Outlook Express Saving Folders

theenquirer

I am wanting to take a back up on to my desktop of all my Outlook Express folders and content. This is for later burning to CD to kep whilst I reformat. How do I do this. I have tried Importing, Exporting etc, but cannot seem to get what I want, or find it again !!
Thanks folks. Any help welcomed. Please keep it simple.

Chippy_Minton

Backup your entire Store Folder. Search for .dbx files to find it (they are hidden files), or in OE something like Tools - Options - Maintenance tab - Store Folder.

alanrowell

Here's a reliable method for restoring OE files once you've done your reformat

Open OE & create folders with the same names as each of your archived folders
Open each one by double clicking on it.
Close OE & do a search for the .dbx files
Copy the archived folders into the folder with the .dbx files replacing the originals
Open OE & your e-mails will be there

You may find that you have to copy the archived folders to your hard drive first & alter their properties to remove the "read only" flag

Don't forget BTW to export your address book (file, export, address book) & your e-mail settings (tools, accounts, export) before reformatting

John_Gray

Look at Outlook Express Quick Backup. Free, and only requires a small amount of working out what to do!

John