Export outlook express file location

Therefore, the right way is to use some special Outlook Express exporting tool. Lens - magnifying glass. When you are going to reinstall operating system or move to the new computer, you probably want to export your existing Outlook Express data there. Related articles. Useful Tools for Outlook Express. Fast navigation. All rights reserved.

Above you wrote "but you need to move the entire OE data folder". The article above assumes Outlook is on the OE computer and you are just exporting from one to another. If you have a back up of the OE data but not the old computer, you need the entire folder the dbx files were in, not just some dbx files. There is an index file in the folder that Outlook needs to see. Hello Diane Ignore my comment from yesterday.

Thank you for your very helpful article. Hello I have been trying to follow your instructions for moving Outlook Express files to Outlook. I found the source. I successfully installed MS Live Mail and successfully imported the. I then exported the live mail files into Outlook. But when I opened Outlook they are not there, and I cannot find out where they have gone.

Thanks for any advice. Some of the users have stuck with their old OE6 email programs. PST files. After I imported the. Can you tell me what I did wrong?

Incidentally, in my home view left pane , I have Favorites, Outlook Data Files, and another account denoted by the email address of that user. Outlook Data Files and her email account both have all typical email folders inbox, sent, trash, drafts, etc.

Perhaps that is normal for Outlook , but I'm hoping maybe that might help you diagnose my error. I think I somehow corrupted the data file when I imported the. Is the account set up as pop3 or imap? That usually means a corrupt profile. Unfortunately, the fix is to make a new profile, but if the accounts are pop3, go to File, Account Settings, select the pop3 account then click Change Folder at the bottom. Select a folder then repeat and select the inbox.

Now for my emails I've been using Outlook Express 6 and want to move its contents, including folders I have created, over to Outlook Nicholas I have installed on the iMac, how do I do this? Sorry, I just found this. You can't export from OE to Outlook mac - you need to use a 3rd party convert utility. Gmail works great for this. Schedule Management. Calendar Printing Tools. Calendar Reminder Tools. Time and Billing Tools. Meeting Productivity Tools.

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Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. Thanks, the process worked well. I'm still curious where the files go when you export your messages.

Seems strange the export windows don't let you select a destination or at least tell you where to find them.