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Restoring a compacted in Outlook Express

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by lyons74 1 view

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Went to back up a station for a wipe and re-install as the I was moving to a better OS. I have a bunch of messages in inbox under Outlook Express and I want to back them up and restore them after.

I read MS Help and it said to compact the folderto .DBX records and back them up. My issue is how do I restore them. I have tried importing but it doesn't pull them in.

Is there a better way to back up? Or am I missing something on the restore?

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by jeffryg

I used to be an avid user of outlook express & came to the conclusion that it doesn't offer as many options as the Office Outlook. With office outlook your import & Export functions are very simple compaired to express. This might be something to consider. Sorry I was never able to do any of those functions with express.

by liaor

So, you want to get all your messages eh?
Here's a way to do it...
Go to
Outlook Express>>>Tools>>>Options
Click on the Maintenance Panel

Click on the "Store Folder" button. Remember this path.

Go to that folder and copy the contents to somewhere safe.

Once you get your new OE installed, put that folder back onto the disk and point the stored folder to it.

At least, that's what I did to migrate my messages from one computer to another...

If you have message rules and other whatnot, they are in the registry located at...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\(You OE ID Number\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Hope this helps!

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