Outlook Express Question...

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

I need to re-install Outlook Express on a Windows 98 machine. Can I do this without losing all the saved messages, and contacts book (email addresses) stored on that computer now, or will re-installing wipe all that out?

Any help would be much appreciated

[Q.E.D.]

It should preserve all your emails intact, but if you want to be sure, copy all the files with an .mbx extesion to another folder for safekeeping.

[sc913]

I've done this with outlook express 6 (should work about the same way for older versions, afaik):

To save messages: Go to Tools > Options > Maintainance and click on 'Store Folder'. Copy and paste the rather complicated folder name into the address bar in My Computer. Copy all these files to a different folder.

Reinstall, then repeat the first part above. Paste all the files back into the folder.

To save contacts: Tools > Adress book. File > Export >> Adress book (WAB). Save this as backup.wab (or whatever), remember which folder you've saved it in. Later, Import this back.