Re: ARGHHHHH!!!

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I think you may have deleted the wrong file. I will reword it.

First, put all the dbx files that you are trying to get into OE on the Desktop. Rename them to anything you want. Saved Mail.dbx would be fine as an example. Open OE and create a folder with the *exact* same name as the one on the Desktop, (Saved Mail). Open the new folder and then close OE. Go to Windows Explorer and locate the Message Store folder for your OE identity, but don't open it. Click on the Desktop and drag the file from the Desktop in the right hand pane to the OE store folder in the left pane. Prompt - "Do you want to overwrite......."? Click Yes.

You can create all the folders in OE at one time, but you have to do the rest one at a time as you have to access each new folder and then close OE before proceeding.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

"Bonk" <Bonk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:26165B1B-BA51-497E-BF51-56E6E97C2833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, I tried it.. didn't see a Folders.dbx, so tried to follow the
instructions to copy one folder at a time, but after creating the archiv1
folder in outlook express, i then went into windows explorer and tried to
find that folder to delete it like they told me in "importing single dbx
files into OE, and it was nowhere to be found.. went back into OE to see if
it was still there... yep.. so then tried to import one folde into it's
original... nope.. said there was nothing in the folder// looking at it (I
copied the zip disk onto my desktop for easy access) it says there are 778KB
in that folder// if I go into explorer and check the properties of the same
folder it also says 779kb, but if I go into OE and open the folder, there is
nothing there... Think I have probably messed it up royally... Now I am
completely LOST!!! Thank you so much for trying to help me.. Guess I am just
plain too old and dense!!

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