|
| If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|||||||
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
June 2nd, 2004, 01:30 AM
|
|||
|
|||
importing mail folders
I upgraded my computer with a new HDD and Win XP Pro. my
old HDD with Win Me is now the slave. How can I bring over all my old emails and account settings from my previous OE 6 to my new OE 6 on the new drive? Can I just drag my old identities folder over to Win XP on the new drive? Where would I do it? I can't find the identities folder in XP. Trying the import feature I see one at DocumentsandSettings\rich\localsettings\applicatio nData\id entities. Yet when I try to find it under the Doc and settings folder I can't find the local settings and other folders. Please help. I do not want to lose access to these emails. thanks 
|
|
#2
June 2nd, 2004, 03:23 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
importing mail folders
File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 | Import mail from an
OE6 store directory | Browse button then navigate to the folder on the old drive where the dbx files for OE are located. Select it, then finish up the import. You may have to make the files visible Open Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | Views tab select "Show all files" uncheck "hide file extensions for known file types" click Apply then OK You can view the current location by Tools |Options | Maintenance tab | Store Folders button. wrote in message ... I upgraded my computer with a new HDD and Win XP Pro. my old HDD with Win Me is now the slave. How can I bring over all my old emails and account settings from my previous OE 6 to my new OE 6 on the new drive? Can I just drag my old identities folder over to Win XP on the new drive? Where would I do it? I can't find the identities folder in XP. Trying the import feature I see one at DocumentsandSettings\rich\localsettings\applicatio nData\id entities. Yet when I try to find it under the Doc and settings folder I can't find the local settings and other folders. Please help. I do not want to lose access to these emails. thanks
|
|
#3
June 2nd, 2004, 03:39 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
importing mail folders
Hello,
Have a look to the SafeMail utility at http://www.qwhale.com/products/safemail/ Trial version (limited to backing up up to 10 message folders) of SafeMail can be downloaded from http://www.qwhale.com/download/safem...Install104.zip Should you have any questions regarding SafeMail please don't hesitate to write us: . -- Andrey Medvedev Quantum Whale, www.qwhale.com wrote in message ... I upgraded my computer with a new HDD and Win XP Pro. my old HDD with Win Me is now the slave. How can I bring over all my old emails and account settings from my previous OE 6 to my new OE 6 on the new drive? Can I just drag my old identities folder over to Win XP on the new drive? Where would I do it? I can't find the identities folder in XP. Trying the import feature I see one at DocumentsandSettings\rich\localsettings\applicatio nData\id entities. Yet when I try to find it under the Doc and settings folder I can't find the local settings and other folders. Please help. I do not want to lose access to these emails. thanks
|
|
#4
June 2nd, 2004, 11:47 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
importing mail folders
Dguess,
Thanks for the reply. Can i just drag the whole identities folder or just the dbx files? Rich -----Original Message----- File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 | Import mail from an OE6 store directory | Browse button then navigate to the folder on the old drive where the dbx files for OE are located. Select it, then finish up the import. You may have to make the files visible Open Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | Views tab select "Show all files" uncheck "hide file extensions for known file types" click Apply then OK You can view the current location by Tools |Options | Maintenance tab | Store Folders button. wrote in message ... I upgraded my computer with a new HDD and Win XP Pro. my old HDD with Win Me is now the slave. How can I bring over all my old emails and account settings from my previous OE 6 to my new OE 6 on the new drive? Can I just drag my old identities folder over to Win XP on the new drive? Where would I do it? I can't find the identities folder in XP. Trying the import feature I see one at DocumentsandSettings\rich\localsettings\applicatio nData\id entities. Yet when I try to find it under the Doc and settings folder I can't find the local settings and other folders. Please help. I do not want to lose access to these emails. thanks .
|
|
#5
June 3rd, 2004, 02:17 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
importing mail folders
No and no.
Import, not drag, the DBX files. References: Backup & Restore OE Data http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx OE Files & Settings http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/index.htm http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files....htm#storemain Importing OE Data http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5 http://insideoe.tomsterdam.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 -- HTH - Please Reply to This Thread ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP AumHa Forums http://forum.aumha.org Protect Your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect Rich wrote: Dguess, Thanks for the reply. Can i just drag the whole identities folder or just the dbx files? Rich -----Original Message----- File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 | Import mail from an OE6 store directory | Browse button then navigate to the folder on the old drive where the dbx files for OE are located. Select it, then finish up the import. You may have to make the files visible Open Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | Views tab select "Show all files" uncheck "hide file extensions for known file types" click Apply then OK You can view the current location by Tools |Options | Maintenance tab | Store Folders button. wrote in message ... I upgraded my computer with a new HDD and Win XP Pro. my old HDD with Win Me is now the slave. How can I bring over all my old emails and account settings from my previous OE 6 to my new OE 6 on the new drive? Can I just drag my old identities folder over to Win XP on the new drive? Where would I do it? I can't find the identities folder in XP. Trying the import feature I see one at DocumentsandSettings\rich\localsettings\applicatio nData\id entities. Yet when I try to find it under the Doc and settings folder I can't find the local settings and other folders. Please help. I do not want to lose access to these emails. thanks .
