Backing up OE

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3 total messages Started by Andy Mabbett Sun, 02 Apr 2000 00:00

#146

Author: Andy Mabbett
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 00:00

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I have hit my trojan- infected friend (mueexe.exe thread) with a clue-
stick, and advised hi strongly to take backups. He uses Outlook Express,
which I have never used. Which files does he need to back up , to
preserve incoming and sent e-mail, and his address book? There are three
users.
-- 
Andy Mabbett
"Give a man a fish, feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, 
 feed him for life"  - Chinese proverb (500 B.C.)
"Teach him to use the 'Net and he won't bother you for weeks." - Les King

Re: Backing up OE

#149

Author: Tom
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 00:00

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In article <n8zhOWCoB854Ew2$@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk>, Andy Mabbett
<andy@pigsonthewing.demon.co.uk> writes
>I have hit my trojan- infected friend (mueexe.exe thread) with a clue-
>stick, and advised hi strongly to take backups. He uses Outlook Express,
>which I have never used. Which files does he need to back up , to
>preserve incoming and sent e-mail, and his address book? There are three
>users.


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

Re: Backing up OE

#143

Author: Ray Smith
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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