Original Question ... I have Outlook Express 6. My mail is coming in and
going out fine. I'd like to back up the mail folders "just in case" ...
however, I find no dbx files, and no folder.dbx. In other words, I don't
know where those inbox, outbox, etc. folders are found.
Our archives (Vic and Gerry) talk about C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Identities\{long number here}\Microsoft\Outlook Express and
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express.
Problem ... In my Windows directory, I find no "Application Data" folder,
no less anything in it. A search reveals nothing either. Now all my email
has to be *someplace* in the computer, they give me no trouble ... any
suggestions? --- Harold
Peter says ... Harold, try looking in your C:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data folder for these files. FYI, this
folder is a hidden system folder so remember to make them seen
beforehand. --- Peter Kaulback
Response:
Peter, making all files visible didn't help. The search for "application
data" folder or for *.dbx files showed nothing. However, after doing the
steps below, and searching again, the *.dbx search did show all the email
folders but only those I copied into another folder on the desktop for
eventual backing up on my flash drive. Application data folder? Forget it; I
must have inadvertently gotten rid of that in a moment of lunacy. But
everything is working now better than ever so who's complaining.
Frank Gunther (a rather quiet yet knowledgeable guy in our PCWorks family)
sent me to this page ... http://askbobrankin.com/backup_outlook_express.html
and I successfully did the back up using these steps:
1. Open Outlook Express. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Maintenance tab, click Store Folder.
3. Select the folder location (hold down left mouse button and drag across
the folder name from left to right) then press CTRL+C to copy the location.
Note: Part of the folder name may be hidden, so be sure to copy the entire
string. In a typical Outlook Express installation, the folder name will be
something like this, but the characters in the brackets will be different
for each computer:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{3D3B1757-A978FC42}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
4. Click Cancel twice to close the dialog box.
5. Close Outlook Express.
6. Click Start, and then click Run.
7. In the Open box, press CTRL+V to paste in the folder name, then click
OK.
8. When the folder opens in a new window, click Edit, then Select All.
9. Drag the selected email folders to the Backup location.
What can I say; it's good to know the right people (like all the people in
PCWorks) ... Harold
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