At 01:15 AM 4/3/02 -0600, knightwriter wrote the following: >Thank you Gerry!! > >If I copy this file to my zip drive, and keep the file name the same. What >would be the problem if I cannot restore the messages? Do you know? > >Oh and what is the folders.dbx file. Is there still something I am missing >if I have this file included and still cannot get the messages to open up in >the correct format?
The folders.dbx file is the master index of all messages stored in each <mail folder>.dbx file. This is the reason for archiving it at the same time you archive each of the existing <mail folder..dbx files. To restore your mail folders, open OE and click File -- Import -- Messages -- OE6 (or OE5 if OE6 is not listed) -- then select the Message store directory (which is probably C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express), then browse to the folder containing your old messages. If you don't have a folder containing the older messages then you may wish to create one called Backups or Archive or some such name that identifies it as the location of archived or backed up *.dbx files. WARNING: Do NOT copy the backup files into the current OE message store directory or the import will fail. You will also wreck your current <mail folder>.dbx files of the same name. If you saved your backup on a CD or a Zip Disk or a networked drive, you will need to copy the backup to your hard disk and verify that none of the <mail folder>.dbx files are marked as "read only", or the import will fail. -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
