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you didn't include Folders.dbx in your backup, an import will fail.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on
your desktop. Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows
Explorer and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity

how do I find THAT? What is it called?

, but don't open it. \

click desktop? Where IS that? I couldn't even create a folder on
desktop...

Click Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop to the OE store
folder. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Lane Browning" wrote in message
...
Got a new laptop, moved old messages (from old laptop) to folder on
desktop:
no idea how to import! files are all .dbx.....using OE6....don't need
to up upload address book, just want to get all my mail folders! Help!