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Geoff Cox November 14th 06 01:28 PM

Email locations on PC
 
I have a computer (running ME) that has crashed, and I want to save the
emails (using DOS) before I reinstall Windows. Can anyone tell me the
location of the emails?

Also, if I reintstall ME on top of the existing installation, will the
existing emails be wiped?

Geoff



Ron Sommer November 14th 06 01:54 PM

Email locations on PC
 
"C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express"
C:\windows\applic~1\micros~1\outloo~1
--
Ronald Sommer

"Geoff Cox" wrote in message
...
:I have a computer (running ME) that has crashed, and I want to save the
: emails (using DOS) before I reinstall Windows. Can anyone tell me the
: location of the emails?
:
: Also, if I reintstall ME on top of the existing installation, will the
: existing emails be wiped?
:
: Geoff
:
:


Michael Santovec November 14th 06 08:18 PM

Email locations on PC
 
The actual location can vary. You can locate the files by starting a
the root and doing
DIR /a /s *.DBX
For the address book do
DIR /a /s *.WAB

The data files should survive a reinstall, provided you don't reformat
the hard disk. Note that some PC manufacturer restore CDs do reformat.
So doing a back up first is a good idea.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Geoff Cox" wrote in message
...
I have a computer (running ME) that has crashed, and I want to save the
emails (using DOS) before I reinstall Windows. Can anyone tell me the
location of the emails?

Also, if I reintstall ME on top of the existing installation, will the
existing emails be wiped?

Geoff





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