How to backup address book and mail folders in Outlook Express?

[Leonard]

Hi friends,
I have recently started with the Outlook Express, so I am not having much knowledge about it. I came to know that we can take the backup of the address book and the mail folders. I have searched many options in an Outlook Express but didn't got any. So please help me by explaining how to backup address book and mail folders in Outlook Express? Any other information related to the topic will also be grateful.!!

[Glenny]

If you want to make a backup of the Windows Address Book, then follow the steps mentioned below :
Copy the. Wab file to another folder. If you do not have to rename the file :

1. Close Outlook Express.
2. Create a new folder to store the file. Wab. For example:
   
   • C: \ Backup
3. Locate the file. Wab. To do this, click Start, select Find, then click Files or Folders.
4. In the Name box, type *. wab, and then click Find Now.
5. Copy the username. Wab file to the folder you created in step 2, where username is the user's alias name or Outlook Express to which it belongs. Wab file.

If you want more information about how to copy a file, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type copying and double-click the files or folders.

[Macarenas]

The following steps are described for making a backup of the folders :
First you will have to copy the entire folder to another folder containing the files. Mbx :

1. Close Outlook Express.
2. Create a new folder to store the idx,. Mbx and Folders.nch. For example:
   
   • C: \ Backup
3. To locate the folder where you store mail messages in Outlook Express 4, click Start, select Find, then click Files or Folders.
4. In the Name box, type *. mbx, and then click Find Now. Note the location of Inbox.mbx file in the In Folder column of search results.
5. For each message store folder to find, copy the files containing the folder you created in step 2. If the names of these folders are the same, you can change immediately after you copy.

For additional information about how to make a backup of mail folders, click Contents And Index on the Help menu in Outlook Express, click the Index tab, type backup of mail folders, and then click Display.

[ThoMas321]

May be more than one Inbox.mbx file, indicating that you have multiple storage folders. Note the location of all files Inbox.dbx and make a backup of all folders containing the files. Mbx and. Idx. It is important that you backup the entire contents of the store folder in Outlook Express, especially if you want to import the files into an updated version of the program. Without the. Idx files. Mbx (containing the actual messages) can not be imported into Outlook Express 5 or later version of an Outlook Express.

[Sam.D]

To restore the file. Wab, follow these steps :

1. Close Outlook Express.
2. Click Start, select Find, then click Files or Folders.
3. In the Name box, type *. wab, and then click Find Now.
4. Rename the current username. Wab file in the Address Book folder.
5. Copy the backup of the username. Wab file to the Address Book folder.
6. Start Outlook Express.

If you need any information about how to rename files, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type renaming files, and then double-click the Renaming files.

[Bigga Lexx]

To restore the Outlook Express mail that you have made a backup, you need to backup the entire folder to store mail messages from Outlook Express. These should be kept in a backup device or in a folder or a different hard drive. To restore data, replace the. Mbx files from the backup store in Outlook Express and create a new Folders.nch. By default, the folder where the message store files of Outlook Express is one of the following:

• drive: \ Program Files \ Outlook Express \ username \ Mail or
• drive: \ windows_directory \ Profiles \ username \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ Outlook Express \ Mail

You can move files from the backup folder to this folder to replace the existing files. It is advisable to rename the files. Idx and. Mbx files in the store folder before replacing them with files from the backup. Use only the. Mbx backup, the. Idx will be recreated automatically when you start the program. You may want to change the file name also Folders.nch the store folder. The Folders.nch file helps to create the folder list in Outlook Express and automatically regenerated when you restart the program.

[super soaker]

The following is an example of how to move files from the backup folder to the working folder to replace the existing files :

1. Click Start, select Find, then click Files or Folders.
2. In the Name box, type *. mbx. In the Look In box, select the C: drive in the dropdown list and select the Include subfolders check box. Click Find Now. Enter the path to the folder that appears in the In Folder column.
3. Close the Find window and open Windows Explorer, to do this, click Start, point to Programs and click Windows Explorer.
4. With the path of the folder from step 2, go to the folder where Outlook Express stores your messages now.
5. In the C: \ WINNT \ Profiles \ JohnDoe \ Application Data \ Microsoft \ Outlook Express \ Mail, rename the following files by clicking each file one by one and clicking Rename on the File menu. The files are Inbox.idx, Inbox.mbx, Folders.nch. You can rename the files as desired, for example Inboxidx.old, Inbox1.old, etc.
6. In Windows Explorer, open the folder where the backup Outlook Express. In this example, is D: \ Backup.
7. Copy the Inbox.mbx file by clicking it once with the right mouse button (mouse) and clicking on Copy from the Edit menu.
8. In Windows Explorer, open the folder in step 2, where Outlook Express stores your messages
9. The Inbox.mbx file now appears in the folder.
10. Close Windows Explorer and then start Outlook Express. Your Inbox.mbx file, copied from the backup folder is now in place and will display their messages.