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lost outlook express folders when loaded xp
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 2:08 pm
Posted by harmon (1 messages posted)

i loaded windows xp on to my computer that was running windows 98 and i lost some email folders in outlook express. is there a way to get them back?

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re: lost outlook express folders when loaded xp
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 2:27 pm
Posted by Paulina (3264 messages posted)



Definitely NOT a good idea to do an upgrade from 98 to XP - but do a search for any and all .dbx files - which contain all your OE folders. I have no idea if the path for default storage is the same in 98 as in XP - but I would say that's your only chance ..........


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re: lost outlook express folders when loaded xp
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 8:53 pm
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (7132 messages posted)

This MS KB article should help:

OLEXP: Mail 
Folders, Address Book, and E-mail Messages Are Missing After You Upgrade to Microsoft 
Windows XP

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