Thanks everyone for your help. I have got my DBX files now burned onto a CD Before I import them into OE6 on my new computer do I have to do anything else. I have read somewhere about read only attribute to be turned off? Does this mean I open the CD and each DBX file look at the properties. And then uncheck READ ONLY? What should be checked? Thanks in advance
Asked/Answered repeatedly in other OE newsgroups. Ninip wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help. > I have got my DBX files now burned onto a CD > Before I import them into OE6 on my new computer do I have to do anything > else. > I have read somewhere about read only attribute to be turned off? > Does this mean I open the CD and each DBX file look at the properties. > And then uncheck READ ONLY? > What should be checked? > Thanks in advance
Copy the entire contents of the CD to a folder you create on your Desktop and give the new folder you create the name of Mail. Now open the folder and select all of the files (Ctrl-A will do it) then right click on any one of the files and choose "Properties" and uncheck the Read-Only attribute and click the Apply button. Now open Outlook Express, click File/Folders/Import/Messages, selecting OE6 type and "From a Message Store" and point the wizard to the "Mail" folder you created on your Desktop. All should import into your existing installation of Outlook Express. For added info, see this link: http://www.insideoe.com/backup/index.htm You cannot import directly from the CD, since the files there are marked as Read-Only and you cannot clear that attribute until you copy them to a folder on your hard drive. After the import is done, you can then delete the "Mail" folder to free up disk space. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. Thanks. "Ninip" wrote in message news:6ODBe.1955977$Xk.783930@pd7tw3no... > Thanks everyone for your help. > I have got my DBX files now burned onto a CD > Before I import them into OE6 on my new computer do I have to do anything > else. > I have read somewhere about read only attribute to be turned off? > Does this mean I open the CD and each DBX file look at the properties. > And > then uncheck READ ONLY? > What should be checked? > Thanks in advance > >
"Ninip" wrote in message news:6ODBe.1955977$Xk.783930@pd7tw3no > Thanks everyone for your help. > I have got my DBX files now burned onto a CD > Before I import them into OE6 on my new computer do I have to do > anything else. > I have read somewhere about read only attribute to be turned off? > Does this mean I open the CD and each DBX file look at the > properties. And then uncheck READ ONLY? > What should be checked? > Thanks in advance Please learn to crosspost instead of multiposting. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
hi, Copy the contents of a cd in a seperate folder in your local drive. open the drive location press ctrl+a and right click on any file hit properties uncheck read- only . you are done. regards, S.Suresh Subbu "Ninip" wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help. > I have got my DBX files now burned onto a CD > Before I import them into OE6 on my new computer do I have to do anything > else. > I have read somewhere about read only attribute to be turned off? > Does this mean I open the CD and each DBX file look at the properties. And > then uncheck READ ONLY? > What should be checked? > Thanks in advance > > >
