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Jack McClung - 31 Aug 2005 19:23 GMT

I am trying to copy personal files from OE6 working on a pc using Windows 98
SE to a new pc using Windows XP SP2 and OE6. I have copied the files to the
proper folder on the new pc and can see them using Windows Explorer but when
I open OE6, they do not appear. They do have the proper extension of .dbx.
Any suggestions or thoughts?

Jack McClung

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Gary S. Terhune - 31 Aug 2005 19:45 GMT

When you open OE, what *do* you see?

In OE, Tools menu, Options, Maintenance tab, Store Folder, is it pointing to
the right folder?

If you moved the files using a CD, are the DBX files Read-Only?

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>I am trying to copy personal files from OE6 working on a pc using Windows
>98 SE to a new pc using Windows XP SP2 and OE6. I have copied the files to
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> Jack McClung

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Emrys Davies - 31 Aug 2005 19:57 GMT

> I am trying to copy personal files from OE6 working on a pc using Windows 98
> SE to a new pc using Windows XP SP2 and OE6. I have copied the files to the
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> Jack McClung

Have you made sure that the files are not 'Read Only'?

Having done the above go to OE > Tools > Options > Maintenance > Store
Folder> Change > browse to your new folder which contains the .dbx files

> c. OK then OK again to close dialogue boxes > OE will ask whether to

use the new messages > c. Yes > Close OE, open it again to see the old
messages on new PC.

Regards,
Emrs Davies.

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PA Bear - 31 Aug 2005 20:38 GMT

You don't copy them to any folder on the new machine, you import them from
the backup you made.

1. Copy the data (*must* include Folders.dbx) from the backup to the
hard-drive of the WinXP machine. (Suggest a folder on Desktop for
convenience.)

2. Remove the Read Only attribute they'll almost certainly have by default.

3. OE: File > Import > Messages > OE6 (assuming OE5 or higher in Win98) >
From a store directory > Point the wizard to the Desktop folder > ...

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 (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

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news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

> I am trying to copy personal files from OE6 working on a pc using Windows
> 98 SE to a new pc using Windows XP SP2 and OE6. I have copied the files
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> Jack McClung

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