A problem in OE 6 - can't import messages anymore
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From: Steve Cochran on 17 Jan 2010 08:08 The files are hidden so you have to enable showing hidden files and folders. Its possible you may also need to show protected and OS files to see them. Check Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Also if searching you need to include hidden files and folders in the advanced search properties. steve "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. > > 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 17 Jan 2010 12:44 Steve, Hidden, system files is a problem when you are looking in Windows Explorer for the OE message store. I did not know that it could be a problem when using OE import. The files will not display if folders.dbx is missing. Is it possible the folders.dbx is corrupted? -- Ron Sommer "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:B174A101-C5C6-4F6E-A5B0-DF6B3E737D92(a)microsoft.com... > The files are hidden so you have to enable showing hidden files and > folders. Its possible you may also need to show protected and OS files to > see them. Check Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Also if searching > you need to include hidden files and folders in the advanced search > properties. > > steve > > "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. >> >> 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 17 Jan 2010 15:33 I have no problem accessing the folder, viewing my DBX files and copying them to an archive folder. I also have no problem importing the dbx files from my archive folder to other computers. And I doubt that the folder.dbx file is corrupted, since I can readily add new folders, and rename any folder, with no problem. Remember what I have stated - When I go to FILE>IMPORT>MESSAGES, nothing shows in that window, except a small dashed line near the top. There is zero there. There is nothing to navigate a path to anywhere. So the problem is not the inability to import, but the inability to get a lsit of what could be imported. Thanks for all the HELP from everyone. I think I'm just going to put this problem to bed. Ron Hirsch
From: Steve Cochran on 18 Jan 2010 08:36 Yes, its quite possible folders.dbx is corrupted. Alternatively the actual path that OE is loading for the directory of dbx files could be wrong, as it often is when importing in Winmail (see the import steps for Winmail at www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm) It could be something else as well, but since he doesn't wish to pursue it, we can just drop it. steve "Ron Sommer" <rsommer(a)nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message news:OcgQxy5lKHA.1540(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Steve, > Hidden, system files is a problem when you are looking in Windows Explorer > for the OE message store. I did not know that it could be a problem when > using OE import. > The files will not display if folders.dbx is missing. Is it possible the > folders.dbx is corrupted? > -- > Ron Sommer > > "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message > news:B174A101-C5C6-4F6E-A5B0-DF6B3E737D92(a)microsoft.com... >> The files are hidden so you have to enable showing hidden files and >> folders. Its possible you may also need to show protected and OS files to >> see them. Check Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Also if searching >> you need to include hidden files and folders in the advanced search >> properties. >> >> steve >> >> "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. >>> >>> 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 19 Jan 2010 06:01
Steve, I do thank you for all the info you and others have offered. I do have a general question re the "folders.dbx" file. If that file were indeed corrupted, would that still block the ability to browse for a path in the Import Messages window? I would seem to me that if it were corrupt, the system would not recognize that until one had selected the path/folder it was in. but if one is unable to see a folder tree and select that (or any other) folder, how would Windows know the file was corrupted until one tried to use it? Ron +++++++++++++++++ "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:DCA9C887-B465-46D3-A41F-56A081C13926(a)microsoft.com... > Yes, its quite possible folders.dbx is corrupted. Alternatively the > actual path that OE is loading for the directory of dbx files could be > wrong, as it often is when importing in Winmail (see the import steps for > Winmail at www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm) > > It could be something else as well, but since he doesn't wish to pursue > it, we can just drop it. > > steve > > "Ron Sommer" <rsommer(a)nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message > news:OcgQxy5lKHA.1540(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Steve, >> Hidden, system files is a problem when you are looking in Windows >> Explorer for the OE message store. I did not know that it could be a >> problem when using OE import. >> The files will not display if folders.dbx is missing. Is it possible the >> folders.dbx is corrupted? >> -- >> Ron Sommer >> >> "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message >> news:B174A101-C5C6-4F6E-A5B0-DF6B3E737D92(a)microsoft.com... >>> The files are hidden so you have to enable showing hidden files and >>> folders. Its possible you may also need to show protected and OS files >>> to see them. Check Control Panel | Folder Options | View. Also if >>> searching you need to include hidden files and folders in the advanced >>> search properties. >>> >>> steve >>> >>> "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. >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> > > |