|
|
#6
June 4th, 2004, 10:20 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
importing mail folders
I tried importing one dbx file, but got the following
error: "No messages found in this folder or another appl. is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing other applications that may have files open." I have no other appl. open, and the dbx file is not read- only selected. Can you help me? Don -----Original Message----- No and no. Import, not drag, the DBX files. References: Backup & Restore OE Data http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx OE Files & Settings http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/index.htm http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files....htm#storemain Importing OE Data http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5 http://insideoe.tomsterdam.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 -- HTH - Please Reply to This Thread ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP AumHa Forums http://forum.aumha.org Protect Your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect Rich wrote: Dguess, Thanks for the reply. Can i just drag the whole identities folder or just the dbx files? Rich -----Original Message----- File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 | Import mail from an OE6 store directory | Browse button then navigate to the folder on the old drive where the dbx files for OE are located. Select it, then finish up the import. You may have to make the files visible Open Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | Views tab select "Show all files" uncheck "hide file extensions for known file types" click Apply then OK You can view the current location by Tools |Options | Maintenance tab | Store Folders button. wrote in message ... I upgraded my computer with a new HDD and Win XP Pro. my old HDD with Win Me is now the slave. How can I bring over all my old emails and account settings from my previous OE 6 to my new OE 6 on the new drive? Can I just drag my old identities folder over to Win XP on the new drive? Where would I do it? I can't find the identities folder in XP. Trying the import feature I see one at DocumentsandSettings\rich\localsettings\applicatio nData\id entities. Yet when I try to find it under the Doc and settings folder I can't find the local settings and other folders. Please help. I do not want to lose access to these emails. thanks . .
|
|
#7
June 4th, 2004, 10:32 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
importing mail folders
"Dandy Don" wrote in message
... I tried importing one dbx file, but got the following error: "No messages found in this folder or another appl. is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing other applications that may have files open." I have no other appl. open, and the dbx file is not read- only selected. Can you help me? Don You need the file called "Folders.dbx" in the same folder as the file you are trying to import. If you haven't got that file, there is a workaround. Open OE and create a new folder with EXACTLY the same name as the one you are trying to import. Open it but DO NOT PUT ANYTHING IN IT. Close OE. Then copy the folder you are trying to import into your message store. When asked "Do you want to replace folder etc etc say Yes. Open OE and your folder should be there with its contents. HTH
|
|
#8
June 5th, 2004, 07:11 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
importing mail folders
I wrote *files* (with an 's'): Import the whole shebang, including
Folders.dbx. To import a single DBX file is a tad trickier: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx, or http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph) -- ~PA Bear Dandy Don wrote: I tried importing one dbx file, but got the following error: "No messages found in this folder or another appl. is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing other applications that may have files open." I have no other appl. open, and the dbx file is not read- only selected. Can you help me? Don -----Original Message----- No and no. Import, not drag, the DBX files. References: Backup & Restore OE Data http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/index.htm http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx OE Files & Settings http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files/index.htm http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/files....htm#storemain Importing OE Data http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5 http://insideoe.tomsterdam.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 -- HTH - Please Reply to This Thread ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP AumHa Forums http://forum.aumha.org Protect Your PC http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect Rich wrote: Dguess, Thanks for the reply. Can i just drag the whole identities folder or just the dbx files? Rich -----Original Message----- File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6 | Import mail from an OE6 store directory | Browse button then navigate to the folder on the old drive where the dbx files for OE are located. Select it, then finish up the import. You may have to make the files visible Open Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | Views tab select "Show all files" uncheck "hide file extensions for known file types" click Apply then OK You can view the current location by Tools |Options | Maintenance tab | Store Folders button. wrote in message ... I upgraded my computer with a new HDD and Win XP Pro. my old HDD with Win Me is now the slave. How can I bring over all my old emails and account settings from my previous OE 6 to my new OE 6 on the new drive? Can I just drag my old identities folder over to Win XP on the new drive? Where would I do it? I can't find the identities folder in XP. Trying the import feature I see one at DocumentsandSettings\rich\localsettings\applicatio nData\id entities. Yet when I try to find it under the Doc and settings folder I can't find the local settings and other folders. Please help. I do not want to lose access to these emails. thanks . .
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
