re: clean-up after OE tantrum delete
Monday, August 3, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Marjorie
(16 messages posted)
Thanks Keith,
I don't remember how I deleted it.
(I was really mad!) I use
IE 6.0.2800.1106, updated
through Q916281, WIN98, 1st ed.
Yes, I have three of those
character strings in identities,
and 18 .dbx and .mbx files in OE.
I'll try your suggestions and
let you know.
Again, Thanks!
Marjorie
On Monday, August 3, 2009 at 4:48 am, Keith Stanier wrote:
>Marjorie wrote:
>
>|Years back, I had a tantrum
>|and just deleted Outlook Express. No uninstall,
>|just delete.
>|All that junk is still there in WINDOWS\
>|APPLICATION DATA\
>|MICROSOFT\OUTLOOK EXPRESS. I since
>|reinstalled OE,which is now in WINDOWS\
>|APPLICATION DATA\IDENTITIES.
>|I don't know why it's in Identities. Should I
>|just delete all the old stuff and drag the new to
>|WINDOWS\APPLICATION DATA\
>|MICROSOFT\OUTLOOK EXPRESS?
>
>Hi Marjorie.
>
>Well first of where did you delete OE from just Program Files\Outlook Express?
>
>If you did then you would get a message saying something like this folder is needed
>and my cause other programs not to work.
>
>You can uninstall OE6 from Control Panel - Add/Remove.
>
>Which web browser are you using, IE (which version), FireFox, Opera etc?
>
>If its IE6.0 then if you goto Control Panel - Add/Remove you can remove Internet
>Explorer 6.0. You will then be given an option to reinstall the original install
>or you can repair then original installation or you can remove and install the previous
>installation.
>
>You could try a repair first.
>
>Second part on Win98SE OE stores all your emails in Windows\Application Data\Identities\{750F7368-E52F-4173-9815-82DE3F559F9C}\Microsoft\Outlook
>Express all in *.dbx files. If you haven't deleted this folder then you can
import
>your emails back into OE6.
>
>Now your {750F7368-E52F-4173-9815-82DE3F559F9C} folder will have different numbers
>and letters but it will be the same format.
>
>Now the quickest method is to copy the Outlook Express folder to somewhere more
obvious.
>If you don't have a C:\Temp folder then make one then copy the Outlook Express folder
>into the Temp folder. Open up OE and if there are no previous emails/sub folder
visible
>then click on File\Import\Messages and select your previous email format
Outlook
>Express 6.0 then Next. Click on Import mail from an OE6 store directory,
click
>on OK and use the Browse button to find this folder in C:\Temp\Outlook Express.
This
>will add all your old emails and sub folders.
>
>|Also, when I try to send a webpage by email,
>|it tries to use a really old account.
>|How do I change this?
>
>Third thing, well it should use your existing account from your ISP. If it doesn't
>then reinstall your ISP. This will register your details in the registry so when
>OE opens it knows who's emails to receive.
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