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I backed up Hotmail dbx folder from MSN7 now unable to restore them..

This is my first post: My boss needed XP so i backed up his entire HDD to our server, he was running ME previously. He has a Hotmail folder (156MB!) The old path to these file on the ME installater were :

C:\Windows\Application Data\MSN6 (this is where i found the files-156MB)

the contents are these files: au.ini
msndata.dat
User Data folder- inside a subfolder with a long string of characters ( ex.{1A3244A0-0EC6-01C1-0100-0000B7AA6AFA}) and in here are the files i cannot restore:

dbx, xml, dat and a HOTMAIL FOLDER containing the 156MB, containing the DBX and configuration files.
I read the INI file in this folder says this:

[CXXProgramXFilesXMSNXMSNCoreFiles]
GUID={4FA4C760-0D23-01C1-0100-00001780073C}
SetupVersion=7.02.0011.2700
MsgrVersion=3,6,0,26

Problem is: After a clean reinstall to XP Pro and MSN 9 > i cannot import these files in any shape form or fashion. I've tried straight copying it to that old location w/no luck.

please help!

-ruben

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In Windows XP it looks in a little different location for the MSN Messenger file
Try placing the core files here
C:\Documents & Settings\All Users\Application Data\MSN6
and the backup archived files go here
C:\Documents & Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\MSN\

jiblit21

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What are the "core files" ? Which are the "archived files"?
Where should i expect the emails to pop up? The MSN inbox? or seperate location?
Thanks for carin..

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