It's easiest just to use something like Express Assist. A 3-click backup of not only email and their respective folders, but ALL of OE's settings, AND your Favorites. http://www.ajsystems.com/ea.html -Clint
God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold B." >> 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 ============= 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 =====================================================
