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how do you backup Outlook Express email

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by hippy

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I can locate my *.wab and back that up, but where are my emails stored? What are they called? How can I back them up without physically dragging and dropping them onto a disk?

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by chris

The messages are buried in the c:\windows directory (unless you are on a network with roaming profiles - then see your network admin).

Co to c:\windows\Application Data\Identities\{folder with lots of leters and numbers as its name}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

All of the files in the outlook express folder are in there. Usually called inbox.dbx etc.

by thomasscorpion

Hi there dear ..

4 that siply go 2 c:\windows\Application Data\Identities and there u can see some folders like {19035060-DC11-11D5-A050-00400512F880} and if there is more than one identies u can see more there just copy inside that u can see ur inbox and all the created folders of urs so copy the same to a diff location where u wanna take the backup and when needed after installing u can import it from the file menu of outlook express
hope this will help u

cheers

thomas

by thomasscorpion

Hi there dear ..

4 that siply go 2 c:\windows\Application Data\Identities and there u can see some folders like "19035060-DC11-11D5-A050-00400512F880}"and if there is more than one identies u can see more there just copy inside that u can see ur inbox and all the created folders of urs so copy the same to a diff location where u wanna take the backup and when needed after installing u can import it from the file menu of outlook express
hope this will help u

cheers

thomas

by jbridges

A painless solution I found is using software express assist 6.0 www.ajsystems.com. There is a full trial download version at the site.
Backup and restore everything. Works well. Even if you just use it once or twice.

by rcom

Simple to do. In Outlook Express 6.0 select the tools menu (alt,T) then choose options. From the tabs across the top select "Maintenance" there's a button called "Store Folder" located close to the bottom, click the button press "alt,F" then highlight the path and and copy it. Close Outlook Express and paste the directory path into the address bar in Explorer select "GO" or hit enter, when it opens select all the files and copy them to the desired location.

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