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Rename the folders you saved and create new folders with the same name
in OE. That way new mail won't be overwritten. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message ... If I leave all of them including the ones I was setting up for my new account folders I wouldn't have saved them on the CD what I have on CD is the complete old files. If I leave the new files it won't be an exact folder tree...make sense? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: The account info? I don't see why. Did you try: You did copy the CD to your HDD, correct? Forget about the Desktop. Create folders in the folder tree with the exact same names as those you copied to your HDD from the CD. i.e. if you have a dbx file that is named Saved Mail.dbx, create a folder in OE as Saved Mail. Copy a message to that folder from anywhere. Now, go into Windows Explorer. Expand the thread to your Outlook Express folder, but don't open it. Now, click on the folder that contains the dbx files you want to get into OE. Drag the Saved Mail.dbx file to the Outlook Express folder. When it turns blue, release the mouse key. You will get a prompt, "Do you want to overwrite...........?" Click: Yes. The message you copied to the folder will be replaced with the messages you saved. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message ... I need to delete all the info from my new accounts right? Kind of just start over type thing? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: That shouldn't matter. Did you look at my last reply in the other string of this thread? -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message ... Ok, would it have anything to do with that email account is not setup to actually send or receive mail. Only my new account is? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: After you copy the CD to your HDD you have to remove the Read Only attribute in order to import. If that doesn't help, see my latest reply. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message news I want to ask you.... See text below (is copied from the post)looking at the (1) if I had the Folders.dbx file I shouldn't make sure they are marked Read only unchecked, or does it matter. He didn't have it in the steps below could this be my problem? 1) If you did copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail (not OE, Windows Explorer is where this is created) You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. 2) If you did NOT copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. "Ron Sommer" wrote: DGuess made a slight mistake. The file is folders.dbx, not folder.dbx. After you have a folders.dbx file in the C:\Mail folder, the import directions are the same. -- Ron Sommer "helpless" wrote in message ... Still no luck. I was wondering if I could change the folder name in the files. To match the others? I know you can't mess with the "inbox" outbox, deleted, sent...so on. I don't know if I am reading your message wrong but it reads that you do the same thing for either way. Am I missing something? 1) If you did copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail (not OE, Windows Explorer is where this is created) You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. 2) If you did NOT copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. "DGuess" wrote: Review time again. You copied the DBX files to CD. You did include the Folder.dbx file? It is on the CD, Yes? No? 1) If you did copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail (not OE, Windows Explorer is where this is created) You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. You then did the import as described earlier (and shown again below) None of the old messages appeared? 2) If you did NOT copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. Now, look at the DBX files. You should see the standard files such as Inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Drafts.dbx, Sent Items.dbx and Deleted Items.dbx. IF you created some mail folders in OE such as Old Mail or Stuff (these are just examples), you would also see a Stuff.dbx and Old Mail.dbx. You would have to open Outlook Express and create these mail folders. Once you have created these mail folders, open them in OE by clicking on them. Now, you need to copy the Folder.dbx file that now contains the folder names to the C:\Mail folder in Explorer. To get the location of this Folder.dbx file, you go into OE's Tools | Options | Maintenance tab | Store Folders button and just note the location of the files. Now, open Windows Explorer and navigate to that folder. Copy the Folder.dbx file to the C:\Mail folder. Now you're ready to import as shown below: Importing the old mail into OE. 3. From Outlook Express. a. File menu b. Select Import c. Select Message d. Select Microsoft Outlook Express e. Press NEXT f. Select "Import mail from an OE6 store directory" g. Press OK h. Press BROWSE i. Navigate to the C:\Mail folder. j. Click on it to highlight it. k. Press OK l. Press NEXT m. Select All folder. n. Press NEXT Now Finish up the import and all messages will be imported into OE. Once done, you can delete the C:\Mail folder. "helpless" wrote in message ... Ok, I thought I'd look at the folder in explorer and in the current identity are all the old files also. So I dont' know why they are not showing. So the import did work but can't find the emails. lol "DGuess" wrote: "helpless" wrote in message ... I only asked because I had been instructed earlier to setup all the folders that I had for my old files. Only if you didn't have the Folder.dbx file which we found out you did. |
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Thank you for the links, at this point I am ready to try anything.
