Restore outlook emails from back up

I have recently had to restore my system using the vista restore. I also have
another backup using symantec. My emails have not restored to outlook. They
are in an email folder with the correct subfolder names and are .dbx files.
When I try to use the import facility on outlook it only has outlook express
not outlook as an option which really confuses me. Can anyone help?
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TM

*.DBX files are not Outlook files. They are OE files. Outlook uses a *.PST
file.

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Mark L. Ferguson

"TM" <> wrote in message
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> I have recently had to restore my system using the vista restore. I also
> have
> another backup using symantec. My emails have not restored to outlook.
> They
> are in an email folder with the correct subfolder names and are .dbx
> files.
> When I try to use the import facility on outlook it only has outlook
> express
> not outlook as an option which really confuses me. Can anyone help?
> --
> TM

I know that they need to be .pst but the subfolders have been saved and
restored by vista as .dbx and I can't open them although from the size the
emails are inside. I need to make whatever changes are needed so I can import
them to outlook.
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TM


"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> *.DBX files are not Outlook files. They are OE files. Outlook uses a *.PST
> file.
>
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> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> "TM" <> wrote in message
> news:E7B53CAB-F121-4DB7-9492-...
> > I have recently had to restore my system using the vista restore. I also
> > have
> > another backup using symantec. My emails have not restored to outlook.
> > They
> > are in an email folder with the correct subfolder names and are .dbx
> > files.
> > When I try to use the import facility on outlook it only has outlook
> > express
> > not outlook as an option which really confuses me. Can anyone help?
> > --
> > TM
>

Outlook can import OE .dbx files.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...9191033.aspx#1



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"TM" <> wrote in message
news:3B1E5DF8-2DAC-4378-8BD1-...
> I know that they need to be .pst but the subfolders have been saved and
> restored by vista as .dbx and I can't open them although from the size the
> emails are inside. I need to make whatever changes are needed so I can
> import
> them to outlook.
> --
> TM
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> *.DBX files are not Outlook files. They are OE files. Outlook uses a
>> *.PST
>> file.
>>
>> --
>> click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm see ''rate a
>> post''
>> Mark L. Ferguson
>>
>> "TM" <> wrote in message
>> news:E7B53CAB-F121-4DB7-9492-...
>> > I have recently had to restore my system using the vista restore. I
>> > also
>> > have
>> > another backup using symantec. My emails have not restored to outlook.
>> > They
>> > are in an email folder with the correct subfolder names and are .dbx
>> > files.
>> > When I try to use the import facility on outlook it only has outlook
>> > express
>> > not outlook as an option which really confuses me. Can anyone help?
>> > --
>> > TM
>>