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Rather than using the the import function in Outlook Express,
it's actually much simpler to just copy and paste the critical
files into your new installation. Here's how:
First, verify that your old installation still has the files
you need to copy. The should be located as follows, in Windows
98:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express
...or,
C:Windows\Profiles\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
Express
...if User Profiles were enabled on your old system.
In that location you should see a .dbx file with the name of
each and every folder you had in your email program, as well
as a Folders.dbx file which is the template around which they
are all organized.
Now go to the following location on your new system (XP):
C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\
ApplicationData\Identities\{79C016G2-D460-4239-8D1B-2AF89C2CC31E}
(or a similar code)\Microsoft\Outlook Express\
Make sure that Outlook Express is shut down at this point.
Assuming there are no new emails downloaded onto your new
installation, you can safely delete the entire contents of
the new Outlook Express folder***. If you want to be safe,
just copy them to another folder for the time being, until
you're sure you've succeeded.
***If you have downloaded new emails since you installed the new
Outlook Express on your new system, you'll need to save any of
those emails that you want to keep individually, before shutting
down OE to delete the OE folder contents and restore the old files.
You can do this by selecting them in OE, then going to File in the
menu at the top of OE, and selecting Save As. This will open a
dialog allowing you to decide where to save these emails and will
name them as Subject_Line.eml. After you've restored your old
files, you can later click on these in Windows Explorer, with OE
open. They will open in a window outside of OE, and you can use
the File menu again to copy or move them to a folder in the new
installation of OE.
Now just go to the folder on your old drive and select and copy
all the files to the new folder. When you start Outlook Express
back up, you should now see all the familiar folders and their
contents in their usual places.
You can now delete the backup you made of the original contents
of the Outlook Express folder on the new installation. On the
other hand, now that you know how to do this, you may want to
keep an archive of these files and update it periodically.
This will provide a very useful backup if OE ever fails.
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