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Windows Forum / Outlook Express / OE 6.x / July 2006Importing email messages
I have a disk of back up emails, all with a .dbx extension. I cannot simply double-click to open, but would like to import them to my OE. I read "simply" create them in a Windows folder, but how do you create a Windows folder? Thanks. In OE click File > Import > Messages > Microsoft Outlook 6 (making a version assumption) > Import mail from an oe store directory (the second radio button choice) > Browse Once you have the location of where the .dbx file are, import away. Of course there is another annoying method if you are talking other subfolders created other than the default .dbx files. OE is a weird one for mail folder creation, if you make a subfolder called "Saved" for example, then you must click on this new subfolder to make OE create it. After you have clicked on it, click on a different folder (inbox for example) & you can then overwrite the Saved.dbx in the identity folder with the one you backed up. As I said, OE has annoyances but it does the job :)  Signature~*Kim*~ MCP/MCSA/MCSE The Canadian DOS Prompt: EH?\> >I have a disk of back up emails, all with a .dbx extension. I cannot >simply [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks. > I have a disk of back up emails, all with a .dbx extension. I cannot > simply double-click to open, but would like to import them to my OE. > I read "simply" create them in a Windows folder, but how do you > create a Windows folder? > > Thanks. You need to copy all of them (including Folders.dbx) to an empty Windows folder on your hard drive. Then remove the Read Only attribute. Now use OE's File | Import. SignatureFrank 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/security/protect/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ <quote> but how do you create a Windows folder? </quote> You can create the folder anywhere. My Documents for example. Open My Doc's | File | New | Folder. Now, copy the CD to this folder. After you do, right click on the folder and uncheck: Read Only. Go into OE and File | Import | Messages. Choose Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and browse to the folder you created. Bruce Hagen MS-MVP - (IE/OE) ~IB-CA~ >I have a disk of back up emails, all with a .dbx extension. I cannot >simply [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thanks. I, too, have been having difficulty importing messages from an old computer to a new one. The old one used OE6 as does the new one. I was able to export the old messages in .dbx format but when I try to follow the various procedures I've found for importing, when I browse to select the path and click next, the new OE6 displays an error message that reads: "No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing applications that may have files open." I've tried the traditionally suggested method of importing-File|Import|Messages|Select Program|Import Mail from OE6 store directory|Browse. I have also tried the below mentioned procedure of creating a new Windows folder and consistently received the same message. What do I do now? > <quote> > but how do you create a Windows folder? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Thanks. Did you uncheck the Read Only attribute before trying to import? And, did you include Folders.dbx? See: http://www.insideoe.com/backup/ SignatureBruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ > I, too, have been having difficulty importing messages from an old > computer [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> > >> > Thanks. Well, when I finally found out how to do that, I saw the box was not checked. Please explain you mean by including Folders.dbx. > Did you uncheck the Read Only attribute before trying to import? And, did > you include Folders.dbx? [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > >> > > >> > Thanks. I assumed you copied the dbx files from the message store to a CD, and then copied the CD to your HDD on the new machine. The link I provided explains it all. SignatureBruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ > Well, when I finally found out how to do that, I saw the box was not > checked. [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >> >> > >> >> > Thanks. Oh, I get it. Sorry, I missed that part. I'll try that. Thanks. > I assumed you copied the dbx files from the message store to a CD, and then > copied the CD to your HDD on the new machine. The link I provided explains [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks. Hello Bruce, I have the basically the same problem as Genmania below but with a little twist. Here's how my problem differs. My son wiped out my entire system and re-installed Windows XP, Outlook express 6, etc. Before he did that he copied my entire inbox from the old Outlook Express. I have the inbox, which is a dbx file, back on my hard drive -- it's a folder in 'my documents'. I've unchecked 'read only'. Problem I have is that he didn't copy any dbx folders you refer to below as back-up before he wiped out the hard drive to re-installed Windows XP. When I try to import from folder, I receive same error message Genmania below received: No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running that has the required files open. Please select another folder or try closing applications that may have files open." Have I lost all of my old outlook folders and emails because of this? Thanks in advance for your advice. Regards, Sharon Rouse > I assumed you copied the dbx files from the message store to a CD, and then > copied the CD to your HDD on the new machine. The link I provided explains [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks. Rename the old Inbox that you saved to something personal (Sharon.dbx). In OE, create a folder under Local Folders named exactly the same - Sharon. Open the newly created folder once, even though there is nothing in it. You MUST do this step. Close OE. Open Windows Explorer. Find and drag and drop the old Inbox (renamed Sharon) into OE's message store. It will ask if you want to overwrite, say yes. Open OE and all should be well. (I'm not Bruce but hope I will do? For future reference, it's best to start your own thread and not append to someone else's.) SignatureKath Adams MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express) > Hello Bruce, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Sharon Rouse Thanks very much Kath ........I will try this. Regards, Sharon Rouse > Rename the old Inbox that you saved to something personal (Sharon.dbx). > In OE, create a folder under Local Folders named exactly