Backup and Restore the Outlook Express Mail Rules

Backup the Outlook Express Mail Rules

1. From the Desktop, click Start then Run.

2. In the Open box, type regedit then OK.

3. Locate and click the following registry subkeys (each key will need to be saved to a different file):

HKEY CURRENT USER\Identities\(Identity Number)\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\5.0\Rules\Mail

(note:once again there will be a different "(Identity Number)" for each identity on your system. To identify a specific identity you can click on each HKEY CURRENT USER\Identities\(Identity Number) and you will see a "Username" value on your right with the name associated with that (Identity Number))

4. Go to the Registry menu and select Export Registry File.

5. From the Save In box, change the location to your desktop.

6. At the File Name box, type "Mail Rules[date].reg" then

7. Go to the Registry menu and chose exit.

Restore an Outlook Express Backup

1. Open Outlook Express on the computer you wish to restore the backup to.

2. From the file menu go to Identities > Add New Identity.

3. Set up your Identity and account information.

4. Close Outlook Express.

5. From the Desktop, click Start then Run.

6. In the Open box, type regedit then OK.

7. Go to HKEY CURRENT USER\Identities\ and locate the identity number related to the Identy you wish to restore the rules to.

8. Close regedit

9. Right click on the "Mail Rules[date].reg" or "Blocked Senders[date].reg" from the Outlook Express Backup you wish to restore and select edit.

10. Replace the (Identity Number) listed in the registry file with the one you just located in the registry.

11. Save and Close Notepad

12. Right Click on the "Mail Rules[date].reg" or "Blocked Senders[date].reg" from the Outlook Express Backup you wish to restore and select merge.

13. Repeat these steps for each Identity.