Dear Bat folk
> The next step can be made easier by deleting one registry key.
> Unfortunately I can't remember which one. If someone else posts the
> "converted message base" key, you can delete that, launch TB and be
> in business. Otherwise, folder by folder, use Tools -> Import ->
> From .MSB files. And import the appropriate files. This is tedious,
> but less so than exporting then importing.
So there is new import Tool (Import from MSB) in ver 1.42 to deal
with the old MSB files.
I certainly didn't see that. Yes, that works well. Except for
one (MSB). Bat chokes on importing this, and my experience with this
shows a kind of advantage in also having exported in MSG form re
backup.
With earlier version I had exported all folder contents to MSG,
and yet Bat also chokes and dies via import of this folder's x53 MSG
contents if I select them all. On testing I found 2 messages out of 53
that it just cannot digest on import (whether singly or collectively),
and it just hangs. They look the same as the others, (same size and
makeup), so I wonder what it is about them? If I select the other 51,
it will import them in one go no problem, but if I include either of
the other two, it will crash. So it is good to have the folder
contents in MSG form also, as thus one can pick and choose the files
if there is a problem with importing them all at once via single MSB
file.
Well whatever, thanks for the advices on this thread, as I have
learnt some very useful basics from it, and like the Bat more now. I
guess it is good-bye to the MSB files. I should be deleting them
soon. I don't know how I got into this difficulty with the upgrade.
I installed the beta initially about a week ago, and took option
of "keeping the MSB files". Then somehow at some stage a day later it
was as though Bat had reverted back from the Beta, to ver 1.38 message
base or whatever. It didn't seem right, and I wasn't systematic
enough to grasp the issues properly at all; and sure enough, when
later I did the upgrade to the final 1.42 I think Bat install got
confused as much as me. :-)
I did the Ctl-Shift-Alt-L deal of course, but it wasn't missing any
folder, just showing no messages in any. And rebooting the registry
etc, didn't make any different. Ancient history now. I was just too
tired when installing the beta to be at my intuitive best, but it
turned out well.
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See ya Stephen
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