where are dbx files

[Miles]

I'm new to windows mail. Are the folder still names dbx? Where are they
stored in Vista?

 

[DL]

dbx files are used by outlook express and not by windows mail

 

[Jimmy]

I'm new to windows mail. Are the folder still names dbx? Where are they
stored in Vista?

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Isn't that for the Contacts for Windows Live? The questions is about the dbx
files, which is where OE stores messages, so I think the answer is:

C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail

And most everything is in the "Local Folders" directory as in:

C:\Users\Sam\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders

 

[Sam Hobbs]

I think Miles knows that and that is exactly why Miles is asking the
question.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Ain't no DBX files in Windows Mail.

 

[Miles]

Ok, let me explain how my question came about. I used
to store all the OE messages in a separate partition from
the operating system so that I could reinstall windows
without a need to do any special backups.

Now that I have a new computer using Vista and WM,
I wanted to do the same thing. So I did not know that
the files were not in dbx folders anymore. I guess that
makes backing up mail data more complicated, since I
will need to copy it manually to the other partition? If
I need to reinstall Vista, could I just then copy those
files back to the WM storage place, wherever that is?

Thanks

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[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

See this recent discussion, Miles:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...vista.mail/browse_frm/thread/9bb042246a2a600a

Ok, let me explain how my question came about. I used
to store all the OE messages in a separate partition from
the operating system so that I could reinstall windows
without a need to do any special backups.

Now that I have a new computer using Vista and WM,
I wanted to do the same thing. So I did not know that
the files were not in dbx folders anymore. I guess that
makes backing up mail data more complicated, since I
will need to copy it manually to the other partition? If
I need to reinstall Vista, could I just then copy those
files back to the WM storage place, wherever that is?

<blither snippage>

 

[Steve Cochran]

The dbx files were removed going to Windows Mail as they were (are) quite
unstable. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx for details on the old and new
message store structure.

steve

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Aside from the export function included with Windows Mail,
the easiest way to do this is to use this free third party utility:

http://www.staticbackup.com/windows-live-mail-backup/
http://www.staticbackup.com/products.htm#swmbf

 

[Duffasbutt]

Vista will not read the dbx files. I spent hours on the internet and forums
with no results until I came across a company that makes a trial version and
full version of a program that will allow you to go in to you old outlook
express folders and retreive the dbx files and convert them so Windows Mail
can read them. Long process but I had over 1500 outlook express emails to
lose so I antied up the $29.95 to get the program.
DBXTriever will help you extract emails as eml format files from dbx format
files. When you have eml files, you can drag/drop them into your Outlook or
Windows Mail's folder like this video showing:
http://www.dbxtriever.com/video/emltooe.gif . Then you will have your old
emails again.

Kind Regards,
Bob Yuan
http://www.dbxtriever.com

 

[t-4-2]

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
Scroll down till you see the heading : Importing from Outlook Express.

t-4-2

 

[t-4-2]

No need to defend your decision. Your $29.95 solution is good. It works for
you. That's the only thing that matters.
t-4-2