Importing dbx files to Outlook 2003

[Bruno]

My old Outlook 2000 addresses etc are backed-up in the
form of *.dbx files. How can I import them into my new
installation of Outlook 2003?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

My old Outlook 2000 addresses etc are backed-up in the
form of *.dbx files.

No, that's Outlook Express. Outlook doesn't use .dbx files - it uses PST
files.

How can I import them into my new
installation of Outlook 2003?

Best to export from OE to Outlook - must be done on the machine running
Outlook, after you've set up an Outlook profile. Set up OE with a dummy
email account, point OE at the folder on your hard drive where the dbx files
are located (tools, options, maintenance, store folder), and see if you can
use file | export messages.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

They are not stored in dbx files... see
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm for the files outlook uses and
where they are stored.

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[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
My old Outlook 2000 addresses etc are backed-up in the
form of *.dbx files. How can I import them into my new
installation of Outlook 2003?

computer disaster and lost all of my Outlook 2000 emails
etc. But some time ago I had backed up my emails using a
tip I found in an the Webuser Magazine. I can see they are
still there as dbx files, and I would like to import them
into Outlook 2003 that I've now installed.

Please explain in easy steps as I'm a geriatric surfer.

Bruno

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You'll needo to connect them to Outlook Express then export them to Outlook.
See http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com for the information you need to reconnect
them to OE.

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Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
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[DL]

Dont use a 'tip' MS provides a solution
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3a-b7d0-4b16-b8af-5a6322f4fd01&DisplayLang=en