OT: Importing emails after OS upgrade, how?

Guys, I've just upgraded to XP from Me, and all went well apart from the fact that OE seems to have lost my old emails. I see the import button, but where would my old emails be stored on the compy? Thanks, Colin

> Guys, I've just upgraded to XP from Me, and all went well apart from the > fact that OE seems to have lost my old emails. I see the import button,but > where would my old emails be stored on the compy? 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.

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> > Guys, I've just upgraded to XP from Me, and all went well apart from the > > fact that OE seems to have lost my old emails. I see the import button, > but > > where would my old emails be stored on the compy? > > 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.

I'm not sure but it's something like this.......... "c:\Windows\Application Data\Identities\{B26FAC78-0422-4DBE-8FB7-BDDA6E68BB64}\Microsoft\Outlook Express"

> "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....

Just do a search for files on your hard drive(s) called Inbox.dbx and Sent Items.dbx. If they were saved they will will likely be well hidden in a c:\windows subdirectory. "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b2f497$1cbt1e$[email hidden]...

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> > "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.... > >

"MFR1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:szH2a.280$[email hidden]... > Just do a search for files on your hard drive(s) called Inbox.dbx and Sent > Items.dbx. If they were saved they will will likely be well hidden in a > c:\windows subdirectory. > That's it! Thanks mate!!!!

Ya just GOTTA love how Microsoft hides your own damned data from you... Larry "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b2et61$1c4007$[email hidden]...

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> I'm not sure but it's something like this.......... > > "c:\Windows\Application > Data\Identities\{B26FAC78-0422-4DBE-8FB7-BDDA6E68BB64}\Microsoft\Outlook > Express" > >

But make sure you turn on the option to show hidden files first. Win2K/XP does not search down through invisible folders. Which makes finding Outlook PST files a real challange sometimes. Larry "MFR1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:szH2a.280$[email hidden]...

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> Just do a search for files on your hard drive(s) called Inbox.dbx and Sent > Items.dbx. If they were saved they will will likely be well hidden in a > c:\windows subdirectory. > > "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:b2f497$1cbt1e$[email hidden]... > > > "c:\Windows\Application > > >

Data\Identities\{B26FAC78-0422-4DBE-8FB7-BDDA6E68BB64}\Microsoft\Outlook

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

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:usR2a.873$[email hidden]... > Ya just GOTTA love how Microsoft hides your own damned data from you... > 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? :-)

"Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:1eC2a.2289$b%[email hidden]... > Guys, I've just upgraded to XP from Me, and all went well apart from the > fact that OE seems to have lost my old emails. I see the import button,but > where would my old emails be stored on the compy? > > Thanks, > > Colin 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

Yeah, but hiding one's own data from them is unforgiveable. 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 "Carl Ribbegaardh" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b2gtiq$1bsvjk$[email hidden]...

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> "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:usR2a.873$[email hidden]... > > Ya just GOTTA love how Microsoft hides your own damned data from you... > > > > 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? :-) > >

Also, to save time, go to the accounts screen and export your account settings so you can re-import them later. Larry "Rick Baumhauer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b2h1o8$1cfn9d$[email hidden]...

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> "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote in > message news:1eC2a.2289$b%[email hidden]... > > Guys, I've just upgraded to XP from Me, and all went well apart from the > > fact that OE seems to have lost my old emails. I see the import button, > but > > where would my old emails be stored on the compy? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Colin > > 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,

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> 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 > >

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:01:28 +0100, Carl Ribbegaardh wrote: > > Personally I'm always having a lot of trouble whenever I want to read a > logfile on a linux box. usually they're in /var/log, but you need root permissions to read most of them for security reasons. Regards, Uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 21:41:43 GMT, Larry wrote: > Also, to save time, go to the accounts screen and export your account > settings so you can re-import them later. > > Larry or use a decent mail client that stores mail im mbox and / or mh format. Not that hard, either. Regards, Uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61