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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Printing and Faxing / October 2006Importing Fax Files from XP Backups
I have used the fax function in Windows XP for years. I routinely backup the sent and received files. I would like to import these backed up files into Vista Fax but cannot figure out where they should be copied. It appears it should be c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\WindowsNT\MSFax\Inbox or SentItems. I have copied my old file to these folders, but they are not visible in Vista Fax. What am I doing wrong? What setting is not set? I can see the backed up .tif files. They open in the viewer. The faxes I've sent and received in Vista Fax are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!!  SignatureDonald Mills Did you try Documents > Fax? That's where mine are. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I have used the fax function in Windows XP for years. I routinely backup >the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Fax > are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! No. That's way too obvious. I'm used to having to make things visible, go thru multiple nest, etc. ;) Will try that!!! Thanks! SignatureDonald Mills > Did you try Documents > Fax? That's where mine are. > >I have used the fax function in Windows XP for years. I routinely backup [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Fax > > are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! No. That's way to obvious. I'm accustomed to making things visible, going thru nests upon nests, etc. ;=) Will try that. THANKS!!! SignatureDonald Mills > Did you try Documents > Fax? That's where mine are. > >I have used the fax function in Windows XP for years. I routinely backup [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Fax > > are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! OK. I have started to copy the files to the Documents\Fax folder. However, there's only the folders for Drafts, Inbox, and Personal Pages. No Sent folder. And I've tried sending and they end up in the MSFax area (see below). If you open Vista Fax, go to Fax Settings\Advanced, there's a button to change the archive folder location, which is c:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows NT\MSFax. That location has folders called ActivityLog, Common Coverpages, Inbox, Queue, SentItems, VirtualInbox. Aside from the \Fax folder having only [3] folders and the \MSFax folder having [6] folders, I have copied some sample WinXP Fax documents to both the \Fax\Inbox and \MSFax\Inbox and \MSFax\SentItems. None of the WinXP are shown in Vista Fax. I know there was a function in WinXP Fax that imported the files, not just copy. I have a feeling that this is what is needed here. Straight copy just doesn't seem to be working. Am I wrong? Would be great. Thoughts? SignatureDonald Mills > I have used the fax function in Windows XP for years. I routinely backup the > sent and received files. I would like to import these backed up files into [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > files. They open in the viewer. The faxes I've sent and received in Vista Fax > are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! Let me look into this. It takes some unhiding of files and special permissions even to expose and access those folders. I assume you have done that. Also what is your file association for TIF files? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > OK. I have started to copy the files to the Documents\Fax folder. However, > there's only the folders for Drafts, Inbox, and Personal Pages. No Sent [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >> Fax >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! Thanks for the note back. File association for .tif files is MS Office Document Imaging. Found that in CP>Default Programs>Set Associations. The faxes I do with Vista fax are viewable. The historical files from WinXP Fax, just last week, are not. Yep. Have unhidden files and folders. Have given myself every permissions I can find. Because AutoCAD LT 2007 will not open/run with User Account Control (UAC) running, I have UAC turned off. Would it be helpful to attach a file from each Fax program? Is there some extra "something" the Vista Fax files have that the WinXP files don't? Lastly, seems like an import function is either missing or needed. Or I can't find it if there is one. WinXP Fax has it. That's how I always put the files back when I had to reformat and reinstall in WinXP. THanks again for your help!!! SignatureDonald Mills > Let me look into this. It takes some unhiding of files and special > permissions even to expose and access those folders. I assume you have done [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > >> Fax > >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! The method you are using is the correct one (and the only one). Why it isn't working with Vista I don't know. I'll see if I can reproduce it when I have some time and bug it directly with the developers. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Thanks for the note back. File association for .tif files is MS Office > Document Imaging. Found that in CP>Default Programs>Set Associations. The [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] >> >> Fax >> >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! Thanks for your help!!! Will look forward to hearing from you... SignatureDonald Mills > The method you are using is the correct one (and the only one). Why it isn't > working with Vista I don't know. I'll see if I can reproduce it when I have [quoted text clipped - 76 lines] > >> >> Fax > >> >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! Reproduced here. The developers are aware of the issue. Here's the way things work: If you do an in-place upgrade from Win XP to Vista, all your faxes will be converted to a format which will be visible in Vista Fax. If you do a clean install of Vista then manually move your faxes from XP into Vista's Inbox and SentItems folders using Windows Explorer, they will not be visible. You'll have to open those folders directly in Windows Explorer to view those faxes. Windows Easy Transfer doesn't seem to handle faxes either. They might develop a power toy that will allows users to transfer faxes manually. We'll have to wait and see. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Thanks for your help!!! Will look forward to hearing from you... > [quoted text clipped - 93 lines] >> >> >> Fax >> >> >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! Again, thanks for note back. I'm glad it's not just me. Can't imagine I'm the only only one. Maybe I am at this point with pre-issue Vista. Don't know. Anyway, surely there will be a tool of some sort to address this. Once Vista goes on market, though, I'll bet I will not be the only one. Be cool for the program to import directly kindof like it seems to in the XP Fax. If not, a tool or toy. Either way, I'm pleased to have been able to find a little something prior to issue. THANKS!!! SignatureDonald Mills > Reproduced here. The developers are aware of the issue. Here's the way > things work: If you do an in-place upgrade from Win XP to Vista, all your [quoted text clipped - 103 lines] > >> >> >> Fax > >> >> >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! You're the only one so far. Migrating old faxes isn't a frequent request, but I suspect there will be a few who will miss it with the RTM if they do a clean install. Keep beating up on the fax program and post any other problems you encounter. The developers are quite keen on making this the best fax module ever, and so far I think they've succeeded. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Again, thanks for note back. I'm glad it's not just me. Can't imagine I'm > the [quoted text clipped - 136 lines] >> >> >> >> Fax >> >> >> >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! FYI: Posted question on Imorting back on 7/21/2006 & got no response. Glad to see that the number of users with this problem has at least doubled! Thanks for your efforts, Russ and Donald, and I hope that the migration problem gets resolved, or that some kind of tool is built to handle it. > You're the only one so far. Migrating old faxes isn't a frequent request, > but I suspect there will be a few who will miss it with the RTM if they do a [quoted text clipped - 142 lines] > >> >> >> >> Fax > >> >> >> >> are viewable in Vista Fax. HELP!!! |
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