On 2/15/04 8:26 PM, "Edward A. Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, > > I give, what is the trick to move the OE database(s) (OS 9.2) ? > > I had my expert come over and he tried everything under the sun to move the > documents folder. It would move, but OE refused to acknowledge that it was > moved. We got this to work ONCE but have been unable to get it to work > again. > > We even rebooted between attemps and nada. This *SHOULD* be a simple (no > brianer) exercise. > > I will switch off of OE as soon as I can becasuse of the stupid inhability > to move the data base around. I know it won't make a difference in the grand > scheme of things ... is it this bad in OS X as well? Whatever are you talking about? The Documents folder belongs to the OS (OS 9), not to Outlook Express. It is a "special" folder and can't be moved; nothing to do with OE. The Microsoft User Data folder, which houses OE's database among other things, lives in that Documents folder. That's its place. If you move it, OE will create a new one there, but with empty data. What you can do is move the Microsoft User Data folder elsewhere, then make an alias of it (command-option-drag it back to the Documents folder). That will resolve just fine when OE is launched, and it will, happily open to your regular database. It's probably better to move the entire Microsoft User Data folder like this rather than just move the Identities subfolder from within it, but that would also work if you then made an alias to Identities back in the MUD folder. (Or you could even move your own [Main] Identity subfolder from within Identities and make an alias there. But DO NOT try to do this with just a file within your identity. All those files - Database, Database Cache, Messages, etc. - need to be together.) You're better off doing it with the entire MUD folder. If you're using Multiple Users in OS 9, the relevant Documents folder will be in your own user folder, but otherwise all the same applies. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To search the archives: <http://athena.doe.com> Unofficial Outlook Express Page: <http://www.macemail.com/oe/>
