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If you use Outlook Express as your email client then it would be a good idea to every now and then make a backup copy of your emails. This way you can put all those emails on a USB flash drive or even burn them to CD. The benefits of this are that is if your computer crashes you will be able to restore the backup copy of your emails. Below are the steps on how to backup your Outlook Express emails. Note that this will only backup the emails for the current logged on user. If you want to backup the other user’s emails you will need to log on as them and perform the exact same procedure. If you want to backup your Outlook Express Address Book stay tuned for next week's posting on how to do that. If you use Outlook instead of Outlook Express as your email client then stay tuned for that posting soon to come. Step-by-step Instructions 1. Click on Start 2. Click on Run 3. Type %userprofile% 4. This will open a window 5. At the top of the window click on Tools followed by Folder Options... 6. Click on the View tab 7. In the white box below there is an option that says "Show hidden files and folders", click on it. 8. Now click on OK at the bottom of this window, which will close it and bring you back to the previous window. 9. Find the folder Local Settings and double-click on it. 10. Find the folder Application Data and double-click on it. 11. Double-click in the folder Identities 12. In most cases there will only be one folder. Double-click on this folder you will see a folder called Outlook Express. This is where your emails will be stored. You can right click on this folder and copy it. Once copied you can then paste it where you desire, for example paste it in a USB flash drive. If there are more than one folder in the Identities folder it your emails can be in either one and find out which one it is can be complicated for a basic user. At this stage ask someone who knows about Outlook Express to help you. That is this week’s tip! Again if you need computer help you can always call us on 0402 936 861 or log a support request here
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