Did a backup and restore of all the OE files (add book, mail, etc.) from a
WIN 98 machine to a new XP machine. seemed to work O.K.

Now being asked to do the same for another user. Only problem is, this user
had already started using OE on the new XP machine. If I do the backup and
restore routine will the data from the old machine append to data in the new
machine or over write it?

any special procedure for that?

Thanks

Ron

Just to be safe, backup the new files first.

On the old machine, move all the mail to user created folders that have
different names than any on the new machine. This should prevent any
overwrite problems with mail. They can be moved to other folders on the new
machine later if wanted.

You can use your method, or if you only end up with a couple of dbx files,
you can just copy them to CD and put them on the new machined Desktop and
then do the following:

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on your
desktop. ***Copy a message from any folder to the new one. You MUST do
this.*** Close OE. Go back to Windows Explorer and Click Desktop and drag
the folder from the Desktop to the OE store folder that you click on to
reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

As for the Address Book. If you copy that to CD and then to the HDD of the
new machine, just open the new machines Address Book and import them. The
should not overwrite the current addresses, just add the new ones. I have 4
accounts and the primary account is the one that gets new addresses from
time to time. If I go to another account and import the Address Book from
the primary account, the new addresses are added and I don't lose the old
ones.

But like I said, backup the new files first, just to be safe.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"dresdenron" wrote in message
...
Did a backup and restore of all the OE files (add book, mail, etc.) from a
WIN 98 machine to a new XP machine. seemed to work O.K.

Now being asked to do the same for another user. Only problem is, this
user
had already started using OE on the new XP machine. If I do the backup
and
restore routine will the data from the old machine append to data in the
new
machine or over write it?

any special procedure for that?

Thanks

Ron

"dresdenron" wrote in message

Did a backup and restore of all the OE files (add book, mail, etc.)
from a WIN 98 machine to a new XP machine. seemed to work O.K.

Now being asked to do the same for another user. Only problem is,
this user had already started using OE on the new XP machine. If I
do the backup and restore routine will the data from the old machine
append to data in the new machine or over write it?

any special procedure for that?

Thanks

Ron

Put all of the files in an empty Windows folder on his hard drive and make
sure they are not Read Only. Folders.dbx MUST be included. Then you can
use OE's File Import.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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Use Export from the old machine. Then use Import on the new
machine. It'll add the stuff, not overwrite it.

Pretty hard to do by copying; easier/faster to export/import.

Pop


"dresdenron" wrote in
message
...
Did a backup and restore of all the OE files (add book, mail,
etc.) from a
WIN 98 machine to a new XP machine. seemed to work O.K.

Now being asked to do the same for another user. Only problem
is, this user
had already started using OE on the new XP machine. If I do
the backup and
restore routine will the data from the old machine append to
data in the new
machine or over write it?

any special procedure for that?

Thanks

Ron

"PopS" wrote in message

Use Export from the old machine. Then use Import on the new
machine. It'll add the stuff, not overwrite it.

No!
OE only exports to the default PST file of theinstalled Outlook or Exchange.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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Umm, Frank, you're confused about Outlook, Outlook Express (OE).
OE only exports to the default PST file of theinstalled Outlook
or Exchange.
That is blatantly untrue: PST has zero to do with OE.

The .PST files are Outlook's, NOT Outlook Express. Outlook
and OE are two entirely different applications. Outlook will
also, by the way, import/export WABs and dbx files if you want it
to. I use them both.

Outlook Express imports/exports the wab and dbx files
appropriately and there is NO .PST file involved.

There is also a utility, oe freebie backup that will help in
this way too, and which has good written support with it. It's
available at oehelp.com. In fact, there are lots of answerst at
oehelp.com. It'll also detail just where all the files are if
one wants to manually copy/paste them.


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"PopS" wrote in message

Use Export from the old machine. Then use Import on the new
machine. It'll add the stuff, not overwrite it.

No!
OE only exports to the default PST file of theinstalled Outlook
or Exchange.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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No, you're the one confused. You must have Outlook installed to use the
Export function in Outlook Express. If you do not have it, invoking the
Export function does absolutely nothing. Go to a computer where the
owner/operator does not have Microsoft Office (along with Outlook) installed
and try the Export, then come back and tell us how successful you weren't.
We'll be waiting.

Please make sure you test something for yourself before you go telling
people who is and is not right about things. It's obvious that you've not
used the Export function yourself on a machine that does not have Outlook
installed.

The one thing you are correct about is that PST files can only be used by
Outlook but Outlook Express can create one for use by Outlook, if Outlook is
also installed.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
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"PopS" wrote in message
...
Umm, Frank, you're confused about Outlook, Outlook Express (OE).
OE only exports to the default PST file of theinstalled Outlook or
Exchange.
That is blatantly untrue: PST has zero to do with OE.

The .PST files are Outlook's, NOT Outlook Express. Outlook and OE are
two entirely different applications. Outlook will also, by the way,
import/export WABs and dbx files if you want it to. I use them both.

Outlook Express imports/exports the wab and dbx files appropriately and
there is NO .PST file involved.

There is also a utility, oe freebie backup that will help in this way
too, and which has good written support with it. It's available at
oehelp.com. In fact, there are lots of answerst at oehelp.com. It'll
also detail just where all the files are if one wants to manually
copy/paste them.


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" wrote in message
...
"PopS" wrote in message

Use Export from the old machine. Then use Import on the new
machine. It'll add the stuff, not overwrite it.

No!
OE only exports to the default PST file of theinstalled Outlook or
Exchange.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/