In what folder does outlook express 6 store mail on windows XP

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In what folder does outlook express 6 store mail on windows XP? I don't need to migrate or export, I just need to know the folder (or registry) location where the mail is stored by default.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 04 '11 at 21:54

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%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\<GUID>\Microsoft\Outlook Express\*.dbx

answered Jan 04 '11 at 21:54

u1686_grawity

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@Yuri: [Here's another.](http://getthunderbird.com) – u1686_grawity Jan 04 '11 at 22:01
It's not for me, I don't use outlook express, I just finished doing a hard drive swap for someone else, so copy pasting the folder was a must, this + registry + address book and everything works. :D – Timo Huovinen Jan 04 '11 at 23:55

Moab · Answer 2 · 2011-01-06T15:15:15.353

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Open Outlook, go to Tools> Options> Maintenance Tab >Store Folder button, highlight and copy the path, then open a run command and paste it in there, hit OK.

If OE will not open browse there manually using Windows Explorer

C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Identities\\Microsoft\Outlook Express\

The string of numbers and letters folder will be a unique identifier for Each Identity in OE if they set up more than one Identity there will be more than one of these guid folders, one for each Identity.

edited Jan 06 '11 at 15:15

answered Jan 04 '11 at 21:59

Moab

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what if I can't open outlook for it's crashy reasons? – Timo Huovinen Jan 06 '11 at 11:09
Check my edit above. – Moab Jan 06 '11 at 15:15
but if the whole user profile thing crashed in the end not even internet explorer will work... – PatrickT Jan 08 '16 at 08:19

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 20 '23 at 14:15

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Just issue the following command and you should be fine :)

dir "\*.dbx" /s

This would display whatever folder has a .dbx(file created by outlook) file in it

edited Jan 20 '23 at 14:15

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answered Jan 20 '23 at 12:52

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 04 '11 at 21:55

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It is probably in an OE6 or OES folder. This folder could be located in a directory similar to the way they have it setup in Windows 7 which is: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OES or OE6\

-Hope this helps!

answered Jan 04 '11 at 21:55

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In what folder does outlook express 6 store mail on windows XP

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