I recently had to clean out my harddrive, but,before I did, I coppied all my
OE to a friends ext harddrive. He them coppied it to dvd. Now when I try to
put them back to OE, all it does when I click an icon is bring up OE. How
can I get these files back into OE?

Copy the DVD to your HDD and remove the Read Only attribute. Open OE: File |
Import | Messages | MSOE6 and point to where you saved them.

Note that if Folders.dbx was not included, the import will fail.

Reference - Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Brian O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
I recently had to clean out my harddrive, but,before I did, I coppied all
my OE to a friends ext harddrive. He them coppied it to dvd. Now when I try
to put them back to OE, all it does when I click an icon is bring up OE.
How can I get these files back into OE?

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
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Brian O'Rourke wrote:
I recently had to clean out my harddrive, but,before I did, I coppied all
my
OE to a friends ext harddrive. He them coppied it to dvd. Now when I try
to
put them back to OE, all it does when I click an icon is bring up OE. How
can I get these files back into OE?

Thanks...When I save it to my harddrive, what should I save it under?
"Brian O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
I recently had to clean out my harddrive, but,before I did, I coppied all
my OE to a friends ext harddrive. He them coppied it to dvd. Now when I try
to put them back to OE, all it does when I click an icon is bring up OE.
How can I get these files back into OE?

Any place that's convenient for you. My Documents is fine.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Brian O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
Thanks...When I save it to my harddrive, what should I save it under?
"Brian O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
I recently had to clean out my harddrive, but,before I did, I coppied all
my OE to a friends ext harddrive. He them coppied it to dvd. Now when I
try to put them back to OE, all it does when I click an icon is bring up
OE. How can I get these files back into OE?

Great!! I'll try it.
Thanks!!
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Any place that's convenient for you. My Documents is fine.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Brian O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
Thanks...When I save it to my harddrive, what should I save it under?
"Brian O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
I recently had to clean out my harddrive, but,before I did, I coppied all
my OE to a friends ext harddrive. He them coppied it to dvd. Now when I
try to put them back to OE, all it does when I click an icon is bring up
OE. How can I get these files back into OE?