Woe is me...
 

Hi everyone !
I have just installed XP on a new HD and installed my old HD as a slave.
I want to import my Outlook Express messages and WAB from the old drive but
can't find them...what am I not doing right. Please help or my wife is going
to kill me....thankyou

Woe is me...
 

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 & Win2K3, 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
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"bertiebassett" u36580@uwe wrote in message news:7694eb4ede311@uwe...
Hi everyone !
I have just installed XP on a new HD and installed my old HD as a slave.
I want to import my Outlook Express messages and WAB from the old drive
but
can't find them...what am I not doing right. Please help or my wife is
going
to kill me....thankyou

Woe is me...
 

Hi Bruce - thanks for the help. Problem is that because OE is installed on
the new drive when you navigate to the "old" OE on the (now) slave drive it
gives the settings of the new installation not the old ones...does that make
sense? I can find OE in the Progs folder on the old drive but the WAB and the
location of saved messages are those of the new installation on the new drive.
...the old ones must get overwritten somehow (although I guess they are
lurking somewhere)

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 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 & Win2K3, 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
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
Hi everyone !
I have just installed XP on a new HD and installed my old HD as a slave.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
going
to kill me....thankyou

Woe is me...
 

Doh - I have found it thanks Sooooooo much !
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 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 & Win2K3, 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
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
Hi everyone !
I have just installed XP on a new HD and installed my old HD as a slave.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
going
to kill me....thankyou