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From: Jack B on 20 May 2010 18:57 When you do a OEQB restore, is the result a complete reinstall of OE, or just a total overwrite and replacement of dbx files and the wab file(s)? The respective dbx folders are replaced with the ones that existed in the OEQB restore I assume, but are newer ones left alone or does OEQB restore delete them? Are accounts lost with a OEQB restore, or replaced? Account Passwords lost? Jack
From: Steve Cochran on 21 May 2010 08:27 It does not reinstall OE. It restores the files. If you have dbx files that are not in the restored message store, then its likely they will not be visible in OE, since the restored folders.dbx doesn't include them. You can manualy import such as follows: www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 If you look at that referenced page, what restoring does is to merge the registry keys and then overwrite existing dbx files with the same name. It does not delete the existing files, if they have a different name. Your accounts are preserved, but you will likely have to reintroduce the passwords. steve "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:eRYQd$G%23KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > When you do a OEQB restore, is the result a complete reinstall of OE, or > just a total overwrite and replacement of dbx files and the wab file(s)? > > The respective dbx folders are replaced with the ones that existed in the > OEQB restore I assume, but are newer ones left alone or does OEQB restore > delete them? > > Are accounts lost with a OEQB restore, or replaced? > Account Passwords lost? > > > Jack > > >
From: Jack B on 21 May 2010 14:34 Does it work the same even if you move the OEQB backed up file from an old pc to a new pc and do the restore there? Jack. ==================== "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:32333081-C43A-4E9C-AFD7-6D2E0A2381F5(a)microsoft.com... It does not reinstall OE. It restores the files. If you have dbx files that are not in the restored message store, then its likely they will not be visible in OE, since the restored folders.dbx doesn't include them. You can manualy import such as follows: www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 If you look at that referenced page, what restoring does is to merge the registry keys and then overwrite existing dbx files with the same name. It does not delete the existing files, if they have a different name. Your accounts are preserved, but you will likely have to reintroduce the passwords. steve "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:eRYQd$G%23KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > When you do a OEQB restore, is the result a complete reinstall of OE, or > just a total overwrite and replacement of dbx files and the wab file(s)? > > The respective dbx folders are replaced with the ones that existed in the > OEQB restore I assume, but are newer ones left alone or does OEQB restore > delete them? > > Are accounts lost with a OEQB restore, or replaced? > Account Passwords lost? > > > Jack > > >
From: Steve Cochran on 22 May 2010 08:21 Yes you can do that, but its best to delete the registry keys prior to merging the old ones. steve "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:esS6QaR%23KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Does it work the same even if you move the OEQB backed up file from an old > pc to a new pc and do the restore there? > > Jack. > > ==================== > > > "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message > news:32333081-C43A-4E9C-AFD7-6D2E0A2381F5(a)microsoft.com... > It does not reinstall OE. It restores the files. If you have dbx files > that are not in the restored message store, then its likely they will not be > visible in OE, since the restored folders.dbx doesn't include them. You can > manualy import such as follows: www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 > > If you look at that referenced page, what restoring does is to merge the > registry keys and then overwrite existing dbx files with the same name. It > does not delete the existing files, if they have a different name. > > Your accounts are preserved, but you will likely have to reintroduce the > passwords. > > steve > > "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:eRYQd$G%23KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> When you do a OEQB restore, is the result a complete reinstall of OE, or >> just a total overwrite and replacement of dbx files and the wab file(s)? >> >> The respective dbx folders are replaced with the ones that existed in the >> OEQB restore I assume, but are newer ones left alone or does OEQB restore >> delete them? >> >> Are accounts lost with a OEQB restore, or replaced? >> Account Passwords lost? >> >> >> Jack >> >> >> > >
From: Jack B on 23 May 2010 19:54
Which registry keys? Jack "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message news:D576F809-B5A9-4698-A6F5-4DCD182566B7(a)microsoft.com... Yes you can do that, but its best to delete the registry keys prior to merging the old ones. steve "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:esS6QaR%23KHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Does it work the same even if you move the OEQB backed up file from an old > pc to a new pc and do the restore there? > > Jack. > > ==================== > > > "Steve Cochran" <scochran(a)oehelp.com> wrote in message > news:32333081-C43A-4E9C-AFD7-6D2E0A2381F5(a)microsoft.com... > It does not reinstall OE. It restores the files. If you have dbx files > that are not in the restored message store, then its likely they will not > be > visible in OE, since the restored folders.dbx doesn't include them. You > can > manualy import such as follows: www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1 > > If you look at that referenced page, what restoring does is to merge the > registry keys and then overwrite existing dbx files with the same name. > It > does not delete the existing files, if they have a different name. > > Your accounts are preserved, but you will likely have to reintroduce the > passwords. > > steve > > "Jack B" <jslimp01nospam(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:eRYQd$G%23KHA.4316(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> When you do a OEQB restore, is the result a complete reinstall of OE, or >> just a total overwrite and replacement of dbx files and the wab file(s)? >> >> The respective dbx folders are replaced with the ones that existed in the >> OEQB restore I assume, but are newer ones left alone or does OEQB restore >> delete them? >> >> Are accounts lost with a OEQB restore, or replaced? >> Account Passwords lost? >> >> >> Jack >> >> >> > > |