Hi all.
I have a friend (not myself) who saved all his folders from Outlook Express to .dbx files (like Inbox.dbx Sent.dbx,...) before formatting his computer

Now he can't figure out how to get the old folders to work in the new windows. I haven't used Outlook express ever, so I can't quite get it.
It seems that when you set up an "identity" on OE, it builds a folder in your documents and settings, where it sets up default files inbox.dbx, sent.dbx, etc.

So I set up an identity on my computer and then pasted over the default files with my friend's files. But when I reopened OE, it didn't change anything. Then I set up a second identity and tried to import the folders from the first identity where I'd pasted the old files. It did the import successfully but didn't change anything.

Does anybody know what I have to do with the .dbx files (I know they contain info, they are over 200 mb!) to get a fresh copy of OE to recognize them and show the messages inside them?

Thanks all.
Wengang