The default folder for outlook is <documetn and settings root>\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{identityID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express using tools, options, maint tab, store folder tab will not let me.
The default folder for outlook is <documetn and settings root>\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{identityID}\Microsoft\Outlook Express using tools, options, maint tab, store folder tab will not let me.
Did you create the folder first that you want to use? You say it's not letting you, are you restarting OE? What is it telling that it won't let you do this? Any mesages?
These questions don't require an answer. The answer is you can't change the OE store folder to a network share folder. OE was not designed to use a network share folder. -- Ron Sommer
Should have read the subject line instead of the text in the message then huh......
thank you all. I was hoping there was some registry hack that I can get around that. I just may have to get another newsreader and hotmail client. I am trying not to bloat the VHD with outlook express data and also the safety of data preserved on the Virtual server host
The answer is simpler than you'd think. I've been doing it for about 4 years and I have numerous PCs all capable of checking my mail on the same folder on my server. The one BIG catch is that you can only access that shared folder (holding all your .dbx folders) by ONE PC at a time. NEVER try to open mail on the shared folder by more than one at a time or you'll automatically change back to the default location. The answer is...run regedit and search for "store root". See it showing your current folder location? Just edit that line to reflect the new network store location you want, exit regedit, and copy the .dbx folders to the location you just specified. Now start OE and there it is. Now close OE and go do the same thing on another PC in your house/business. Open OE there and by golly there's the same mail folders you saw 5 minutes earlier on a different PC. I've never found anything anywhere that tells folks how to do this. It's like they're trying to keep it a secret. And you definitely can't do this under the maintenance tab for store folder. Good luck,
We've gone over this many times in the past. There are those who will try anything even though it is not recommended. The problem is the potential for corruption of the message store is increased, there is the possiblity that if the network share is not available when a user opens Outlook Express, a new message store will be created and it will be completely empty, which can alarm an unwary user. We've had one user who used to post his "advice" to users who've asked this question in the past. But Chris has not been around for quite some time and I don't even know if he is still using the method he recommended earlier. FWIW, his advice can be found in this posting on Google, and you should be warned that you are doing something that can cause you to lose your stored messages and I would not recommend it. http://www.**--****.com/ %40tkmsftngp09 -- 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.
The hack has been around since OE4. The point is that it always results in message loss. This self-proclaimed "tech guy" is doing people a disservice by repeatedly posting this information. steve
I could see there is potential message loss except in narrow circumstance where the message store is not critical. If OE is used as news reader only or on web email (hotmail) from a non production vpc VM on a standalone physical host, the loss is no big deal and actually may delay VHD expansion. admittedly, a better newsreader client could be used but that means installing another program on the vm
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