This is a problem created by a dual boot of XPPSP2 on one drive C:\ and
Vista on another drive E:\ that I use to format for new builds of Vista on
the same box.

I want to take my Outlook 2003 in box and folders on two different drives on
one box and combine them so that all the emails go to one account and all
the folders can be shared or used on each drive.

I want to do the same with Outlook Express as well, and since this is an
*Outlook newsgroup, I'll just take what I learn here and apply it to the
..dbx folder(s) in it.

The idea is to receive email on both drives in one in one common inbox and
that when I move email to folders I create I want it to go to the same
folder on both drives.

I can move the folders, I could copy or back up Outlook various ways, but
that does not solve the problem of having to update them all the time so
that I can get mail in one inbox and use the folders simultaneously. That
would only give me access to old folders and inbox, and anything I did on
one drive wouldn't happen in Outlook on the other.

I posted this problem earlier and the one piece of info I got was this:

"set up a shared folder either in XP or Vista and point both instances of OE
to the same store folder. No need to burn, copy, or anything. as you can't
have both XP and Vista running at the same time, this solution would seem
to be ideal"

I would appreciate it if I could get the steps for doing this or a link to
the steps.

Thanks,

Chad Harris
______________________________________________

Here are some links that might help:

Outlook:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
Outlook & Exchange/Windows Messaging Backup and Dual-Boot

Outlook Express:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/files/
Files and Settings
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
Backup and Restore

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Chad Harris" wrote in message
...
This is a problem created by a dual boot of XPPSP2 on one drive C:\ and
Vista on another drive E:\ that I use to format for new builds of Vista on
the same box.

I want to take my Outlook 2003 in box and folders on two different drives
on
one box and combine them so that all the emails go to one account and all
the folders can be shared or used on each drive.

I want to do the same with Outlook Express as well, and since this is an
*Outlook newsgroup, I'll just take what I learn here and apply it to the
.dbx folder(s) in it.

The idea is to receive email on both drives in one in one common inbox and
that when I move email to folders I create I want it to go to the same
folder on both drives.

I can move the folders, I could copy or back up Outlook various ways, but
that does not solve the problem of having to update them all the time so
that I can get mail in one inbox and use the folders simultaneously. That
would only give me access to old folders and inbox, and anything I did on
one drive wouldn't happen in Outlook on the other.

I posted this problem earlier and the one piece of info I got was this:

"set up a shared folder either in XP or Vista and point both instances of
OE
to the same store folder. No need to burn, copy, or anything. as you can't
have both XP and Vista running at the same time, this solution would seem
to be ideal"

I would appreciate it if I could get the steps for doing this or a link to
the steps.

Thanks,

Chad Harris
______________________________________________

Hal --

I appreciate the links and time a lot, but maybe I'm not clear. I can use
backup methods like those or I could go (correct me if I'm wrong) to the
location of the .pst folder(s) for OL and paralleling this for OE --and I
realize the difference lol Gordon--I could do that for .dbx folders. But
anything along the lines of backup would allow me to install them to the
Vista drive.

What I am trying to do is make one conjoint inbox and conjoint Outlook (and
OE in a parallel vein). I want to join them so that if I'm in my Vista boot
on Drive E:\ and send to the email address I use for OL and OE that they
will show up in one Outlook inbox that can be read whether I'm on C:\ with
my XP boot or E:\ my Vista boot.

This means that in real time that I want to be able to send an email to that
account and it will show up in one Outlook on either drive. If I can join
them, I can already have use of my previously created folders.

I didn't do this but I wonder had I named my User profile in Vista the same
name as the one in XP if it would have helped me join them, and what would
happen if I created another user profile in Vista with the same name as the
XP profile. I am guessing that train has left the station since the Vista
profile was already created and an email account established but maybe not.

Can I use the Export function to help me with this?

Also I was looking for the steps to make this happen which I thought would
be a feasible solution that had been suggested to me:

set up a shared folder either in XP or Vista and point both instances of OE
to the same store folder. No need to burn, copy, or anything. as you can't
have both XP and Vista running at the same time, this solution would seem
to be ideal.

Thanks much,

Chad Harris



"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote in message
...
Here are some links that might help:

Outlook:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
Outlook & Exchange/Windows Messaging Backup and Dual-Boot

Outlook Express:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/files/
Files and Settings
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
Backup and Restore

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Chad Harris" wrote in message
...
This is a problem created by a dual boot of XPPSP2 on one drive C:\ and
Vista on another drive E:\ that I use to format for new builds of Vista
on
the same box.

