Bill 0 Posted July 21, 1999 Hi, Im currently running Win2K beta3 and Win98 on a dual boot system. What I want to do is set my favorites, address book, mail files and so on to be the same for both OS's. ie Ive got Win2K on my D: Drive, but I want it to store the favorites in my c: drive (win 98) same with *.wab and so on. I know how to export address books between them but I want to just use the one data file. Thanks Bill Share this post Link to post
Bartonion 0 Posted August 2, 1999 Hey Bill, I copied your post,(with my name on it), to the win2k members site of which im a member...I need the same answer...I'll keep you posted here for the benefit of all, and by email, in case you haven't been here lately...I WILL get a response directly from MS on this issue. Share this post Link to post
LasseHansen 0 Posted August 3, 1999 Adjust these settings in the registry... (search the folder name...) Lasse Share this post Link to post
Bill 0 Posted August 3, 1999 I guessed it would be a registry setting, but a little more info on changing it would be quite helpfull. Thanks Share this post Link to post
Jase 0 Posted August 3, 1999 I don't have Win98 so I can't test this, but open up regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders Edit the value for "Favorites" and change it to the path for your Win98 favorites. Hope this works for you. [This message has been edited by Jase (edited August 03, 1999).] Share this post Link to post
Bartonion 0 Posted August 7, 1999 Sorry about the late response! here ya go: Bill, If you can find the directory where the new .dbx files are (usually under \Documents and Settings\<username>...), just do a search on the drive for *.dbx) then you should simply be able to copy the contents of the old mail directory into the new one, and Outlook Express should see them next time you launch it. Thanks, Chad Beeder Microsoft Product Support Services ------------------ Share this post Link to post
Bartonion 0 Posted August 7, 1999 Sorry about the late response! here ya go: Bill, If you can find the directory where the new .dbx files are (usually under \Documents and Settings\<username>...), just do a search on the drive for *.dbx) then you should simply be able to copy the contents of the old mail directory into the new one, and Outlook Express should see them next time you launch it. Thanks, Chad Beeder Microsoft Product Support Services ------------------ Share this post Link to post
