I upgraded to WinXP and my Outlook Express Inbox items disappeared ... are they lost?

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Ref: where XP stores Outlook Express's data files.
I tried both of the suggestions without success.

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This method showed the files to be located under my user name/local settings......etc.
The name local settings may not be appropriate to an English system as I use a German OS but either way, the directory "Local Settings" is not to be found using Explorer. I assume the directory is atrribute "Hidden" but find no way to change the attribute.

Method 2:

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My search found Zero *dbx files on the drive.

Anybody know any more ?

Tom

Wow ... I looked too long for help from MS's site, got a headache, nearly cursed ... Then 3 minutes with Leo, and the problem's solved. THANKS! Rock on, Leo.

I had the same problem, so
Thank You very mach!!!
It was so helpfull! Thank you, again!!!

Alla

Hello, I did Import, selected OE4 as the type, browsed to the folder where my dbx folders where, and got the response that there are no mail files there. How can I make my OE recognize and access my old dbx folders? I got many of these.
Joseph

Sounds like you did it correctly. Make sure Outlook Express isn't running at the time - it may have the files locked.

This has happened to me also, and I can't find any .dbx files. Help! I want me e-mails. I don't have Outlook Express running and I've tried to find .dbx files several times...no luck.

Lost emails after doing upgrade (vs. format and a clean install) from Windows ME to Windows 2000 Professional. Also did Windows update, which upgraded OE from 5.0 to 6.0.

Anyone have suggestions to import or recover messages and address book?

Did the steps in the article not help?

Hi Leo
I upgraded from win to xp many months ago. No problems. Yesterday a folder in my email with many sub folders of clients, disappeared. I tried a system rollback but didn't get those files back. I do a search for .dbx files and yes I have alot of them under c:\docs&settings, and a few under program files\common files, which looking at properties are files from years ago.
How can I get that 1 folder with numerous sub folders back? And why did it disappear?
Confused...!

Hard to say why it disappearred. You can import the DBX's you find, though. Each subfolder will be in it's own DBX.

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