Ron, YES you helped me fix the problem! Even though I have my computer set
to display hidden files, i still was not seeing the .dbx files...so i did a
search, copied the dbx files to the main drive, then looked there to import
messages to the new OE and voila! I LOVE YOU....you made my day ;-)

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

I don't know what OE files you moved, but you are looking for dbx files.
Search for *.dbx files.
Include hidden files in the search.
Open OE, File, Import, Messages, OE6, Message store directory,
then browse to the old folder.
--
Ronald Sommer


"carrie in kansas" wrote in message
...
: Hi I have shot myself in the foot I think....my old computer motherboard
: died, I have the old hard-drive in a case so have all my old Outlook
Express
: files BUT I am not smart enough to figure out how to see them. When OE 6
: opens on my new computer it is, of course, empty but when I dragged the
old
: OE files to the new computer, it didn't work. I looked at the tech
reports
: on Microsoft regarding backing up OE and reinstalling AFTER THE FACT so I
see
: I should have backed up OE differently. My question: IS IT TOO LATE to
still
: see my old emails? I couldn't find any file extensions to clue me in that
: the files might be emails. I did see that the address book from my old OE
: did copy over to the new OE but I need my old emails. I have already
found
: out that you cant simply uninstall OE, but am HOPING there is a way to
: over-write the email folder to see my old emails. The migration option
: didn't let me choose a folder to migrate FROM, only to migrate TO. But I
may
: have missed something cause I am frustrated and cranky. .........I was
: thinking that as a last resort perhaps I could use my 2nd computer (not
: networked) and do a correct backup of OE there, then save all that to my
: (portable) drive, then try to fix my new computer OE....but am not sure
if
: that would even work, as the NEW OE always opens on this new computer. I
am
: babbling, and frustrated...sorry and THANKS to any help you can give, I
: appreciate it. carrie