Vista upgrade. HOw do I save my emails

[Xarick]

I have outlook express with a bazillion emails. I want to upgrade to vista 64bit which means a clean install. How can I save my emails?

 

[Matthias99]

...this isn't an OS question at all? 😕

I think there's an option to export your mailbox. Or else maybe you can just copy the files with the saved emails over to the new installation and it will pick them up. I'm sure some searching would turn up the answer...

 

[Robor]

They're probably buried in your profile. I'm using Outlook so I don't have Outlook Express setup. Do a search in \Documents & Settings\YourProfile for Outlook Express and you'll probably find the data files there. Copy it off somewhere then when you get Vista installed import it.

 

[corkyg]

Outlook Express emails can be moved or stored anywhere you choose. I keep mine on an external drive - a clean install doesn't bother them.

To change storage location in OE, open Tools, then Options, then Maintenance, and go to the Store Folder and relocate it.

I just did a clean install to Vista and lost none of my emails. Nor anything else - all my data is on a spearate drive.

 

[mechBgon]

One lowbrow method of saving your emails is

1) start Outlook Express and go to the Inbox or wherever.

2) Reduce the Outlook Express window to a partial window, and make a folder on your desktop.

3) In Outlook Express, select all your emails (click the top one on the stack, then scroll down to the bottom and click the last one while holding the Shift key). Now drag-&-drop them to the folder on your desktop.

4) save the folder onto a __________ (USB drive, extra HDD, DVD or whatever)

5) open the _________ in Windows Vista, then drag-&-drop the emails into the appropriate folders in Windows Mail.