Thanks for the kind comments. Glad it worked for you.

cheers,

steve

"chuckmva" <chuckmva@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can see how you earned your MVP.....your process as noted below was right
> on. Only hiccups were some rather large folders I had....but most of
> 1000s
> of mail messages were moved successfully.......keep up the good work.
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> You need to follow the import steps exactly as listed here:
>> www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Ruth" <ruth@noreply.ca> wrote in message
>> news:eX0zdFwVHHA.896@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >I just set up my new PC with Vista Home Premium. From my old machine, I
>> >copied all my email folders onto a CD and then put them on my new
>> >computer.
>> >I did this by:
>> >
>> > - right-clicking the Inbox folder and choosing properties
>> > - copying the location of Inbox.dbx
>> > - pasting the path into an Explorer window and deleting inbox.dbx, thus
>> > opening the location of the .dbx files
>> > - copying all the .dbx files to my CD
>> >
>> > Now on Vista I can't find the location of folders, and searching the
>> > help
>> > for .dbx or folder backup doesn't give me any useful info. When you
>> > right-click a folder in Windows Mail and choose properties, there is no
>> > longer a location.
>> >
>> > I have been told that Windows Mail is backwards compatible with Outlook
>> > Express and that I should be able to just copy the .dbx files into the
>> > location... if I can find it!
>> >
>> > Any ideas? I set my folders to display hidden files and I used advanced
>> > search that looked in system folders.
>>