the same - [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > > > Sharon Rouse Hello -- I'm not able to locate "OE message store". Pls advise -- thanks! Sharon Rouse > Thanks very much Kath ........I will try this. > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > > > > Sharon Rouse > Hello -- I'm not able to locate "OE message store". Pls advise -- thanks! > > Sharon Rouse Search for .dbx and make sure that the search includes hidden files. Alias >> Thanks very much Kath ........I will try this. >> [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>>> >>>> Sharon Rouse 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 Windows XP, 2K & 3K, 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 | View. SignatureBruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ > Hello -- I'm not able to locate "OE message store". Pls advise -- thanks! > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> > > >> > > Sharon Rouse Hello -- sorry to be a bother again. Was able to get the old emails that were sitting in my in box to move over (they replaced emails that were currently in my in box -- not a problem there). I thought this would also include all of my folders too -- but they did not come over. Is there any other advice to pull the old email folders in? I created a folder in OE entitled Sharon.dbx as suggested earlier but nothing transferred over to this folder -- it all came in via the inbox. Thanks in advance for your continued support -- I really appreciate your help. It's really important to retrieve the folders, if possible. (They contain client information for a home based business). Regards, Sharon Rouse > Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of > your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > >> > > > >> > > Sharon Rouse Do this for all missing folders. If necessary, rename the dbx files and name folders in the tree the same to avoid overwriting folders you how have with the same name. My advice is basically the same as Kath's. In Windows Explorer, click on the dbx file for the missing folder and drag it to the Desktop. 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 file from the Desktop to the OE store folder that you clicked on to reveal the .dbx files. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes. SignatureBruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ > Hello -- sorry to be a bother again. Was able to get the old emails that > were sitting in my in box to move over (they replaced emails that were [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] >> >> > > >> >> > > Sharon Rouse Thank you Bruce -- I'll give this a shot! Regards, Sharon Rouse > Do this for all missing folders. If necessary, rename the dbx files and name > folders in the tree the same to avoid overwriting folders you how have with [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] > >> >> > > > >> >> > > Sharon Rouse You did say in your first post - "I have the inbox, Problem I have is that he didn't copy any dbx folders." And "My son wiped out my entire system" I assumed from this that you only had the old Inbox and nothing else? Unless you can find the other old folders, using Bruce's instructions, then you may be out of luck although you could try this utility from MVP Steve Cochran. http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx <quote>DBXpress can bypass a drive's file system and extract messages directly from the hard drive, enabling extraction of messages from deleted files, or from drives whose partition table has been damaged, or from drives that have been formatted.</quote> It's really not that hard to make regular backups of your mail, and burn to CD or other media. I would suggest doing this in future if your mail is so important. Reference - http://www.insideoe.com/backup/ SignatureKath Adams MS MVP - Windows (Outlook Express) > Hello -- sorry to be a bother again. Was able to get the old emails > that were sitting in my in box to move over (they replaced emails [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Sharon Rouse Hello -- sorry if my earlier post was not clear. Here's what my son did: Before he re-installed Windows XP onto my computer, he went into OE. The inbox had all of my folders showing. He highlighted the inbox and all of the folders & copied them onto a removable memory stick. He then re-installed Windows XP onto the same computer and transferred the dbx file onto my computer in My documents. I have a feeling that all of the folders did not copy over. The only file that was visable after that was one called inbox.dbx. If the folders copied over, I think I should have seen dbx folders too, right? I was really reluctant to have him do this because now I think I'm out of luck. Live and learn - I'll certain know how to make back-ups next time.......so Bruce's suggestion will not work either. I'll give the MvP utility a try. Thanks a lot! Regards, Sharon Rouse > You did say in your first post - > "I have the inbox, Problem I have is that he didn't copy any dbx [quoted text clipped - 108 lines] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Sharon Rouse Each folder in OE is stored as a dbx file. Inbox as Inbox.dbx Outbox as Outbox.dbx Sent Items as Sent Items.dbx Drafts as Drafts.dbx etc. Any folders that are in other OE folders also are stored as dbx files. Did you have folders under the Inbox folder? You have to create al of your old folders and replace them one folder at a time. SignatureRon Sommer > Hello -- sorry to be a bother again. Was able to get the old emails that > were sitting in my in box to move over (they replaced emails that were [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] >> >> > > >> >> > > Sharon Rouse Hello -- yes, I did have folders under the In box. Unfortunately, I think they've been lost. When my son copied the files, he highlighted the in box and all of the folders. The inbox.dbx was the only file that came over. It was also suggested that I try the Mvp utility. Thank you. Regards, Sharon Rouse > Each folder in OE is stored as a dbx file. > Inbox as Inbox.dbx [quoted text clipped - 93 lines] > >> >> > > > >> >> > > Sharon Rouse For the files that did transfer, you can manually import them into the message store via the method in the last paragraph on this page: www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx steve > Hello -- yes, I did have folders under the In box. Unfortunately, I think > they've been lost. When my son copied the files, he highlighted the in [quoted text clipped - 123 lines] >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > Sharon Rouse |
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