I have a similar problem to KROKUS12 on 8th May.  Can

anyone help?

I have Outlook Express v6 on 2 separate standalone PCs,

the first under Windows 98 and the second running XP Home.

I wish to transfer all my saved emails from the old PC

to the new one, but I can't seem to get File > Export >

Messages on the Win 98 PC to do any thing - it says it

will export to MS Outlook or MS Exchange but it does

nothing.

I have copied all the .dbx file (found in

Windows\Application Data\Identities\...\Microsoft\Outlook

Express) to a CD, but File > Import > Messages .. from MS

OE 6 .. from an OE6 store directory .. specifying the

Outlook Express D: drive where the .dbx files are ..

gives me the message "No messages can be found in this

folder or another application is running that has the

required files open. Please select another folder or try

closing applications that may have files open".

Can anyone help?  Thanks in advance.

Charles.

Move the files to an empty folder on the hard drive.

Remove the Read Only attribute.

Now import.

--

Ron Sommer



"Charles" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:a62d01c435ac$65b8bf70$a601280a@phx.gbl...

>   I have a similar problem to KROKUS12 on 8th May.  Can

> anyone help?

>   I have Outlook Express v6 on 2 separate standalone PCs,

> the first under Windows 98 and the second running XP Home.

>   I wish to transfer all my saved emails from the old PC

> to the new one, but I can't seem to get File > Export >

> Messages on the Win 98 PC to do any thing - it says it

> will export to MS Outlook or MS Exchange but it does

> nothing.

>   I have copied all the .dbx file (found in

> Windows\Application Data\Identities\...\Microsoft\Outlook

> Express) to a CD, but File > Import > Messages .. from MS

> OE 6 .. from an OE6 store directory .. specifying the

> Outlook Express D: drive where the .dbx files are ..

> gives me the message "No messages can be found in this

> folder or another application is running that has the

> required files open. Please select another folder or try

> closing applications that may have files open".

>   Can anyone help?  Thanks in advance.

> Charles.

>

>

"Charles" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:a62d01c435ac$65b8bf70$a601280a@phx.gbl

>  I have a similar problem to KROKUS12 on 8th May.  Can

> anyone help?

>  I have Outlook Express v6 on 2 separate standalone PCs,

> the first under Windows 98 and the second running XP Home.

>  I wish to transfer all my saved emails from the old PC

> to the new one, but I can't seem to get File > Export >

> Messages on the Win 98 PC to do any thing - it says it

> will export to MS Outlook or MS Exchange but it does

> nothing.

>  I have copied all the .dbx file (found in

> Windows\Application Data\Identities\...\Microsoft\Outlook

> Express) to a CD, but File > Import > Messages .. from MS

> OE 6 .. from an OE6 store directory .. specifying the

> Outlook Express D: drive where the .dbx files are ..

> gives me the message "No messages can be found in this

> folder or another application is running that has the

> required files open. Please select another folder or try

> closing applications that may have files open".

>  Can anyone help?  Thanks in advance.

> Charles.



See Backup and Restore at this site:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com



--

Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE

Please respond in Newsgroup.  Do not send email

http://www.fjsmjs.com

Protect your PC

http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Success (after figuring out how to take the read-only

attribute off the folder).  Many thanks.



>-----Original Message-----

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PCs,[vbcol=seagreen] 

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>

>See Backup and Restore at this site:

>http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com

>

>--

>Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE

>Please respond in Newsgroup.  Do not send email

>http://www.fjsmjs.com

>Protect your PC

>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

>

>

>.

>

Success. Many thanks (after figuring out how to remove

the read-only attribute).



>-----Original Message-----

>Move the files to an empty folder on the hard drive.

>Remove the Read Only attribute.

>Now import.

>--

>Ron Sommer

>

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