Archive and importing Outlook 6 messages

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Greg Hawkins

Help!

Has OLEXP 6 on an old machine, trying to import these
messages into OLEXP on a new machine. I follow knowledge
base article 230208 ( advice for OLEXp 5) to the letter.
The folders and messages do not show up when I restart
Outlook

Next tried saving the dbx files to a store folder on my
desktop, and using the import wizard. I get an error
messasge (cant find file or its in use, try closing the
application)

Then tried setting up folders in Outlook that had exact
same name as files I had in the store folder, then closed
outlook, then copied the old files into the ( new)
outlook folder. Get an error message - sfile withthe name
you specified already exists"

What I should have done was follow another article I
foiund too late, which was to simply drag the messages
from the OLEXP windo into another folder, then drag them
from there back into the new OLEXP.

Now I am stuck withthese .dbx files, what can I do to
restore them to the new OLEXP on teh new computor?

Thanks
 
Greg Hawkins said:
Help!

Has OLEXP 6 on an old machine, trying to import these
messages into OLEXP on a new machine. I follow knowledge
base article 230208 ( advice for OLEXp 5) to the letter.
The folders and messages do not show up when I restart
Outlook

Next tried saving the dbx files to a store folder on my
desktop, and using the import wizard. I get an error
messasge (cant find file or its in use, try closing the
application)

Then tried setting up folders in Outlook that had exact
same name as files I had in the store folder, then closed
outlook, then copied the old files into the ( new)
outlook folder. Get an error message - sfile withthe name
you specified already exists"

What I should have done was follow another article I
foiund too late, which was to simply drag the messages
from the OLEXP windo into another folder, then drag them
from there back into the new OLEXP.

Now I am stuck withthese .dbx files, what can I do to
restore them to the new OLEXP on teh new computor?

Thanks
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This newsgroup is for support of Outlook

97/98/2000/2002/2003 from the Office suite of products. Outlook

Express is actually a separate program despite the similar name.



For help with your OE questions, try an OE newsgroup such as

microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress (for OE 6), or

an OE help website such as http://insideOE.tomsterdam.com. If you're

accessing the Microsoft newsgroups through the MS Product Support

Services "Community Newsgroups" web interface, click

http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer

to get to the Internet Explorer groups, then click the plus sign next to

your version of IE to see the link to the Outlook Express group for that

version number. Good luck!
 
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