Re: Address Book/Message Store missing
- From: "Kuay Tim" <TimJohn@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 19:12:27 -0700
Hi groovyfingers,
There is the optional manual approach (to back-up and restore) outlined in
the Microsoft KB, but it won't result in an exact clone of the original
set-up.
OLEXP: How to Back Up and Recover Outlook Express Data
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270670
--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"groovyfingers" <groovyfingers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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maybe it's the way I'm importing or not importing.
I inserted the cd into my 2nd computer. I opened internet explorer and
expanded the D: Drive to see "My Outlook Express Identity" folder. Just
clicked on it and dragged to C: Drive. It copied to my hard drive. Inside
are three sub-folders, Address Book, Message Store and Registry Keys. I
open
each of them and use "select all" to highlight the files. Then I
right-click
and then select properties from the pop-up window. On the Properties
window,
I remove the check for "read only" and click "apply". I do this to each in
turn. Then, I delete the four registry keys using regedit, then I open up
my
"registry keys" folder and double-click each key in the folder.
Have I imported OE, or is there something else I'm not doing? I figure I've
missed a step or misunderstand the restore/import action, because I tried
the
procedure a second time with the same results. No messages, no address
book.
But the registry keys that I deleted get restored/imported.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
You cannot import from a CD since all files on a CD are marked as
Read-Only.
Copy the files to a folder you create on your hard drive, select all the
files, and clear the Read-Only attribute, then try the import.
Or go back to Tom's site, and print out the instructions and follow them
exactly, crossing off each step from the printed list as you complete
them.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.
"groovyfingers" <groovyfingers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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performed clone OE off the Inside OE site. Moved to another computer,
attempted to restore. Deleted the four registry keys as instructed,
opened
OE, and no address book, no messages. Did I restore incorrectly? How
would
you restore? This was burned to cd. I put the cd in my computer where
I
wanted to restore this info to. Different than the computer I made the
clone
of. I then changed the read-only check box to unchecked for all files.
Deleted the four reg keys and then double-clicked the imported reg keys.
But
no joy.:(
Should I try from the beginning and see if the second try works?
.
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