My computer crashed today and I had to a hard drive reformat and install Windows from scratch. I’m in the process of reinstallng my programs and devices. One of the progams for my Clie requires a Registration Code. I thought I printed it out but of course can’t find it.
The Registarion Code is in an email I had saved in Outlook Express. I had backed up all the .dbx folders on a CD.
I tried following these directions to put the folder I need back into Outloox Express so I can read it:
but it isn’t working. I can see the folder in the correct folder on the hard drive but it doesn’t show up in Outlook Express.
Has anyone had any success with this or any ideas of anyother way to read the email in that folder? I use Windows ME and Outlook Express 5.5.
Try copying all the backed-up files to a folder on your hard drive. Then go to Tools|Options|Maintenance and click Store Folder. Note the current location, then change it to point to the folder you created. Close OE and then go back in.
Thank you for the reply but that doesn’t seem to work. Drat Micosoft! They tell you in Help how to backup .dbx files but not how to restore them or read them. Sheesh, who would ever want to to that. :smack:
OE keeps track of your dbx files in a file called folders.dbx. Delete that file and OE will recreate it next time you start OE showing all the DBX files you have in that folder.