Outlook Express

[yamafopa]

I want to upgrade a computer from Win 98 to Win XP. I figure to format the HDD and load fresh from start. However I want to see if I can preserve the Blocked Senders List and Mail Rules (both of which are quite large).
Does anyone know if or how this is possible???

Thanks,
Chris

 

[Marcs41]

98, XP, Outlook Express !
And why the do you post this in the 2000 Forum?
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[yamafopa]

Well, thats helpful.
You have a nice day, too!

 

[yamafopa]

Just in case anyone else is interested, here is the answer found on another forum...

Mail rules for Outlook Express 5.0 and 6.0 are stored in the same place in
the Registry. Launch REGEDIT and navigate to HKEY_ CURRENT_USER\Identities.
This key will have one or more identity subkeys whose names are
GUIDs-strings of letters and numbers in curly brackets, such as
{12345678-90AB-CDEF-1234-567890ABCDEF}.

If there's just one subkey, you're in luck. Otherwise, you must check each
in turn to determine the correct one. Specifically, navigate to the
Software\Microsoft\ Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail key below each identity
key. The subkeys of the Mail key should have numbers for names. As you
select each number subkey, you should see a value called Name in the
right-hand pane. The value's data is the name of one of your rules. When
you've identified the correct identity subkey, select the Mail key for that
identity and choose Export Registry File... from the Registry menu. If you
are using Windows 2000 or XP, pull down the Save as type list and then
select the Win 9x item. That will ensure that you can use the resulting REG
file on any Windows platform.


On your new machine, determine the correct identity subkey as described
above. Load the REG file into WordPad or your word processor and use Find
and Replace to replace all instances of the old machine's GUID with the
identity for the new machine, then save the file. Double-click on the
modified REG file to copy the rules into your new machine's Registry. You
may need to do some editing in Outlook Express if, for example, a rule
specifies moving messages into a folder that does not exist on the new
machine.


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[Marcs41]

Sorry, but the point of organised Forums is to .. organise.
You will get a responses in the appropriate forums, here, unlikely.
Please understand it is also there for other people looking for a similar problem, they will not look in a 2000 forum for a 98 or OE issue. _{If the answer is here, mark it, others can benefit from it too. If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, excpect random guesses or no replies at all. Please specify details.
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