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| Thread ID: 65650 | 2006-01-25 22:21:00 | Transfer*dbx files to new computer | Puzzler (9691) | Press F1 |
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| 424267 | 2006-01-25 22:21:00 | I was lucky enough to get a new computer for Christmas and have been mostly successful in trnaferring mt data from my (very) old machine. However, no such luck with my *dbx files in Outlook Express. I now have all my Personal Folders on a disc but unable to get the new Outlook Express to accept them in a form that will enable me to access them. I also have these files in Windows form in the application but they will not show up. Help, please. Keith |
Puzzler (9691) | ||
| 424268 | 2006-01-25 22:42:00 | Have a look here (www.experts-exchange.com) . I seem to remeber having such annoying issues with someone's outlook express that I just dragged the individual messages to the desktop on the old machine, copy all those *.eml files somwhere, and drag them back into OE on the new one. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 424269 | 2006-01-26 04:10:00 | The page suggested by gibler looks very good but in case it isn't mentioned there, you need to remove the "Read Only" attribute from the *.dbx files taken from the CD. You can only do this after copying the files to your hard drive first. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 424270 | 2006-01-26 04:15:00 | If you are happy with command line working, I believe that XCOPY will automatically turn off that Read Only attribute if you do a "*.*" copy. Even if you're not, copy the files to your hard disk, then in a command line window, CD to that directory and do ATTRIB -R *.*. It gets very tedious doing it with a mouse. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 424271 | 2006-01-26 21:47:00 | Thanks for all the advice. There's a lot to absorb, especially on the page from Gibler. I'll get to work and let you all know. Thanks again! |
Puzzler (9691) | ||
| 424272 | 2006-01-26 22:04:00 | The suggestion that I posted would be the easiest and quickest thing to try first and if that doesn't work then go to Gibler's suggestion. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 424273 | 2006-01-29 22:39:00 | I have successfully transferred my *dbx files to my new computer. I created a new file, Keith Mail, on my desktop and was able to import to the new OE by using the "Import from Outlook Express 6" option. And yes, I had to take Foxy's advice as well. Thanks again, everyone! |
Puzzler (9691) | ||
| 424274 | 2006-01-30 05:21:00 | Johnboy helped me witha similar problem. Once I had copied the dbx files to CD I needed to be able to open them. This worked. Grab dbxtract from here. www.321download.com Graham |
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