Outlook Express .dbx folers

G

glen

I had to do a system recovery. I have followed all the
instructions i can find for importing my .dbx folders but
none seem to work. When i import/browse and select the
old folders, i get a message back that it can't find them
or they are in use.
 
F

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP

glen said:
I had to do a system recovery. I have followed all the
instructions i can find for importing my .dbx folders but
none seem to work. When i import/browse and select the
old folders, i get a message back that it can't find them
or they are in use.
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They have to be in a folder on your hard drive and not have the Read Only
attribute.
 
R

rifleman

Frank Saunders said:
They have to be in a folder on your hard drive and not have the Read Only
attribute.
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And they must include the file Folders.dbx for the import to work.
 
F

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP

rifleman said:
And they must include the file Folders.dbx for the import to work.
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If Folders.dbx is missing OE should still import the default folders.
Unfortunately, those are the only folders most users have.
 
R

rifleman

Frank Saunders said:
If Folders.dbx is missing OE should still import the default folders.
Unfortunately, those are the only folders most users have.
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LOL!
 

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