HELP!!

[gemfyre]

Does anyone know a quick easy way to save e-mails in Outlook Express?? Like, without opening each e-mail and saving it individually.

I went to help and learned how to compact folders for backup, but I can't find the damn folders can I? Apparently they are .dbx files, but search isn't finding 'em.

One day I will have a computer that works... pah, who am I kidding?

Comments

[sith-jester.livejournal.com]

Depends on which version of express, if you've compacted them you may need to search for a .mbx file.

try under

\\c:\documents and setting\user\application data\microsoft\outlook

replace 'user' with the username you log onto the machine and the application data folder may be hidden.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Save them as openable files, you mean, or save them so you can reformat your drive and put them back later?

For the first one, as far as I know, no. For the second, yes, but I can't remember offhand. Google about a bit and you'll probably find it, or I can try and remember/find the instructions again when I get home, if you like. It's something to do with finding out where OE is storing your emails, copying the whole folder, formatting youre drive/whatever, then copying the folder back. So tis useless if you're wanting to read the emails in the meantime, but it's a good way to not lose your emails with a reset.

It took me years to figure this out--cos once you save them individually, you can't put them back in your OE folders. Not easily, anyway.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

Ah, look the first is possible! :P You won't be able to get them neatly *back into OE after a reset though, with that method.

And here is what I was talking about, I think.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

That looks like what I'm after.

:)