A problem in OE 6 - can't import messages anymore
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From: Steve Cochran on 16 Jan 2010 06:47 Make sure the files are not read only. OE won't import from read only files. You can manually import also. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 steve "Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch1439(nospam)@comcast.net> wrote in message news:e2KAWfplKHA.2592(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi Ron, > > Yes, that folder is in my storage folder for all my dbx files. > > I set a custom store folder, off the C drive on the D drive. This keeps my > messages from being impacted anytime I have occasion to restore an earlier > image to my C drive, when any "problems" occur. > > Also, that DBX folder on D is also included in my backup scripts, which > also archive all the dbx and loads of other stuff in several other places. > > Ron Hirsch > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > "Ron Sommer" <rsommer(a)nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message > news:%23AkQz3jlKHA.4772(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Is folders.dbx included in the folder on the main machine? >> -- >> Ron Sommer >> MS MVP-Mail > >
From: Ron Hirsch on 16 Jan 2010 07:14 Hi Steve, No, they're not read-only. My problem was not the inability to import a selected file(s), but the inability to get anything at all to display in the browser window to point to the path/folders involved. Ron "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:eHMUIHqlKHA.2680(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Make sure the files are not read only. OE won't import from read only > files. > > You can manually import also. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 > > steve
From: Ron Hirsch on 16 Jan 2010 09:36 Hi Bruce, Creating a new identity did not change anything. The import window was still totally blank when it came up and I tried to import all the message files. This machine will be relegated to my number 2 spot shortly, as I am starting work on my new system. So I may just ignore this problem. I see that Windows Live Mail can be used in XP. Do you think it's worth switching over to it?? Of course, my new machine will be using Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, and will certainly use Windows Live Mail. Can Windows Live Mail import all my messages from OE6? And when Windows Mail is installed in XP, does that remove OE6? Or can one choose to revert back to OE6 if desired? I would hope that this is like the situation in browsers. One can have several installed, and choose the one to be the default. Ron Hirsch +++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam(a)mymail.invalid> wrote in message news:OqXC6uhlKHA.4408(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > OE is part of IE6, not IE8. Create a new identity and see if you can > import the messages there, If you can, import all your messages and dump > the current identity. > -- > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > > > "Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch1439(nospam)@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:uqsNzphlKHA.6096(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> My system C drive on my main machine failed the other day with a refusal >> to even have any OS recognized. So I replaced it, and restored an image >> from True Image from the recent past. >> >> Apparently there was some small corruptions in that image. And I have a >> strange situation in Outlook Express 6. >> >> All works well, except for when I click on FILE>IMPORT>MESSAGES to import >> some dbx files from the past, or another machine running OE6. I have >> these DBX files stored in a folder on my main machine, and the import has >> always worked very nicely. >> >> But now, when the import screen comes up, it is totally blank - nothing >> in it. >> >> I know a work around to do the import. But I'd prefer it it worked >> normally. I can create a new folder in LOCAL FOLDERS, and name it to what >> I'd like. Then I can go into my DBX archive folder, pick a DBX file, and >> rename it to what I just created in my OE. Then replace the new blank >> folder with the folder from the archive, by just overwriting it. That >> does work - I tried it, and it still does work OK. >> >> I clicked on FILE>IMPORT>ADDRESS BOOK, and a "good:|" window did show >> there. >> >> Does anyone know how to "repair" OE6? I am running IE8, so some of the >> suggestions I've seen won't work, as they imply that OE is part of IE, >> and I don't want to mess with OE8. >> >> Ron Hirsch >> >
From: Robert Aldwinckle on 16 Jan 2010 11:02 "Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch1439(nospam)@comcast.net> wrote in message news:OMTlJWqlKHA.2780(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi Steve, > > No, they're not read-only. > > My problem was not the inability to import a selected file(s), > but the inability to get anything at all to display in the browser > window to point to the path/folders involved. That sounds inconsistent with your claim that you can rename them? Otherwise it would look like a possible permissions problem. E.g. does icacls show you those files? Any difference from other .dbx which were just created? Perhaps the SID is wrong for them? HTH Robert Aldwinckle --- > > Ron > > > "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:eHMUIHqlKHA.2680(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Make sure the files are not read only. OE won't import from read only files. >> >> You can manually import also. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 >> >> steve > >
From: Ron Sommer on 16 Jan 2010 11:28
If OE is present messages will be imported during the WLMail install or you can import manually. OE is part of IE and cannot be removed. WLMail and OE can run at the same time. Several people use OE for newsgroups and WLMail for email. -- Ron Sommer MS MVP-Mail "Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch1439(nospam)@comcast.net> wrote in message news:O2ciIlrlKHA.3840(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Hi Bruce, > > Creating a new identity did not change anything. The import window was > still totally blank when it came up and I tried to import all the message > files. > > This machine will be relegated to my number 2 spot shortly, as I am > starting work on my new system. So I may just ignore this problem. > > I see that Windows Live Mail can be used in XP. Do you think it's worth > switching over to it?? Of course, my new machine will be using Windows 7 > Pro 64 bit, and will certainly use Windows Live Mail. > > Can Windows Live Mail import all my messages from OE6? And when Windows > Mail is installed in XP, does that remove OE6? Or can one choose to revert > back to OE6 if desired? I would hope that this is like the situation in > browsers. One can have several installed, and choose the one to be the > default. > > Ron Hirsch > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > "Bruce Hagen" <Nospam(a)mymail.invalid> wrote in message > news:OqXC6uhlKHA.4408(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> OE is part of IE6, not IE8. Create a new identity and see if you can >> import the messages there, If you can, import all your messages and dump >> the current identity. >> -- >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "Ron Hirsch" <ronhirsch1439(nospam)@comcast.net> wrote in message >> news:uqsNzphlKHA.6096(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> My system C drive on my main machine failed the other day with a refusal >>> to even have any OS recognized. So I replaced it, and restored an image >>> from True Image from the recent past. >>> >>> Apparently there was some small corruptions in that image. And I have a >>> strange situation in Outlook Express 6. >>> >>> All works well, except for when I click on FILE>IMPORT>MESSAGES to >>> import some dbx files from the past, or another machine running OE6. I >>> have these DBX files stored in a folder on my main machine, and the >>> import has always worked very nicely. >>> >>> But now, when the import screen comes up, it is totally blank - nothing >>> in it. >>> >>> I know a work around to do the import. But I'd prefer it it worked >>> normally. I can create a new folder in LOCAL FOLDERS, and name it to >>> what I'd like. Then I can go into my DBX archive folder, pick a DBX >>> file, and rename it to what I just created in my OE. Then replace the >>> new blank folder with the folder from the archive, by just overwriting >>> it. That does work - I tried it, and it still does work OK. >>> >>> I clicked on FILE>IMPORT>ADDRESS BOOK, and a "good:|" window did show >>> there. >>> >>> Does anyone know how to "repair" OE6? I am running IE8, so some of the >>> suggestions I've seen won't work, as they imply that OE is part of IE, >>> and I don't want to mess with OE8. >>> >>> Ron Hirsch >>> >> > > |