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Thanks,

Colin

Did you install Windows XP over the top of WinME?  If so, then your email
should have been automatically imported.  If not, then Windows XP has a
wizard which allows you to import all of your personal files including
emails, newsgroups etc.  It's called "Files and Settings Transfer Wizard"
and it's under "System Tools" on the start menu.

Yes, I installed over the top, but no, it didn't keep my emails. As I said
above, I see the importer, but I have no idea of the location of my old
emails on the computer.

"c:\Windows\Application
Data\Identities\{B26FAC78-0422-4DBE-8FB7-BDDA6E68BB64}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express"

Also, you may need to turn on hidden files to find this....

That's it! Thanks mate!!!!

Larry

Which makes finding Outlook PST files a real challange sometimes.

Larry

Personally I'm always having a lot of trouble whenever I want to read a
logfile on a linux box.
In windows you know exactly where the things are. ;-)

It's all about where you come from, right? :-)

I know I'm chiming in late, but having gone through this a number of times
(at work), I've adopted a strategy that hasn't let me down yet:

First, create a folder somewhere (the root of any drive works well) called
"Mail" or whatever you want to call it.

Then, go into Outlook Express > Tools Menu > Options > Maintenance Tab, and
click on the "Store Folder", and point it at the folder you just created.
Shut down and restart OE, and it will move all of your mail to the new
location.

When it finishes with that, it's a good idea to export a copy of your
Address Book to the same folder as well.  That way, if your OS ever goes
south and you have to reinstall, it's a simple matter of pointing OE back at
that folder and your e-mail will all reappear, then importing the address
book, and you're all set.

Rick

I've had people lose their PST files because of the way Microsoft does this,
and even when they searched for them they couldn't find them because they
are buried deep within a tree that includes an invisible folder, and
Win2K/XP will not search within hidden folders unless you enable the show
hidden files/folders option.

For example, by default Outlook on Win2K/XP stores your data in the
following folder:

c:\Documents & Settings\<user profile name>\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook

The Local Settings folder is INVISIBLE by default.

I've had people give up and just continue with the format/reinstall of their
machines and lose their data because they got frustrated and tired of trying
to find it.

Why Microsoft doesn't use "My Documents" I'll never know.

Bastaads.

Larry

Larry

Regards,

Uwe

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