restore Outlook Express or Windows Outlook e-mail

I have a friend that had his Laptop died. He was using Outlook Express or Windows Outlook for his e-mail. I can pull his hard drive and look at what
is on his hard drive. Would anyone know where Outlook Express or Windows Outlook stores the e-male or how I can retrieve it?

Thanks

 

The following helped me when I had the same problem.

Outlook Express vanished from the Start menu, but the program still existed (clicking Start, Run and typing msimn.exe got it going). Likewise, Windows Mail disappeared from the Vista Start menu, but remained accessible (as winmail.exe).

Hope it helps.

 

There is no such program as Windows Outlook. There is Microsoft Outlook but that is part of the Microsoft Office suite, so likelihood is it will be Outlook Express.

The OE files are by default kept in -

C:\Documents and Settings\<Username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{long Hex number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Convenient isn't it? rolleyes Anyway, if you are able to navigate to that folder it will contain a lot of files all having a .dbx extension, and they contain his emails. If they can be copied to a new folder on another machine running XP then OE on that machine can be configured to use the new folder as its message store and the messages will then be accessible. The files can only be read by Outlook Express, not by Windows Mail or by Windows Live Mail.

If the files have to be copied to a machine running Vista or Win 7 it should be possible to use the default mail program on that machine to import the OE files, the method varying depending on the email client being used.

 

I will give this a try... Thanks

 

This worked like a charm... Thanks

 

I couldnt get it to work so Thank you all for your help. Appreciate it I am going to call my provider

 

In most cases providers simply answer from a script rather than dealing with your specific problem, wasting both your time and your money and getting you nowhere.

As you are new to this thread, if you would like to provide a bit more info about what you are trying to do we can probably sort out your problem.

 

I am trying to set up my outlook express for a second email addy I have d/l the instructions from here someone sent me. I have opened outlook, went to accounts,clicked on add mail,typed in name, wanted to call myself redkat next typed in email address <edited out email account> at embarqmail on the email server names incoming pop3 incoming mail mail.redkat.com put in the @ and tried without the @ put in the smtp.redkat.com again with the @ and without the@ both capital and not on the internet logon page. Hope you can read this email lol :-o Did not put in those [ email] up there either

 

It's no good trying this and that in the hope something will work, but there is a simple way of sorting this. In setting up the second account just use exactly the same server names as those in the original account. The only things that have to be changed are the name of the account and the email address on the General tab, and the account name and password on the Servers tab.

Let us know how you get on.

 

When putting in another email address, do I have to do any thing different and do I put the @ in the email address,where the <snip> and <snip> go thanks for your patience.

 

On the General tab, if the email address for the first account has the @etc then you must also put it in the email address for the new account, otherwise leave it out. On the Servers tab, for Incoming and Outgoing Mail, just repeat exactly what the first account has.

I'm assuming that before trying to set this account up in Outlook Express that you have actually been onto your provider's website and created this additional account and that you are able to access it by webmail?

EDIT - I see LauraR has given you what you need.

 

Can you delete my email address in here for me please

 

Thank you both for getting me threw this. Believe it or not I have been at the computer at least ten years had a brain gas I guess all the way around.I love this place! Thanks