[access-uk] Re: o.e. puzzle
- From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:41:25 -0000
Marie.
I think what it wants to know from you is to which identity should it import
the files into? If multiple identities exist, it won't know to which identity
it needs to put the messages once imported. Once the .dbx and .cdx files are
elsewhere on the hard disk, the identity to which they have come from is not
important.
Why are you using these identities anyway? They are a real cludge.
Andrew.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Marie Baisez
Sent: Fri 30/12/2005 12:10
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: o.e. puzzle
Hi Andrew,
I created a folder on local disk C I called my o e folder.
I copied one of the folders I found in my documents and settings on the
backup identity I found there.
I opened Outlook express and tried to import the folder in my identity but
was only given the choice to import from mail or messenger programmes.
I chose o e 6 and was only given the choice of 2 locations: the 2 identities
present on my pc.
What did I do wrong? what should I do next? or instead?
Your help much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Marie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 8:43 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: o.e. puzzle
> Hi,
>
> Try this:
>
> 1. Copy those files to a location you can get at easily (they will be
> .dbx and .cdx files).
> 2. Use the import wizard in OE to import those CDX and DBX into your
> current identity.
>
> Once the files are imported they will be compacted and new files will be
> created. You can then get rid of the old files.
>
> I sometimes recommend that OE users backup the CDX/DBX files by going
> into the tools | options menu, then in the system somewhere there is a
> tab dealing with file management, you can then open the directory
> specified in the dialog box and copy the files to a safe location, which
> can be easily imported if something goes wrong through the day to day
> use of the program. We have had to revert to these backups more than
> once.
>
> Sorry for being vague about locations; I am not an OE user really.
>
> Andrew.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Marie Baisez
> Sent: 29 December 2005 13:34
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] o.e. puzzle
>
> On Christmas eve as I was about to shut down, got the message from o.e.
> it
> was going to compact files to free up disk space, I listened to the
> progress
> bar and shut down when I thought the process was complete.
> When I got back to the program the following day, I found with horror
> that
> all my subfolders in my inbox where I save all the tips and tricks I
> glean
> from this and other lists had disappeared.
> I counted myself lucky, my addressbook was still there.
> Since then I've searched for the folders of course and have just
> discovered
> that they are stored in a seperate identity in my documents and
> settings.
> This folder seems to be a backup of my own inbox as well.
> I've tried to move my old folders back to my own identity but can't find
>
> where exactly to put them.
> If I switch identity in o.e. I am only given the choice of 2 of them,
> not 3
> as there are in my documents and settings.
> Would love to access those files again, especially now I KNOW they are
> still
> on my machine, can anyone tell me how to do it?
> If I try to open them from Windows explorer, o.e. opens and presents me
> with
> my inbox but the old folders are not there to read.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Marie
>
>
>
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