I should have clarified. I find the OE folder with all my email local folders in it. I select all to burn to disk and then de-select the delted items.dbx as well as sent items.dbx. Then, I burn them to cd for backup. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 5:02 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backing up OE > how do you - not back it up? > crisS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeff Ross > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 3:15 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backing up OE > > I don't delete it, but I just don't back it up, and also the sent items, I > don't back up either. > JLR > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 1:17 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backing up OE > > > > You're welcome! > > A few months back some friends and I were searching and searching for > these folders! Then we found this!! > > do you delete your deleted.dbx folder? > > I used to do that on my old operating system, but have not done it on my > win XP system....wasn't sure about doing that on this system. > > CrisS > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jeff Ross > > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 1:12 PM > > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backing up OE > > > > > > Thank you very much! I was missing the Local Settings part. > > JLR > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:01 PM > > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backing up OE > > > > > > > Go to Outlook Express - go to > > > TOOLS > > > OPTIONS > > > /maintenance/store folder - Your file path will be listed in store > folder. > > > CrisS > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Jeff Ross > > > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:31 PM > > > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Backing up OE > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > > charset="iso-8859-1" > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > Does anyone know the complete path name in Windows XP Pro to get to the > = > > > Outlook Express emails? I've been to Documents and = > > > Settings/user/Application Data/Identities/{long strings her} but their = > > > is nothing in the strings. Anyonw know? > > > Thanks, > > > JLR > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > > > To access our Archives: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > > For more info: > > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > > > To access our Archives: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > > > For more info: > > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > To access our Archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > For more info: > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > > > To access our Archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > For more info: > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk