BAK folders

Have several of these saved on different partitions and directories.
Each are within a Main Identity sub-folder/sub-directory, under a
differently named main folder/directory.

Tried to import but there are no options to point to where these
folders reside.

What I want to mainly do is see what e-mails are there and then
save the ones I want to another folder, preferably to a folder
within the current OE6 folder (non-default type, i.e "archived abc".)

What's the best method to do this without wiping out any of
the currently saved e-mails ???

thanks
ray

These are backup files created when you compacted. If you are not missing
any messages, they will just have messages you already have, or have
deleted.

Drag all the bak files to the Desktop. Rename them all to Temp1.dbx,
Temp2.dbx, etc. Do the following for each folder, but one at a time.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on the
Desktop minus the dbx. (Temp1,for example). Open the new folder and then
close OE. (You must do this). Go to Windows Explorer and locate the Message
Store folder for your OE identity, but don't open it. Click on the Desktop
and drag the file from the Desktop in the right hand pane to the OE store
folder in the left pane. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click
Yes.

*Note* If you have moved the Outlook Express store folder from it's default
location on drive C to another drive, drag the dbx file to a location on
that drive and not the Desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"thinman" wrote in message
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Have several of these saved on different partitions and directories.
Each are within a Main Identity sub-folder/sub-directory, under a
differently named main folder/directory.

Tried to import but there are no options to point to where these
folders reside.

What I want to mainly do is see what e-mails are there and then
save the ones I want to another folder, preferably to a folder
within the current OE6 folder (non-default type, i.e "archived abc".)

What's the best method to do this without wiping out any of
the currently saved e-mails ???

thanks
ray

BAK folders or folders of BAK files you've moved from Recycle Bin (for
whatever reason)?

A file named, e.g., INBOX.BAK is a back-up of a given identity's INBOX
folder created when compacting all folders in the identity was last
performed. If you have no missing messages in your INBOX folder, you
shouldn't need anything in the INBOX.BAK file.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

thinman wrote:
Have several of these saved on different partitions and directories.
Each are within a Main Identity sub-folder/sub-directory, under a
differently named main folder/directory.

Tried to import but there are no options to point to where these
folders reside.

What I want to mainly do is see what e-mails are there and then
save the ones I want to another folder, preferably to a folder
within the current OE6 folder (non-default type, i.e "archived abc".)

What's the best method to do this without wiping out any of
the currently saved e-mails ???

thanks
ray

Bruce......

Many THANKS for the help. All went smoothly.

What had happened was I made backups when I reinstalled Win98
on numerous occaisons but then never used them after the reinstall.
Consequently, there were alot of documents which I needed to
recover before deleting all the BAK's.

ray



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
These are backup files created when you compacted. If you are not missing
any messages, they will just have messages you already have, or have
deleted.

Drag all the bak files to the Desktop. Rename them all to Temp1.dbx,
Temp2.dbx, etc. Do the following for each folder, but one at a time.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on the
Desktop minus the dbx. (Temp1,for example). Open the new folder and then
close OE. (You must do this). Go to Windows Explorer and locate the
Message Store folder for your OE identity, but don't open it. Click on the
Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop in the right hand pane to the
OE store folder in the left pane. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click Yes.

*Note* If you have moved the Outlook Express store folder from it's
default location on drive C to another drive, drag the dbx file to a
location on that drive and not the Desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"thinman" wrote in message
...
Have several of these saved on different partitions and directories.
Each are within a Main Identity sub-folder/sub-directory, under a
differently named main folder/directory.

Tried to import but there are no options to point to where these
folders reside.

What I want to mainly do is see what e-mails are there and then
save the ones I want to another folder, preferably to a folder
within the current OE6 folder (non-default type, i.e "archived abc".)

What's the best method to do this without wiping out any of
the currently saved e-mails ???

thanks
ray

You're welcome. But, these bak files were not created until they were on an
XP/SP2 machine I assume?
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"thinman" wrote in message
...
Bruce......

Many THANKS for the help. All went smoothly.

What had happened was I made backups when I reinstalled Win98
on numerous occaisons but then never used them after the reinstall.
Consequently, there were alot of documents which I needed to
recover before deleting all the BAK's.

ray



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
These are backup files created when you compacted. If you are not missing
any messages, they will just have messages you already have, or have
deleted.

Drag all the bak files to the Desktop. Rename them all to Temp1.dbx,
Temp2.dbx, etc. Do the following for each folder, but one at a time.

Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on the
Desktop minus the dbx. (Temp1,for example). Open the new folder and then
close OE. (You must do this). Go to Windows Explorer and locate the
Message Store folder for your OE identity, but don't open it. Click on
the Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop in the right hand pane to
the OE store folder in the left pane. Prompt - "Do you want to
overwrite......."? Click Yes.

*Note* If you have moved the Outlook Express store folder from it's
default location on drive C to another drive, drag the dbx file to a
location on that drive and not the Desktop.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"thinman" wrote in message
...
Have several of these saved on different partitions and directories.
Each are within a Main Identity sub-folder/sub-directory, under a
differently named main folder/directory.

Tried to import but there are no options to point to where these
folders reside.

What I want to mainly do is see what e-mails are there and then
save the ones I want to another folder, preferably to a folder
within the current OE6 folder (non-default type, i.e "archived abc".)

What's the best method to do this without wiping out any of
the currently saved e-mails ???

thanks
ray

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"thinman" wrote in message
...
Have several of these saved on different partitions and directories.
Each are within a Main Identity sub-folder/sub-directory, under a
differently named main folder/directory.

Tried to import but there are no options to point to where these
folders reside.

What I want to mainly do is see what e-mails are there and then
save the ones I want to another folder, preferably to a folder
within the current OE6 folder (non-default type, i.e "archived abc".)

What's the best method to do this without wiping out any of
the currently saved e-mails ???

thanks
ray