Microsoft KB Archive/201694

= OLEXP: Messages Missing After Uninstalling Outlook Express 5 =

Article ID: 201694

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0

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This article was previously published under Q201694



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SYMPTOMS
If you install Outlook Express 4.0 or 4.01 after uninstalling Outlook Express 5, messages you received in Outlook Express 5 are missing, or duplicate messages are imported.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because Outlook Express 5 uses .dbx mail storage files, and Outlook Express 4.0 and 4.01 uses .idx and .mbx mail storage files.



RESOLUTION
To work around this behavior, import the messages from the appropriate .dbx files into the version of Outlook Express you are using. To do so, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.
 * 2) In the Select an email client to import from box, click Microsoft Outlook Express 5, and then click Next.

NOTE: When you click Next, you are prompted to specify an identity or Outlook Express store folder. If you specify an identity from which to import messages, you are prompted for the identity password.
 * 1) In Outlook Express 4.0 or 4.01 for Windows 95 and Windows 98, locate and click the Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express folder, and then and click OK.

In Outlook Express 4.0 or 4.01 for Windows NT 4.0, locate and click the Winnt\Profiles\ \Application Data\Identities\ \Microsoft\Outlook Express folder, where  is the name you use to log on to Microsoft Windows NT, and   is the program ID number (for example, {419787C4-C01D-11D2-8545-00C04FBBC3B8}), and then click OK.

NOTE: If Outlook Express 5 for Windows 95 and Windows 98 was configured for multiple identities, browse to the Windows\Application Data\Identities\ \Microsoft\Outlook Express folder.
 * 1) Click Next.
 * 2) Click the folders that contain the messages you want to import, and then click Finish.

NOTE: If you find that duplicate messages are imported, you can select, and then manually delete the duplicate messages.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about Outlook Express 5, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

220591 Outlook Express 5 Msoe.txt File

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