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Outlook Express transfer to Vista
From: "Steve Cochran" <scoch...@oehelp.com>
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Subject: Re: Outlook Express transfer to Vista
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:05:37 -0500
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I originally tried it back then and it didn't work for me, but I immediately
saw the problem which is why I make the suggestions I did in my message.
I've been addresses other concerns lately. <G>
steve
"Jerry S" <Jer...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>> >
>> >
>>
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