Import old outlook.reg (outlook express> e-mail accounts)

[greg342]

Hi there,

I had some problems when I updated my XP SP 1 with the new SP2. Therefore I
decided to format my C partition (windows) and begin with a clean os.
Ofcourse I downloaded all the updates, my pc is up to date right now.

A thing that I did was: backup my current outlook express e-mail accounts.

I followed this:
Data about your mail and news accounts are stored in the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager. To save this
data, start RegEdit and select that key in the left-hand pane. Then from the
menu select Registry | Export Registry File. Save the file to a name like
"outlook.reg".

Restore (if necessary) To restore the account settings, right-click the
..REG file and select Merge.

And ofcourse I tried to restore it back on the new install with SP2.
All my accounts can indeed be found at the registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Account Manager.

But I can't find them when I open Outlook Express and look for the old
accounts.

Anyone know the solution to this?

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Anyone know the solution to this?

If anyone does, you'll want to ask in the
microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general newsgroup, because they'd be the
ones who know.

Since you're also using the web based newsreader rather than outlook
express, you might want to use
http://www.microsoft.com/communitie...px?dg=microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general
(or, since you're using Outlook Express for mail, look at the steps in
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups101.mspx for
how to set up OE to use the microsoft newsgroup server).