Path to Outlook Express Files on WinXP
Trying to backup your Outlook Express .dbx files on Windows XP may prove difficult if you can’t find them. Well, fret no more, my friend. Here is the generalized path to the Outlook Express folder, which contains all of the .dbx files for a particular user. Copy, paste, and shortcut:
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{12345678-1234-ABCD-EFGH-1234567890AB}\Microsoft\Outlook Express* [username] = each user will should have their set of .dbx files.
* {12345678-1234-ABCD-EFGH-1234567890AB} = represents a unique alphanumeric string.
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This is article #274, posted by Jeff Starr on Monday, January 08, 2007 @ 04:16pm. Categorized as Technology, and tagged with email, tips, tricks, tweaks, windows, winxp. Updated on November 07, 2007. Visited 14409 times. 2 Responses »
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1 • August 25, 2007 at 6:45 am — Ray Karel says:
My XP Pro Corp
doesn’t have a an Identities folder
on the D drive (where XP is installed)
anywhere in Documents and Settings
(on path to Outlook folders).