> The 'Value' data of rule actions is stored as ASCII while the 'Value' of
> criteria, while exported as ASCII, is apparently converted into Unicode as
> the single byte values from the Regedit file created during the export are
> double byte values in the Vista registry.

> Since, as you have so eloquently pointed out, the rules were stored as
> ASCII
> in OE and I would be surprised if importing the ASCII values in a Regedit
> version 4 file would import differently than the ASCII values in a Regedit
> 5
> file.  However, I would change my statement that "the registry format for
> rules is identical" to "the structure of the rules are the same" as
> obviously
> a string stored as ASCII is not identical to one stored as Unicode.

> In any case, as stated, it works.  I wouldn't have posted it otherwise.

> --

> Thanks,

> Jerry S

> "Steve Cochran" wrote:

>> Oh.  I hadn't thought of that.  I'll have to look and see how I did it.

>> But if you look at the Value Value (<G>) under Criteria for the rules(eg.
>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
>> Mail\Rules\Mail\000\Criteria\000), you'll see in XP (server 2003) that
>> the
>> string is not Unicode, but if you look at the same in Vista, you will see
>> that it is in Unicode.  So I don't know how the export method would be
>> involved.

>> steve

>> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" <franksaund...@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:4C7E65F3-C960-411F-BBF6-B9BF059CD853@microsoft.com...
>> > It may depend on whether it's exported as a Regedit 4 or Regedit 5
>> > (Windows Registry Editor Version 5) file.

>> > "Steve Cochran" <scoch...@oehelp.com> wrote in message
>> > news:69FF5A7D-9966-473F-B5A8-4783B94CDE57@microsoft.com...
>> >> As I indicated a ffew months ago, the actual rule is now a Unicode
>> >> string
>> >> and it wasn't before.  So one has to modify that.

>> >> Here's what I posted on December 12th:

>> >> <quote>
>> >> Okay there are actually 4 issues, but I figured out two of them.

>> >> This is for a single rule at the moment.  I'll try and program it so
>> >> it
>> >> doesn't have to be done rule by rule.

>> >> First export the rule from the machine with OE:

>> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>> >> Express\5.0\Rules\Mail\002

>> >> where GUID is the Identity and this is rule 3

>> >> Then edit the reg file with Notepad.

>> >> Do replace for

>> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
>> >> Express\5.0

>> >> with

>> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows Mail

>> >> Then save the file.

>> >> Then the search strings have been changed to Unicode so set the cursor
>> >> where
>> >> the Rule Criteria start.  Then do a second replace until the end of
>> >> the
>> >> file
>> >> and search for

>> >> ,

>> >> replace with

>> >> ,00,

>> >> Then in the last line of each criteria add

>> >> ,00

>> >> Then save.

>> >> Then create a mock rule in the registry with WinMail and close
>> >> WinMail.
>> >> Then delete that mock key in the registry.  Make sure the rule number
>> >> in
>> >> the
>> >> saved reg file matches that that you just deleted.

>> >> Then merge the file into the registry.

>> >> Open WinMail and go to Tools | Message rules and you see the new
>> >> message
>> >> rule spelled out okay when you click on it, except for the folder
>> >> name.
>> >> You
>> >> will still have to specify the folder names again because those are
>> >> coded
>> >> numerically, I think.

>> >> Anyway, that will work, but its a bit involved to do manually.

>> >> </quote>

>> >> "Jerry S" <notdisclo...@nada.tld> wrote in message
>> >> news:O9LB0ZkWHHA.1688@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >>> That's odd, because in practice it works exactly as described.  If
>> >>> you're
>> >>> referring to the location that the rules are stored, that's covered
>> >>> in
>> >>> steps
>> >>> 3d - 3f.  If you're referring to the pointers within the rules that
>> >>> reference the objects within the OE data stores, that is covered in
>> >>> step
>> >>> 5.