An Outlook Express Question

[Bracador]

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Hi there,

 

Last weekend my pc decided to restart itself and i was confronted with a blue screen telling me that windows had not setup properly and then restarted again. This continued over and over again so i installed XP Professional again along side the old installation so i could at least gain access to my photos, copy them to cd and anything else i wanted to keep.

 

This i have done but i was wondering if there would be a file with a copy of emails from Outlook Express?, if there is i can't find it.

 

Can anyone help a hopeless sole?

 

[Tony D]

Outlook Express stores email in dbx files. Search your computer for files with a .dbx extension.

 

I don't have a Windows machine open right now, so these directions are from memory.

 

Right click on START, choose SEARCH.

In the top box, type in *.dbx.

In the Search locations, select My Computer.

In the Advanced section, include Hidden and System files.

[Martman46]

Hi Baracador

 

First click on My Computer. Then select tools and got to the Folder Options Menu.

In this window select the View tab and go down to Hidden Folders option and select view hidden files and folders. Click apply and ok and close the window.

 

Now click start then select Search. In search the select the all files and folders option, in the all or part of the file name opion type (Outlook Express) without the brackets.

Now select the Look In drop down option and select the partition were the old Outlook Express file are then select search.

 

You will now have a list of folder select the one that contains your old dbx files Copy them into a new folder on the desktop.

Now do the same process as above only this time select the partion were your newley installed Outlook Express lies open this folder and just copy the old dbx files from the folder on the desktop and your old e-mails will be restored.

If there a e-mails you wish to keep in the new Outlook Express then create a new folder in Outlook copy them over before you carry out the above task. You can then copy them back into there original folders when you finshed.

get back to me if you have problems