Name of Outlook Express mail file?

[Bob]

My wife's computer has crashed (lost the Sam registry hive?) so I think I'm
about to reload XP which means I'll lose everything. The only thing she
wants to save (if possible) is her e-mails. I hope I can save it but I
don't know the name.

Thanks.

 

[D & B]

Save this folder (It is a hidden folder):

C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{F69BD556-5828-4D24-A72C-49BC888FC640}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express

Substitute your user name for USE in the above.
Then import the messages back in to OE

Address book:
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book

Hope that helps
Bob

 

[Alan Edwards]

You can look through these sites.
Outlook Express Newsreader-Setting up
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/community/newsgroups/setup.asp
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/resources/communities.htm#setupmsnews

You may get a quick and more informed answer at an OE group.
OE6 newsgroups.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress.stationery

General newsgroups:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

....Alan

 

[PA Bear]

References:

Backup & Restore OE Data
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

OE Files & Settings
http://www.insideoe.com/files/index.htm

OE Registry Keys
http://www.insideoe.com/files/regkeys.htm

Importing OE Data (all DBX files, including Folders.dbx)
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importOE5

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx (last paragraph)

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff
(Please read the caveats about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

--
OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP