How can you burn the Windows Application Data Folder for email?

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any value to you. They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done. For converting MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

Thanks

When I open the cd on my system from the application data folder, in the cd
rom, why does it show all the existing emails on the cd just as they are in
my outlook express? If those are the same emails, can I delete them from
ny outlook express and they will still be on the cd as i have it burned? I
get the impression these are not readable ?
They show the same identical # of files as well

I just want to delete the existing email from outlook express, and i don't
understand why it's showing on my computer, and not on some one else's except
for the right file extension. Do you understand what i want to do?
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any value to you. They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done. For converting MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

What file extension is showing on the CD? DBX, MBX or EML?

EML files are directly readable from CD if the PC has Outlook Express installed AND the
EML file association is properly configured.

In the case of DBX files, OE cannot directly access them from CD. However, if you have
installed a program such as DBXtract that can read DBX files (and convert them to EML),
you could read them that way. But another PC without such a program wouldn't know what to
do with the DBX files.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

When I open the cd on my system from the application data folder, in the cd
rom, why does it show all the existing emails on the cd just as they are in
my outlook express? If those are the same emails, can I delete them from
ny outlook express and they will still be on the cd as i have it burned? I
get the impression these are not readable ?
They show the same identical # of files as well

I just want to delete the existing email from outlook express, and i don't
understand why it's showing on my computer, and not on some one else's except
for the right file extension. Do you understand what i want to do?
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any value to you.
They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done. For converting
MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

Thanks
Question # 1;
Being i can read them on my pc from the cd rom, if i delete them from
outlook express, they will still be readable on my pc from the cd ?

Question #2
Being i am able to read them from the cd on my system in the cd rom by
opening the the folder from C:/Windows/Application Data, which is how it was
burned, why do they read there if the mbx dbx idx extensions are there? Is
it because it is the whole outlook express is backed up on the cd and ny pc
then recognizes it?

Question #3
Being i am going to be getting a new system soon, what di i have to do to
make these readable on a new system?



thanks in advance.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

What file extension is showing on the CD? DBX, MBX or EML?

EML files are directly readable from CD if the PC has Outlook Express installed AND the
EML file association is properly configured.

In the case of DBX files, OE cannot directly access them from CD. However, if you have
installed a program such as DBXtract that can read DBX files (and convert them to EML),
you could read them that way. But another PC without such a program wouldn't know what to
do with the DBX files.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

When I open the cd on my system from the application data folder, in the cd
rom, why does it show all the existing emails on the cd just as they are in
my outlook express? If those are the same emails, can I delete them from
ny outlook express and they will still be on the cd as i have it burned? I
get the impression these are not readable ?
They show the same identical # of files as well

I just want to delete the existing email from outlook express, and i don't
understand why it's showing on my computer, and not on some one else's except
for the right file extension. Do you understand what i want to do?
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any value to you.
They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done. For converting
MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks
Question # 1;
Being i can read them on my pc from the cd rom, if i delete them from
outlook express, they will still be readable on my pc from the cd ?


OE will not be able to read them. You will have to reincorporate them into
OE. You can use the method in the last paragraph on this page:
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx or see other methods:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

OE is nearly the only program that reads the message store, so you have to
reincorporate the dbx files into OE.

Question #2
Being i am able to read them from the cd on my system in the cd rom by
opening the the folder from C:/Windows/Application Data, which is how it
was
burned, why do they read there if the mbx dbx idx extensions are there?
Is
it because it is the whole outlook express is backed up on the cd and ny
pc
then recognizes it?


The files are on the CD because you backed them up on the CD. OE will not
read them from the CD though.

Question #3
Being i am going to be getting a new system soon, what di i have to do to
make these readable on a new system?



See the links above the links referenced in them.

steve




thanks in advance.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

What file extension is showing on the CD? DBX, MBX or EML?

EML files are directly readable from CD if the PC has Outlook Express
installed AND the
EML file association is properly configured.

In the case of DBX files, OE cannot directly access them from CD.
However, if you have
installed a program such as DBXtract that can read DBX files (and
convert them to EML),
you could read them that way. But another PC without such a program
wouldn't know what to
do with the DBX files.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

When I open the cd on my system from the application data folder, in
the cd
rom, why does it show all the existing emails on the cd just as they
are in
my outlook express? If those are the same emails, can I delete them
from
ny outlook express and they will still be on the cd as i have it
burned? I
get the impression these are not readable ?
They show the same identical # of files as well

I just want to delete the existing email from outlook express, and i
don't
understand why it's showing on my computer, and not on some one else's
except
for the right file extension. Do you understand what i want to do?
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a
working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML
files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any
value to you.
They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done.
For converting
MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft
folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your
messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd
rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks
for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could
not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete
them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system
in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or
save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save
on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and
dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

cd Thanks
Can you tell me why i can read the files now when i open up the cd from,
C:ApplicationData/Folder,,, the sub folder Microsoft, then Outlook Express,
all the messages are displayed.? "I am not opening Outllook Express from the
Desktop.

This question keeps getting walked around. Is that the same as opening it
from the Desktop/Programs/OutlookExpress, even though I am using the cd in
the cd rom? If you can clear this up,for me?
Thanks

"Steve Cochran" wrote:


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks
Question # 1;
Being i can read them on my pc from the cd rom, if i delete them from
outlook express, they will still be readable on my pc from the cd ?


OE will not be able to read them. You will have to reincorporate them into
OE. You can use the method in the last paragraph on this page:
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx or see other methods:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

OE is nearly the only program that reads the message store, so you have to
reincorporate the dbx files into OE.

Question #2
Being i am able to read them from the cd on my system in the cd rom by
opening the the folder from C:/Windows/Application Data, which is how it
was
burned, why do they read there if the mbx dbx idx extensions are there?
Is
it because it is the whole outlook express is backed up on the cd and ny
pc
then recognizes it?


The files are on the CD because you backed them up on the CD. OE will not
read them from the CD though.

Question #3
Being i am going to be getting a new system soon, what di i have to do to
make these readable on a new system?



See the links above the links referenced in them.

steve




thanks in advance.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

What file extension is showing on the CD? DBX, MBX or EML?

EML files are directly readable from CD if the PC has Outlook Express
installed AND the
EML file association is properly configured.

In the case of DBX files, OE cannot directly access them from CD.
However, if you have
installed a program such as DBXtract that can read DBX files (and
convert them to EML),
you could read them that way. But another PC without such a program
wouldn't know what to
do with the DBX files.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

When I open the cd on my system from the application data folder, in
the cd
rom, why does it show all the existing emails on the cd just as they
are in
my outlook express? If those are the same emails, can I delete them
from
ny outlook express and they will still be on the cd as i have it
burned? I
get the impression these are not readable ?
They show the same identical # of files as well

I just want to delete the existing email from outlook express, and i
don't
understand why it's showing on my computer, and not on some one else's
except
for the right file extension. Do you understand what i want to do?
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a
working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML
files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any
value to you.
They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done.
For converting
MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft
folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your
messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd
rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks
for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could
not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete
them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system
in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or
save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save
on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and
dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

I'm not clear what you are seeing on the CD.

Describe step-by-step how you are viewing the CD and what you see.

For example, you are using the Windows File Explorer and seeing the DBX files on the CD?

If so, how to you see the individual messages? Do you double click a DBX file? If so,
what does the Window title say?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
cd Thanks
Can you tell me why i can read the files now when i open up the cd from,
C:ApplicationData/Folder,,, the sub folder Microsoft, then Outlook Express,
all the messages are displayed.? "I am not opening Outllook Express from the
Desktop.

This question keeps getting walked around. Is that the same as opening it
from the Desktop/Programs/OutlookExpress, even though I am using the cd in
the cd rom? If you can clear this up,for me?
Thanks

"Steve Cochran" wrote:


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks
Question # 1;
Being i can read them on my pc from the cd rom, if i delete them from
outlook express, they will still be readable on my pc from the cd ?


OE will not be able to read them. You will have to reincorporate them into
OE. You can use the method in the last paragraph on this page:
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx or see other methods:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

OE is nearly the only program that reads the message store, so you have to
reincorporate the dbx files into OE.

Question #2
Being i am able to read them from the cd on my system in the cd rom by
opening the the folder from C:/Windows/Application Data, which is how it
was
burned, why do they read there if the mbx dbx idx extensions are there?
Is
it because it is the whole outlook express is backed up on the cd and ny
pc
then recognizes it?


The files are on the CD because you backed them up on the CD. OE will not
read them from the CD though.

Question #3
Being i am going to be getting a new system soon, what di i have to do to
make these readable on a new system?



See the links above the links referenced in them.

steve




thanks in advance.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

What file extension is showing on the CD? DBX, MBX or EML?

EML files are directly readable from CD if the PC has Outlook Express
installed AND the
EML file association is properly configured.

In the case of DBX files, OE cannot directly access them from CD.
However, if you have
installed a program such as DBXtract that can read DBX files (and
convert them to EML),
you could read them that way. But another PC without such a program
wouldn't know what to
do with the DBX files.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

When I open the cd on my system from the application data folder, in
the cd
rom, why does it show all the existing emails on the cd just as they
are in
my outlook express? If those are the same emails, can I delete them
from
ny outlook express and they will still be on the cd as i have it
burned? I
get the impression these are not readable ?
They show the same identical # of files as well

I just want to delete the existing email from outlook express, and i
don't
understand why it's showing on my computer, and not on some one else's
except
for the right file extension. Do you understand what i want to do?
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a
working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML
files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any
value to you.
They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done.
For converting
MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft
folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your
messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd
rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks
for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could
not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete
them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system
in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or
save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save
on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and
dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

Thanks for asking!
Here's my situation: #1. I used Roxio ecdc , data, and burnt the C:
Windows/Application Data folder to cd. #2 When i view the cd from my cd rom,
I find the Application Data Folder, and that contains Microsoft, Outlook
Express and others,#3. When I open the Mail folder",D:\ " I have the cd in
now,D:\Outlook Express;D:\Outlook Express\Mail when i click on Inbox, Outlook
Express opens.,sent items or deleted all open in outllook express #4 there
are mbx , idx and there is a folders .nch #5. the only ones that open are
the mbx and those open as outlook express. #6. I deleted a couple of the
files and identified them, when i put the cd back in , those files were gone
from outllook express. #7, Apparently this procedure that I was informed of
does not retain the files? #8, The computer must be "avoiding the cd and
reading from outlook express? Being I am ignorant here, I am just trying to
get an answer why? #9. When i open the .eml files in folders i have they
open up individually, and not as outlook express,just as an .eml file.
Sorry, just trying to understand why a cd opens up an entire program when it
is on cd and does not retain the complete files if you delete them? it show
the pop3 uidl.dat also: D:\Outlook Express, this shows the mail and news
folders, there are 14 items here dbx, has a clean up log, sent, in deleted,
offline, etc,;D:\Outlook Express\Mail, this has idx and dbx, the mbx have
outlook express symbol on them, the idx have the blue explorer e on them.
Best i can do without sending you the cd.
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

I'm not clear what you are seeing on the CD.

Describe step-by-step how you are viewing the CD and what you see.

For example, you are using the Windows File Explorer and seeing the DBX files on the CD?

If so, how to you see the individual messages? Do you double click a DBX file? If so,
what does the Window title say?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
cd Thanks
Can you tell me why i can read the files now when i open up the cd from,
C:ApplicationData/Folder,,, the sub folder Microsoft, then Outlook Express,
all the messages are displayed.? "I am not opening Outllook Express from the
Desktop.

This question keeps getting walked around. Is that the same as opening it
from the Desktop/Programs/OutlookExpress, even though I am using the cd in
the cd rom? If you can clear this up,for me?
Thanks

"Steve Cochran" wrote:


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks
Question # 1;
Being i can read them on my pc from the cd rom, if i delete them from
outlook express, they will still be readable on my pc from the cd ?


OE will not be able to read them. You will have to reincorporate them into
OE. You can use the method in the last paragraph on this page:
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx or see other methods:
www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#4

OE is nearly the only program that reads the message store, so you have to
reincorporate the dbx files into OE.

Question #2
Being i am able to read them from the cd on my system in the cd rom by
opening the the folder from C:/Windows/Application Data, which is how it
was
burned, why do they read there if the mbx dbx idx extensions are there?
Is
it because it is the whole outlook express is backed up on the cd and ny
pc
then recognizes it?


The files are on the CD because you backed them up on the CD. OE will not
read them from the CD though.

Question #3
Being i am going to be getting a new system soon, what di i have to do to
make these readable on a new system?



See the links above the links referenced in them.

steve




thanks in advance.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

What file extension is showing on the CD? DBX, MBX or EML?

EML files are directly readable from CD if the PC has Outlook Express
installed AND the
EML file association is properly configured.

In the case of DBX files, OE cannot directly access them from CD.
However, if you have
installed a program such as DBXtract that can read DBX files (and
convert them to EML),
you could read them that way. But another PC without such a program
wouldn't know what to
do with the DBX files.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks

When I open the cd on my system from the application data folder, in
the cd
rom, why does it show all the existing emails on the cd just as they
are in
my outlook express? If those are the same emails, can I delete them
from
ny outlook express and they will still be on the cd as i have it
burned? I
get the impression these are not readable ?
They show the same identical # of files as well

I just want to delete the existing email from outlook express, and i
don't
understand why it's showing on my computer, and not on some one else's
except
for the right file extension. Do you understand what i want to do?
thanks

"Michael Santovec" wrote:

The only way to read those files is to either restore them to a
working Outlook Express
(you could use an identity just for that) or convert them to EML
files and then read
those.

The MBX/IDX files are from OE version 4 and might no longer be of any
value to you.
They
were presumably imported to OE 5 or later when the upgrade was done.
For converting
MBX
files to EML files, see:
OUTDUMP.EXE -
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...es/outdump.zip
MBXtract - http://www.oehelp.com/MBXtract/Default.aspx

For converting DBX files to EML files, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...

Hi
I thought you could burn the Application Data folder or Microsoft
folder or
Outlook Express folder from C:/Windows to a cd and have all your
messages
saved that way? I have them on a cd, and i can read them on my cd
rom, but
on my daughters Dell with xp, i can not open the files, it looks
for a file
association.
It said to connect to web, but her isp is real slow, and I could
not read
the files.
I only want these for saving on cd, not to restore, before i delete
them
from my system i want to be sure i can read them on another system
in a cd
rom. I know how to do the eml files, and copy and paste to text or
save as
text, i am asking if copying the Aplication Data folder will save
on cd for
another system to read only-" not resrore"? These are mbx, idx and
dbx
extensions, in Outlook Express 6.0
thanks

Here's a simple solution. Got a neighbor or friend with a computer and CD
reader? Take your CD there and try to read it. If it works please let us
all know since this feat is something no one else has ever been able to do.
That will answer your question and help all of us. Thanks.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
Please reply to newsgroup only.


"shortstop643" wrote in message
...
Thanks for asking!
Here's my situation: #1. I used Roxio ecdc , data, and burnt the C:
Windows/Application Data folder to cd. #2 When i view the cd from my cd
rom,
I find the Application Data Folder, and that contains Microsoft, Outlook
Express and others,#3. When I open the Mail folder",D:\ " I have the cd
in
now,D:\Outlook Express;D:\Outlook Express\Mail when i click on Inbox,
Outlook
Express opens.,sent items or deleted all open in outllook express #4
there
are mbx , idx and there is a folders .nch #5. the only ones that open are
the mbx and those open as outlook express. #6. I deleted a couple of the
files and identified them, when i put the cd back in , those files were
gone
from outllook express. #7, Apparently this procedure that I was informed
of
does not retain the files? #8, The computer must be "avoiding the cd and
reading from outlook express? Being I am ignorant here, I am just trying
to
get an answer why? #9. When i open the .eml files in folders i have they
open up individually, and not as outlook express,just as an .eml file.
Sorry, just trying to understand why a cd opens up an entire program when
it
is on cd and does not retain the complete files if you delete them? it
show
the pop3 uidl.dat also: D:\Outlook Express, this shows the mail and news
folders, there are 14 items here dbx, has a clean up log, sent, in
deleted,
offline, etc,;D:\Outlook Express\Mail, this has idx and dbx, the mbx have
outlook express symbol on them, the idx have the blue explorer e on them.
Best i can do without sending you the cd.
thanks
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