I want to take my Outlook 2003 in box and folders on two different drives
on
one box and combine them so that all the emails go to one account and all
the folders can be shared or used on each drive.

I want to do the same with Outlook Express as well, and since this is an
*Outlook newsgroup, I'll just take what I learn here and apply it to the
.dbx folder(s) in it.

The idea is to receive email on both drives in one in one common inbox
and
that when I move email to folders I create I want it to go to the same
folder on both drives.

I can move the folders, I could copy or back up Outlook various ways, but
that does not solve the problem of having to update them all the time so
that I can get mail in one inbox and use the folders simultaneously. That
would only give me access to old folders and inbox, and anything I did on
one drive wouldn't happen in Outlook on the other.

I posted this problem earlier and the one piece of info I got was this:

"set up a shared folder either in XP or Vista and point both instances of
OE
to the same store folder. No need to burn, copy, or anything. as you
can't
have both XP and Vista running at the same time, this solution would seem
to be ideal"

I would appreciate it if I could get the steps for doing this or a link
to
the steps.

Thanks,

Chad Harris
______________________________________________

I understand you cannot have two installs of OL on the same PC, I assume
however that you can install two on a dual boot sys. That being the case the
OL data file (pst) can be located anywhere on the sys, so maybe if you move
this to a folder that both installs can access? I dont know what effect, if
any, there would be with the other OL settings files

"Chad Harris" wrote in message
...
Hal --

I appreciate the links and time a lot, but maybe I'm not clear. I can
use
backup methods like those or I could go (correct me if I'm wrong) to the
location of the .pst folder(s) for OL and paralleling this for OE --and I
realize the difference lol Gordon--I could do that for .dbx folders. But
anything along the lines of backup would allow me to install them to the
Vista drive.

What I am trying to do is make one conjoint inbox and conjoint Outlook
(and
OE in a parallel vein). I want to join them so that if I'm in my Vista
boot
on Drive E:\ and send to the email address I use for OL and OE that they
will show up in one Outlook inbox that can be read whether I'm on C:\ with
my XP boot or E:\ my Vista boot.

This means that in real time that I want to be able to send an email to
that
account and it will show up in one Outlook on either drive. If I can join
them, I can already have use of my previously created folders.

I didn't do this but I wonder had I named my User profile in Vista the
same
name as the one in XP if it would have helped me join them, and what would
happen if I created another user profile in Vista with the same name as
the
XP profile. I am guessing that train has left the station since the Vista
profile was already created and an email account established but maybe
not.

Can I use the Export function to help me with this?

Also I was looking for the steps to make this happen which I thought would
be a feasible solution that had been suggested to me:

set up a shared folder either in XP or Vista and point both instances of
OE
to the same store folder. No need to burn, copy, or anything. as you can't
have both XP and Vista running at the same time, this solution would seem
to be ideal.

Thanks much,

Chad Harris



"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote in message
...
Here are some links that might help:

Outlook:
http://www.slipstick.com/config/backup.htm
Outlook & Exchange/Windows Messaging Backup and Dual-Boot

Outlook Express:
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/files/
Files and Settings
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/
Backup and Restore

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE --
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"Chad Harris" wrote in message
...
This is a problem created by a dual boot of XPPSP2 on one drive C:\ and
Vista on another drive E:\ that I use to format for new builds of Vista
on
the same box.

I want to take my Outlook 2003 in box and folders on two different
drives
on
one box and combine them so that all the emails go to one account and
all
the folders can be shared or used on each drive.

I want to do the same with Outlook Express as well, and since this is
an
*Outlook newsgroup, I'll just take what I learn here and apply it to
the
.dbx folder(s) in it.

The idea is to receive email on both drives in one in one common inbox
and
that when I move email to folders I create I want it to go to the same
folder on both drives.

I can move the folders, I could copy or back up Outlook various ways,
but
that does not solve the problem of having to update them all the time
so
that I can get mail in one inbox and use the folders simultaneously.
That
would only give me access to old folders and inbox, and anything I did
on
one drive wouldn't happen in Outlook on the other.

I posted this problem earlier and the one piece of info I got was this:

"set up a shared folder either in XP or Vista and point both instances
of
OE
to the same store folder. No need to burn, copy, or anything. as you
can't
have both XP and Vista running at the same time, this solution would
seem
to be ideal"

I would appreciate it if I could get the steps for doing this or a link
to
the steps.

Thanks,

Chad Harris
______________________________________________