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Windows Forum / Outlook Express / OE 6.x / May 2008How to transfer Outlook Express details into New User Account?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer Outlook Express details from one user into New user account? Currently, my username is abc, and I would like to create a new account, and transfer all Outlook Express setting, Inbox, Outbox, Contact into New User Account? Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do it? Thanks in advance for any suggestions Eric > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer Outlook Express > details [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > transfer all Outlook Express setting, Inbox, Outbox, Contact into New User > Account? Backing up and Cloning your OE Identities http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm and http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/OEtopten.mspx#EBAA Number 1 and http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx  SignatureFrank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Reply in Newsgroup, not by email. Windows version? Are you referring to a new identity in your current Windows User Account or an identity in a new Windows User Account? References: Backup & Restore OE Data http://www.insideoe.com/backup/ http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx <=includes info on Windows Mail in Vista [Import messages into Windows Mail from Outlook Express: http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/53e5df86-5ffb-43cf-a0c8-164e 3fe7994f1033.mspx ] Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx) http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5 Signature~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/ > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to transfer Outlook Express > details [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks in advance for any suggestions > Eric (Someone else here trying to back up all my outlook express emails and data ready to take over to laptop on disc) Got so far but now stuck. Don't know what it means by export these 4 keys where it says.... Export the 4 OE registry keys. From Regedit, export these 4 keys as *.reg files and save them in your Registry keys folder (see Preparation #2): |--HKEY_CURRENT_USER |-----Identities I open regedit, goto the identities folder, in the left pane, right click to get the export option, (as thats the only place i can find any option to export, so thats my interpretation of the instructions.."Click Registry | Export Registry File" rightly or wrongly, thats the only way I can see how to do it. And its refering to this as a 'branch' as there are more than one entries under identities. Then it wants to know what to name it, before i drop it into my newly created registry keys folder. Am I doing the right thing by saving the branch of registries, and if so, what would I need to name it, or doesn't it matter? This is the tricky bit. cheers > Windows version? > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> Thanks in advance for any suggestions >> Eric I will assume both machines are running WinXP. OE data cannot be exported from the old HDD to the new HDD. (OE File | Export can only export to MS Outlook or MS Exchange.) You may be able to *import* the OE data (i.e., folders and their messages) from the old HDD to the new machine via OE File | Import if the new HDD can "see" the old HDD. See http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5. Don't even bother attempting to import anything from the old HDD's Registry. If you can recover your OE folders and Address Book, you'll be lucky. While this isn't exactly rocket science, it's not easy either. If the procedures look too complex - and there is no shame in admitting this isn't your cup of tea - take the machine to a local, reputable and independent (i.e., not BigBoxStoreUK) computer repair shop. Signature~PA Bear > (Someone else here trying to back up all my outlook express emails and > data [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions >>> Eric Thank everyone very much for suggestions What if I copy the folder under window explorer, which contains all files for Inbox, outbox, but I don't know that address book files are located under the same folder. Then I copy and paste into the storage folder for new OE, I have tried this approach before, but have no idea whether I will miss anything or not. Could anyone please give me any suggestions on this approach? Thank everyone very much for any suggestions Eric > I will assume both machines are running WinXP. > [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > >>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions > >>> Eric Do NOT do that. > Thank everyone very much for suggestions > What if I copy the folder under window explorer, which contains all files [quoted text clipped - 95 lines] >>>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions >>>>> Eric Thank everyone very much for any suggestions Could you please tell me what wrong it will cause? For the new account, it contains a list of Inbox, outbox files, if I replace those files with existing on new account, what will happen? Thank you very much for any suggestions Eric What wrong will it cause? > Do NOT do that. > [quoted text clipped - 97 lines] > >>>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions > >>>>> Eric > Could you please tell me what wrong it will cause? 1. It won't work. 2. You may end up losing the data. > Thank everyone very much for any suggestions > Could you please tell me what wrong it will cause? [quoted text clipped - 116 lines] >>>>>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions >>>>>>> Eric The proper method is to take the dbx files from the one machine and copy them ALL to the hard drive on the new machine. Select all of them and then go to Properties and ensure that the readonly attribute is cleared. Then in OE go to File | Import | Messages and select OE5 format and then choose to import from a directory. Then point the browse option to the directory of dbx files. If you try to do it another way, you may succeed, but you will likely wind up with a corrupt message store that will self-destruct one day and all your messages will be lost. This feature is due to the instability and fragility of the OE message store. steve > Thank everyone very much for any suggestions > Could you please tell me what wrong it will cause? [quoted text clipped - 123 lines] >> >>>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions >> >>>>> Eric |
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