Problem exporting messages from Outlook Express on Win98 to Outlook 2000

  • Thread starter Thread starter Patrick Roberts
  • Start date Start date
P

Patrick Roberts

I need to backup all of my messages in my inbox and sub folders in
Outlook Express. I need to wipe the harddrive and re-install. The
only way I see to do this is to export the messages to Outlook and
archieve there, save the Outlook archieve, wipe reload, restore in
Outlook and get it back over to Outlook Express. If there is a
simpler way to do this I would love appreciate any help.

With the strategy of sending the messages over to Outlook I go to
File, Export, Messages, I say OK to exporting to Outlook Express or
Exchange, in the Export Messages dialog All folders is chosen and
that's what I want, I hit ok and I get the following error message:

The export could not be performed

Your default MAPI store couild not be opened.

I did a search in both Outlook Express and Outlook and found nothing.

Please help!!
 
Just copy the dbx-files of Outlook Express to a different location and store
them on your CD. When you recover them do not forget to remove the "read
only" file property.

For more assistance ask in an Outlook Express forum. This is an Microsoft
Office Outlook forum.

Outlook Express is family of Internet Explorer and Outlook of the Office
family.

Here is the link for the right forum
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=InternetExplorer

Good Luck!
 
Back
Top