Outlook Express Backup Guide
Many personal users and small companies don’t need to purchase expensive software for backing up data files.
To make backup, they can simply burn the data files to a CD or a DVD. Just in case if they loose information they can restore the files from the CD or DVD.
But, that is working only for the case of data files such as documents, photos, mp3 files and other files. That does not work for email client software such as Outlook Express.
This article will discuss how to do manual backup on email client such as Outlook Express. Outlook Express is usually installed together with Windows Operating System and this email client is probably the most common email client software being used by computer users.
1. Creating Backup for Email Messages
Outlook Express data formats is in DBX, every email messages are stored in DBX file extension.
If you want to find the path to the folder that contains your emails, you can open the Outlook Express ? Tools ? Options ? Maintenance and click on Store Folder button.
To make backup for your email messages, find the folder of your email messages and copy all the DBX files.
2. Account Setting
Your email client settings are stored in the windows registry.
You may find the details in the registry. To open the registry click on Start Menu ? Run ? type in Regedit.
After the registry editor window is open, look at the left panel and click the tree menu to find “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager.”
3. Mailing Rules
Outlook Express mailing rules are kept in the registry. To open the registry editor refer to Point 2. After the registry editor is open look at the left panel and click the tree menu to find “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities.”
To make backup for this key, select Registry ? Export Registry File ? Save the file and choose name that easy to remember.
4. Backup Address Book
Backing up address book is not that difficult. Outlook Express stored the files with WBA extension.
To find the files, open Outlook Express and select File ? Export ? Address Book ? choose comma separated text file as the output format ? click Export ? select the folder for the backup file to be save and enter your desired name for the file. ? click Next ? choose the field you want to include in your backup files ? click Finish.
5. Outlook Express Stationery
Stationery is stored in Windows Registry. How to find the registry key ?
Refer to Point 2 to open the registry editor. Once opened, find for “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Stationery” and look at value of the Stationery Folder, you can see a set of string. That is the location of the stationery files. To make backup for the stationery files, copy all the files in the folder.
You use backup software if you feel like creating backup manually is too difficult. Search from the internet using keyword Outlook Express backup software.
