Re: How to backup mailboxes?

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"Dori A Schmetterling" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In addition, FWIW, I moved my mailbox folders to a place where I can
easily see them and include them in my (online) back-up system. I gave
the directory a name I chose.

I used the feature already mentioned by Bruce Hagen in his first post in
this thread (Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder).

This also means that I can easily see the file size of each folder by
navigating to the mailbox directory with any file viewer and even Windows
Explorer

DAS

To send an e-mail directly replace "spam" with "schmetterling"
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"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you can find it by pasting the path in Start | Run, then see where it
is and work backwards in the expanded folder tree until you get to
Documents and Settings, writing this all down. You must be clicking on a
wrong folder somewhere along the way.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"ECLiPSE 2002" <fdm2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Again thanks to Bruce and Richard.

Following Bruce's first response I checked to see if Show Hidden Files
and Folders was enabled and it was, so that is not my problem.
I also unchecked Hide protected operating system files but when I go
to C:\Documents and Settings\Owner I do not see Local
Settings\ApplicationData\Identities\{265D787F-A9D6-4C31-B6F7-4D32C0D91F9D}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express where my .dbx files are supposed to be. In fact there is no
Local Settings folder at all.

I have two other Folders under C:\Documents and Settings:
Administrator and All Users (why I don't know) but Local Settings is
not found in either of them?

Mary
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The "local settings" folder is normally a hidden folder.
If you go to "folder options" in the control panel.
Then in the "view tab" you change the settings from "hide system
files" to "show system files" you
will be able to see the "local Settings" folder.

By default, Windows is set to hide system folders to keep novices from
deleting them.

Richard


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Repost:

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by
default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must
enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder
Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA






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Express files are supposed to be here: C:\Documents and
Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{265D787F-A9D6-4C31-B6F7-4D32C0D91F9D}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express. However, under Owner there is no Local Settings folder to be
found? Where would Local Settings be in Win XP if not under
C:\Documents and Settings?

Fortunately, I am able to access Outlook Express and the .dbx files if
I paste the location into Start I Run. But still don't know exactly
where they are on my HDD - the window that opens just says Outlook
Express?

Mary


On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:49:14 -0700, "Bruce Hagen"
<Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location
of
your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it
in
Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run.

In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by
default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must
enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder
Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.

Backup & Restore:
http://www.insideoe.com/backup/

This freeware tool backs up **everything** in OE in seconds. Then you
can
copy the backup to DVD. Disregard what is written in red. That is
referring
to a different program.

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB):
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx







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