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Article #143Re: Backing up OE
From: Ray Smith
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 00:00
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"Tom" <tom@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message >
> Address book(s) (WAB files) live in:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book
>
> You can also export the address book as text from the file menu of OE.
>
>
> Message files (DBX files) live in:
>
> C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Identities\{DC9773E0-47A7-11D3-9338-D7F3B6D4
> 965A}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
>
> The OE5 help file implies that copying these to another disk is all that
> is required to make a backup.
>
> --
> Tom
Just a quick note that the GUID bit of the path
\{DC9773E0-47A7-11D3-9338-D7F3B6D4
> 965A}\ will vary for each computer and user. The safest way, especially if
the system has multiple users set up, is to backup the whole Application
Data directories and all sub-directories of it.
HTH
Ray
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