Re: Can you back up mail account settings in Outlook 2007?

Thank you for clarifying about the registry key paths etc. I actually
already found the link you gave regarding the location of other files in
another post - I don't remember how or where, but somewhere in the frantic
searching I've been doing last night and today, I ran across your link in
response to someone else's question.

I'm actually not moving to another computer - I'm restoring this computer to
its original factory settings, in order to determine whether an issue I have
is a corruption in Windows, or if there is a possible hardware failure.

However, the information is useful to me either way. I know nothing about
registries. I know how to back one up, but have never restored one for fear
of messing up and having to start completely over on my computer.

I have a backup program and an external hard drive but it doesn't do
registries or files that are in use - hence, there is a lot that doesn't get
copied. In addition, I despise having to do a complete backup of everything
when selective restores are so difficult, and, as you said about the registry
keys, the same issue occurs in the documents and settings files - if the
paths aren't exactly the same, a selective restore can cause more harm than
good. That's why I wish MS would provide a detailed knowledge base article
on these issues. ... but I guess they're trying to force us into that $49
per incident fee!

Thank you very much for your response!

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

Previous versions of Outlook never supported exporting mail profile
settings. Outlook Express did- but it is not the same program as Outlook.

You can export the registry key at HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\WIndows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles but if you don't have
the other computer identical, down to the username and file paths along with
the very same addins installed, you will have errors.

See http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup2007.asp for files and locations.


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"Kasey156" <Kasey156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have just found a program online that can, supposedly, recover lost
Outlook
passwords. I downloaded it and the trial (free) version gave me the first
two letters of every password for every account on both profiles. I'm
impressed - that should be enough to jog my memory.

It saves them in a *.csv file along with the email address. Normally,
security would be an issue for me, but I will be doing a factory restore
on
this 3 year old computer, and I can easily change the passwords on those
accounts after I restore everything.

I still don't like the fact that Microsoft doesn't seem to offer an easy
way
to save and restore email account settings. There is no logical reason to
have removed that feature from the previous version that I can see, unless
they were worried about unauthorized users accessing someone's computer
and
using that feature to steal their information. Regardless, it would be
nice
to at least have a copy of the profiles and account settings, even without
the passwords, in some nice little file location with a name - something
that
could be found and copied.

I'm still looking for feedback if anyone knows any techniques.

"Kasey156" wrote:

I am on XPsp2 and Outlook 2007, and have two profiles with a total of 11
email accounts. Two of these are for non-profit organizations I help
out.

I am caught in a situation where I need to "clean house" on this
computer,
and for the life of me don't remember the passwords to at least half of
the
accounts. In addition, some have fairly odd advanced settings, such as
the
AOL and Yahoo accounts. I was trying to avoid manually copying down the
settings for each account on each profile, but the more research I do,
the
more I am seeing that prior to doing any major system overhaul, I am
going to
be forced to copy down all those settings and try to retrieve the
passwords.

Does anyone have any suggestions for me?


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