How can I read my stored Outlook Express DBX files?
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From: Shawn Kennedy Shawn on 4 Mar 2010 17:55 I did all of those same steps but get a message when I select NEXT after browsing to the correct folder that says "No messages can be found in this folder". Folder DBX IS present, along with all of my personal folders. "Marnie Juel Shaw" wrote: > Thank you very much F. H. Muffman. Going into Windows Mail (which I had > never heard of previously) worked wonderfully. I am grateful indeed, > especially thinking of the hours I spent on this problem earlier in the day. > I found Windows Mail in my program list and entered it, not bothering to > create a new email id, etc. being as I am and will be using my Outlook 2003. > I went into Import and imported in one of the Identity files and, like a > charm, there are the emails for that identity! Awesome! > > Sincerely, Marnie Shaw (CALGARY, Alberta, Canada) > > "F. H. Muffman" wrote: > > > "Marnie Juel Shaw" <MarnieJuelShaw(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > > message news:29DAB53C-E050-4B8D-9F2E-9A570EFD3D63(a)microsoft.com... > > >I used to use Outlook Express on my old Windows XP computer. I have all my > > > of Outlook Express dbx files stored on an external hard drive. I have > > > copied > > > them over to my new Windows Vista computer. Outlook Express is not on my > > > new > > > Windows Vista computer. I am using Office 2003 with Outlook 2003. I have > > > been unsuccessful at dowloading any of the free Outlook Express downloads > > > I > > > can find on the Internet. I have been unsuccessful at importing the DBX > > > files into my Outlook 2003. How can I read my stored Outlook Express DBX > > > files? > > > > > > You need to get them into Windows Mail, the vista version of Outlook > > Express. To do that, beats me. > > > > A quick google found these steps: > > > > 1. Create a directory under the current user's Documents, such as > > Documents\OEMail. This directory needs to be within the user's space, such > > as under Documents, in order to prevent possible access permissions > > problems. > > 2. Copy all the dbx files from one Outlook Express Identity into this > > directory, ensuring that folders.dbx is included. > > 3. Go to Edit | Select all in Windows Explorer and select all the dbx files. > > Then right click on the selection and choose Properties and ensure that the > > read only attribute of the files is unchecked. > > 4. In Windows Mail go to File | Import Messages and choose Outlook Express 6 > > format and choose to import from a directory. > > 5. Then use the Browse button to browse to the directory of dbx files. Make > > sure that when you set the directory that what is listed in the path is > > correct (NOTE: Vista can put the wrong path in here sometimes, so instead of > > c:\mypath it puts c:\mypath\mypath, so check the path to verify that it is > > correct, and if it is not correct then fix it by clicking the Browse button > > a second time and then leave the selection blank and clicking Okay.). > > 6. Then select the files from which you wish to import messages and click > > Import. > > > > -- > > f.h. > > > >
From: Peter Foldes on 4 Mar 2010 19:07 Shawn You will need to ask in a Outlook Express (OE) newsgroup and not here on Outlook (OL) which is a part of Office On the web: http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Shawn Kennedy" <Shawn Kennedy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6722DC78-9126-4384-B6F0-1BF8C963217F(a)microsoft.com... >I did all of those same steps but get a message when I select NEXT after > browsing to the correct folder that says "No messages can be found in this > folder". Folder DBX IS present, along with all of my personal folders. > > "Marnie Juel Shaw" wrote: > >> Thank you very much F. H. Muffman. Going into Windows Mail (which I had >> never heard of previously) worked wonderfully. I am grateful indeed, >> especially thinking of the hours I spent on this problem earlier in the day. >> I found Windows Mail in my program list and entered it, not bothering to >> create a new email id, etc. being as I am and will be using my Outlook 2003. >> I went into Import and imported in one of the Identity files and, like a >> charm, there are the emails for that identity! Awesome! >> >> Sincerely, Marnie Shaw (CALGARY, Alberta, Canada) >> >> "F. H. Muffman" wrote: >> >> > "Marnie Juel Shaw" <MarnieJuelShaw(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in >> > message news:29DAB53C-E050-4B8D-9F2E-9A570EFD3D63(a)microsoft.com... >> > >I used to use Outlook Express on my old Windows XP computer. I have all my >> > > of Outlook Express dbx files stored on an external hard drive. I have >> > > copied >> > > them over to my new Windows Vista computer. Outlook Express is not on my >> > > new >> > > Windows Vista computer. I am using Office 2003 with Outlook 2003. I have >> > > been unsuccessful at dowloading any of the free Outlook Express downloads >> > > I >> > > can find on the Internet. I have been unsuccessful at importing the DBX >> > > files into my Outlook 2003. How can I read my stored Outlook Express DBX >> > > files? >> > >> > >> > You need to get them into Windows Mail, the vista version of Outlook >> > Express. To do that, beats me. >> > >> > A quick google found these steps: >> > >> > 1. Create a directory under the current user's Documents, such as >> > Documents\OEMail. This directory needs to be within the user's space, such >> > as under Documents, in order to prevent possible access permissions >> > problems. >> > 2. Copy all the dbx files from one Outlook Express Identity into this >> > directory, ensuring that folders.dbx is included. >> > 3. Go to Edit | Select all in Windows Explorer and select all the dbx files. >> > Then right click on the selection and choose Properties and ensure that the >> > read only attribute of the files is unchecked. >> > 4. In Windows Mail go to File | Import Messages and choose Outlook Express 6 >> > format and choose to import from a directory. >> > 5. Then use the Browse button to browse to the directory of dbx files. Make >> > sure that when you set the directory that what is listed in the path is >> > correct (NOTE: Vista can put the wrong path in here sometimes, so instead of >> > c:\mypath it puts c:\mypath\mypath, so check the path to verify that it is >> > correct, and if it is not correct then fix it by clicking the Browse button >> > a second time and then leave the selection blank and clicking Okay.). >> > 6. Then select the files from which you wish to import messages and click >> > Import. >> > >> > -- >> > f.h. >> > >> >
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