I don't understand why a persons mail should be so hard to get to. I apologize for how much time it is taking me. "PA Bear" wrote: 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 http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5 http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx OE Freebie Backup http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff (Please read the caveats about Outlook Express) http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm -- ~PAB helpless wrote: Sorry, I have problems with oxygen to my brain. I am on Oxygen. 24-7 It is hard for me to do things. Maybe I should give it up. =( "PA Bear" wrote: Recap of this thread: http://snipurl.com/eamn Good luck! I haven't been able to keep track of what's what (or what Helpless wants to end up with) since this started on Monday. -- ~PAÃz |
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Ok, I have another question....=)
When I display the contents of the the identities folder they are a standard size but after I did the import some of them are bigger for example: a file in it size 59kb but now it has the same file but the size is 7,407kb if those larger files are there...when I do the import shouldn't I import from the identities folder that it shows in the OE|tools|maintanance|store "Bruce Hagen" wrote: Rename the folders you saved and create new folders with the same name in OE. That way new mail won't be overwritten. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message ... If I leave all of them including the ones I was setting up for my new account folders I wouldn't have saved them on the CD what I have on CD is the complete old files. If I leave the new files it won't be an exact folder tree...make sense? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: The account info? I don't see why. Did you try: You did copy the CD to your HDD, correct? Forget about the Desktop. Create folders in the folder tree with the exact same names as those you copied to your HDD from the CD. i.e. if you have a dbx file that is named Saved Mail.dbx, create a folder in OE as Saved Mail. Copy a message to that folder from anywhere. Now, go into Windows Explorer. Expand the thread to your Outlook Express folder, but don't open it. Now, click on the folder that contains the dbx files you want to get into OE. Drag the Saved Mail.dbx file to the Outlook Express folder. When it turns blue, release the mouse key. You will get a prompt, "Do you want to overwrite...........?" Click: Yes. The message you copied to the folder will be replaced with the messages you saved. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message ... I need to delete all the info from my new accounts right? Kind of just start over type thing? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: That shouldn't matter. Did you look at my last reply in the other string of this thread? -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message ... Ok, would it have anything to do with that email account is not setup to actually send or receive mail. Only my new account is? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: After you copy the CD to your HDD you have to remove the Read Only attribute in order to import. If that doesn't help, see my latest reply. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ "helpless" wrote in message news I want to ask you.... See text below (is copied from the post)looking at the (1) if I had the Folders.dbx file I shouldn't make sure they are marked Read only unchecked, or does it matter. He didn't have it in the steps below could this be my problem? 1) If you did copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail (not OE, Windows Explorer is where this is created) You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. 2) If you did NOT copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. "Ron Sommer" wrote: DGuess made a slight mistake. The file is folders.dbx, not folder.dbx. After you have a folders.dbx file in the C:\Mail folder, the import directions are the same. -- Ron Sommer "helpless" wrote in message ... Still no luck. I was wondering if I could change the folder name in the files. To match the others? I know you can't mess with the "inbox" outbox, deleted, sent...so on. I don't know if I am reading your message wrong but it reads that you do the same thing for either way. Am I missing something? 1) If you did copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail (not OE, Windows Explorer is where this is created) You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. 2) If you did NOT copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. "DGuess" wrote: Review time again. You copied the DBX files to CD. You did include the Folder.dbx file? It is on the CD, Yes? No? 1) If you did copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail (not OE, Windows Explorer is where this is created) You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. You then did the import as described earlier (and shown again below) None of the old messages appeared? 2) If you did NOT copy the Folder.dbx file: You created a folder in Explorer and named it C:\Mail You copied the DBX files from the CD to the C:\Mail folder. The Read Only check boix was unchecked. Now, look at the DBX files. You should see the standard files such as Inbox.dbx, Outbox.dbx, Drafts.dbx, Sent Items.dbx and Deleted Items.dbx. IF you created some mail folders in OE such as Old Mail or Stuff (these are just examples), you would also see a Stuff.dbx and Old Mail.dbx. You would have to open Outlook Express and create these mail folders. Once you have created these mail folders, open them in OE by clicking on them. Now, you need to copy the Folder.dbx file that now contains the folder names to the C:\Mail folder in Explorer. To get the location of this Folder.dbx file, you go into OE's Tools | Options | Maintenance tab | Store Folders button and just note the location of the files. Now, open Windows Explorer and navigate to that folder. Copy the Folder.dbx file to the C:\Mail folder. Now you're ready to import as shown below: Importing the old mail into OE. 3. From Outlook Express. a. File menu b. Select Import c. Select Message d. Select Microsoft Outlook Express e. Press NEXT f. Select "Import mail from an OE6 store directory" g. Press OK h. Press BROWSE i. Navigate to the C:\Mail folder. j. Click on it to highlight it. k. Press OK l. Press NEXT m. Select All folder. n. Press NEXT Now Finish up the import and all messages will be imported into OE. Once done, you can delete the C:\Mail folder. "helpless" wrote in message ... Ok, I thought I'd look at the folder in explorer and in the current identity are all the old files also. So I dont' know why they are not showing. So the import did work but can't find the emails. lol "DGuess" wrote: "helpless" wrote in message ... I only asked because I had been instructed earlier to setup all the folders that I had for my old files. Only if you didn't have the Folder.dbx file which we found out you did. |
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"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
Outlook Express works the same for ME or XP. OP is using the Web interface. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ |
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"helpless" wrote in message
Thank you for the links, at this point I am ready to try anything. I don't understand why a persons mail should be so hard to get to. I apologize for how much time it is taking me. It should not be hard. Try setting up a new Identity and then use Tools | Accounts to set up a mail account per your ISP's instructions. I cannot conceive of a reason for the DBX file you mentioned. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ |
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"helpless" wrote in message
Ok, I have another question....=) When I display the contents of the the identities folder they are a standard size but after I did the import some of them are bigger for example: a file in it size 59kb but now it has the same file but the size is 7,407kb if those larger files are there...when I do the import shouldn't I import from the identities folder that it shows in the OE|tools|maintanance|store Forget it. Hire some kid who knows what they're doing. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ |
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What are you asking? "OP is using Web interface"?
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote: "Ron Sommer" wrote in message Outlook Express works the same for ME or XP. OP is using the Web interface. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ |
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I AM TOTALLY OFFENDED!!!!! Isn't it about learning? How rude. Forget it. Hire some kid who knows what they're doing. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote: "helpless" wrote in message Ok, I have another question....=) When I display the contents of the the identities folder they are a standard size but after I did the import some of them are bigger for example: a file in it size 59kb but now it has the same file but the size is 7,407kb if those larger files are there...when I do the import shouldn't I import from the identities folder that it shows in the OE|tools|maintanance|store Forget it. Hire some kid who knows what they're doing. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ |
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I didn't ask anything. I pointed out to Ron that you used the Web
interface, not OE, top post your question. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE "helpless" wrote in message ... What are you asking? "OP is using Web interface"? "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote: "Ron Sommer" wrote in message Outlook Express works the same for ME or XP. |
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