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    How do I move old emails to Outlook 2010

    Hi;
    I can't figure out how to get my backup emails and address book into Outlook 2010 on my new computer running Windows 7. I have my old computer that ran Windows XP backed up to a Seagate external drive. I believe I found the address book on the backup drive in "C:\Documents and Settings\#USERNAME#\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book"
    and copied it into a folder on my new computer. I also believe I found the email backup files on the baclup drive in "C:\Documents and Settings\#USERNAME#\Local Settings\Application
    Data\Identities\{unique hex string}\Microsoft\Outlook Express" and copied it into a folder on my new computer. BUT, how do I get Outlook 2010 to recognize these files ? I tried FILE==>OPEN but it doesn't recognize the .dbx or .wab and it's really looking for .pst files. I'm at a loss. If anyone could shed light on this I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks !

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    Re: How do I move old emails to Outlook 2010

    Fortunately, it's not too complicated to move the OST from the default position to anywhere you want it. The following steps would be useful :
    1. Go into Tools | Account Settings
    2. On the Data Files tab select the data file for the account
    3. Then you will have to Turn off "Cached mode" on the "advanced" tab
    4. After that disable "Offline use" on the "offline folder" settings popup.

    And then.... you can move the .ost (in Explorer) and reference the new location to have Outlook work with it. When you've completed don't disregard to re-enable "Offline use" and turn "Cached mode" back on - or else you'll only be able to work when connected to the remote server.

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