[AJD] OT Windows XP Pro--Mailboxes

[Eric Walter]

I sent it in rich text for the red but the list doesnt support it so the 
folders that should have appeared in red are:
Local Settings\Application Data

Eric


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Walter" <eric at facspro.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
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Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 2:42 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] OT Windows XP Pro--Mailboxes


Gary,
On XP Pro your OE Files are in hidden Folders.
When you open C:\Documents and Settings go to Tools-->Folder 
Options-->View(at the top) and check the box that says to show hidden files 
and folders (about the 9th one down the list)-- click apply and close

Now when you go into your Documents and Settings folder you should be able 
to click down to the Outlook Express folder. Here is where mine is located
C:\Documents and Settings\Eric\Local Settings\Application 
Data\Identities\{2025B736-XXXX-47AC-A56F-XXXXXXXXX}\Microsoft\Outlook 
Express

The 2 folders that are red are Hidden so if you cant find them do the above 
mentioned task to unhide them. Although doing it at the first level above 
should have opened them all up for you.

Hope this helps

Eric Walter
Facspro.Net









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Epps" <garyepps at fidnet.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] OT Windows XP Pro--Mailboxes


> Steve, thank you for your reply.  I was able to find the .dbx files in XP
> Home by right clicking on start and exploring the C drive, but when I did
> this with XP Pro I can only find documents and settings/administrator, but
> no local settings.  So the only way I can copy use my old .dbx files is to
> redirect OE to store mail in a new folder that has the old .dbx files in 
> it,
> right?  If I am not concerned about retaining today's files I assume it is
> not necessary to back up the existing folder, correct?
> I am a user of programs rather than an accomplished computer guy.  At this
> point in the day my cognitive powers are seriously weakened from sorting
> this thing out for most of the day, so if I sound fuzzy, I apologize.
> Gary
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
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> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] OT Windows XP Pro--Mailboxes
>
>
>>
>>
>> Gary Epps wrote:
>>> I need help.  Can anyone tell me where Window XP Pro puts the Outlook
>>> Express mailboxes.  I have a new computer and I am trying to move my old
>>> XP Home mailboxes to XP Pro.  I have  had no luck finding where they are
>>> stored.  Does XP Pro use the .dbx suffix for mailboxes like XP Home 
>>> does?
>>>
>>> Thank you for whatever help you can give me.
>>>
>>> Gary
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>>
>> Gary,
>>  Open outlook Express.
>> Now go to Tools/Options
>> Go to the Maintenance tab and find the "Store Folder" button at the
>> bottom.
>> Click on it and it will show you the path to the folder with your 
>> messages
>> in it. You can change the message store to any folder location you want
>> BUT back up the original first.
>> What I do on machines running OE is to create a new folder in Windows
>> Explorer, then I copy the message files out of the original folder to my
>> new folder. Then open OE and change the store folder location to the new
>> file. It will tell you that there is already a message store there and 
>> ask
>> you if you want to use it. Click yes and you will now know where the
>> messages are and can make a backup of the file when you want.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Steve W.
>> Near Cooperstown, New York
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