Moving Email Messages From Old to New Computer using Outlook Express 6

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 02/13/04


Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 06:13:51 -0800

Further on this same question, I found the folders on my
old computer by doing a search for all files with the
*.dbx ending. Now I want to copy them to my new
computer, where I already have the files I transfered
earlier. However, I don't know where they are being
stored. When I do the same search on the new computer,
no such files are found.

Thanks again,
John

>-----Original Message-----
>I have a new computer and tried to use the files and
>settings transfer wizard to move files & settings,
>including email messages, from my old MS Windows xp Pro
>computer to my new MS Windows Media Center (I assume xp)
>computer. Although I had over 4000 send messages in the
>old computer, only 25 were transfered. Of the 2800 old
>receive messages, only 922 were transered. How can I
>find all the full folders with email messages on my old
>computer using Outlook Express 6 so that I can save them
>and transfer them all to my new computer (also Outlook
>Express 6? The Microsoft Website only has information
>for Outlook Express version 4, and I can't find any
files
>with *.mbx endings.
>Many thanks for any help,
>John
>.
>



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