Import OE 5 mails into OE 6
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I have a CD with my OLD mail in OE 5. I am right now in Windows XP machine with OE 6. I tried to import the old mails, and I dont see 'Outlook Express 5' in the import options.... Any idea / solution.. other than changing my PC??? "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail."
- Abraham Maslow -
I have a CD with my OLD mail in OE 5. I am right now in Windows XP machine with OE 6. I tried to import the old mails, and I dont see 'Outlook Express 5' in the import options.... Any idea / solution.. other than changing my PC??? "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail."
- Abraham MaslowI think you should try first. 1. In winxp create a test account and log on it. 2. Try to use Outlook Express 6 to import your message. If it is possible they do it at your account. S P S wrote: I have a CD with my OLD mail in OE 5 I have a question to you too, how do you backup your OE5 message on the CDROM?
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I think you should try first. 1. In winxp create a test account and log on it. 2. Try to use Outlook Express 6 to import your message. If it is possible they do it at your account. S P S wrote: I have a CD with my OLD mail in OE 5 I have a question to you too, how do you backup your OE5 message on the CDROM?
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step. APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
The man from SCN-CO wrote: how do you backup your OE5 message on the CDROM? 1. Locate the ***.dbx files on your computer, where *** corresponds to the names of all of the message folders in OE. 2. Burn them to a CD. Many months ago I was faced with the problem of recovering emails after reinstalling Windows. Thanks to a number of people here I was able to save them by first saving these files to another drive, then copying them back to the OE folder after the reinstallation. Deleting the Folders.dbx file caused OE6 to rebuild its index and all of my old emails magically reappeared.:-D Whether this technique will work (copying files) between two different versions of OE I don't know - the .dbx file format may have changed too much. "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City
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The man from SCN-CO wrote: how do you backup your OE5 message on the CDROM? 1. Locate the ***.dbx files on your computer, where *** corresponds to the names of all of the message folders in OE. 2. Burn them to a CD. Many months ago I was faced with the problem of recovering emails after reinstalling Windows. Thanks to a number of people here I was able to save them by first saving these files to another drive, then copying them back to the OE folder after the reinstallation. Deleting the Folders.dbx file caused OE6 to rebuild its index and all of my old emails magically reappeared.:-D Whether this technique will work (copying files) between two different versions of OE I don't know - the .dbx file format may have changed too much. "If it's Snowbird season, why can't we shoot them?" - Overheard in a bar in Bullhead City
Roger Wright wrote: 1. Locate the ***.dbx files on your computer, where *** corresponds to the names of all of the message folders in OE. 2. Burn them to a CD. Yes, that is the techniqe that I use to back up my e-mail too. I suggest that don't copy directly to replace the .dbx file because this method doesn't work. Use an import wizard that design by outlook express instead. Roger Wright wrote: Whether this technique will work (copying files) between two different versions of OE I don't know - the .dbx file format may have changed too much. In my opinion, OE5 message should import to any test machine with windows 2000 prof. fresh install because it has OE5. Then upgrade OE5 on the test machine to OE6 then back up the message again. This method could use your message in windows xp pro. with OE6.
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step. APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
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Roger Wright wrote: 1. Locate the ***.dbx files on your computer, where *** corresponds to the names of all of the message folders in OE. 2. Burn them to a CD. Yes, that is the techniqe that I use to back up my e-mail too. I suggest that don't copy directly to replace the .dbx file because this method doesn't work. Use an import wizard that design by outlook express instead. Roger Wright wrote: Whether this technique will work (copying files) between two different versions of OE I don't know - the .dbx file format may have changed too much. In my opinion, OE5 message should import to any test machine with windows 2000 prof. fresh install because it has OE5. Then upgrade OE5 on the test machine to OE6 then back up the message again. This method could use your message in windows xp pro. with OE6.
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step. APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
The man from SCN-CO wrote: In my opinion, OE5 message should import to any test machine with windows 2000 prof. fresh install because it has OE5. Then upgrade OE5 on the test machine to OE6 then back up the message again. This method could use your message in windows xp pro. with OE6 I cant make that costly wish.... any other ideas??? "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail."
- Abraham Maslow -
The man from SCN-CO wrote: In my opinion, OE5 message should import to any test machine with windows 2000 prof. fresh install because it has OE5. Then upgrade OE5 on the test machine to OE6 then back up the message again. This method could use your message in windows xp pro. with OE6 I cant make that costly wish.... any other ideas??? "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail."
- Abraham MaslowS P S wrote: I cant make that costly wish What do you mean? It doesn't mean that you have to purchase software and new machine to do that. If your friend have a test machine for windows 2kpro then ask him/her to create user account for you and try to work as the above method.
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step. APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
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S P S wrote: I cant make that costly wish What do you mean? It doesn't mean that you have to purchase software and new machine to do that. If your friend have a test machine for windows 2kpro then ask him/her to create user account for you and try to work as the above method.
A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step. APO-CEDC Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office
I will take this as a last option, if I get anything else as a better option, I will have to try that first "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail."
- Abraham Maslow