[AJD] OT Windows XP Pro--Mailboxes

[Steve W.]

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?
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> 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.


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Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York