Location of Files and Folders After a Parallel Installation of Windows Millennium Edition (312479)

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After you install Windows Me to a new folder by using the procedure that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article, you may be unable to locate your saved files or folders: When you perform a parallel installation of Windows, you create new folders in which to store your previous Windows information and settings. The following section lists the folder locations of the current Windows installation and the locations of the previously saved configuration.

• Folder Name: Files and folders in the root folder of the hard disk drive
  Current Location: C:\
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldroot
• Folder Name: Windows
  Current Location: C:\Windows
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldwin
• Folder Name: Program Files
  Current Location: C:\Program Files
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldprog
• Folder Name: Files or folders on the desktop
  Current Location: C:\Windows\Desktop
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldwin\Desktop
• Folder Name: Profile when using user profiles
  Current Location: C:\Windows\Profiles\User_name
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldwin\Profiles\User_name
• Folder Name: Favorites
  Current Location: C:\Windows\Favorites
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldwin\Favorites
• Folder Name: Cookies
  Current Location: C:\Windows\Cookies
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldwin\Cookies
• Folder Name: Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail folder
  Current Location: C:\Windows\Application_Data\Identities\{A878D3CB-6B11-4F9B-AB61-4033CD1E5BBB}\Microsoft\Outlook_Express
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldwin\Application_Data\Identities\{A878D3CB-6B11-4F9B-AB61-4033CD1E5BBB}\Microsoft\Outlook Express
• Folder Name: Windows Address Book (.wab)
  Current Location: C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book
  Saved Configuration: C:\Oldwin\Application Data\Microsoft\Address Book
• Folder Name: Netscape Navigator Gold
  Current Location: C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\NameUser\Mail
  (where Name is the name of the user)
  Saved Configuration: C:\OldProg\Netscape\Users\NameUser\Mail
  (where Name is the name of the user)

Restoring Files to the New Location

Copy Files and Folders

You can copy many files and folders (such as Favorites and Cookies) from the corresponding Oldwin folder to the Windows folder. For example, to restore the contents of the Favorites folder, follow these steps:

1. Start Microsoft Windows Explorer, and then locate the following folder:

   C:\Oldwin\Favorites

2. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
3. On the Edit menu, click Copy To Folder.
4. Locate the following folder, and then click OK:

   C:\Windows\Favorites

   If you receive a "Confirm Folder Replace" message, click Yes to All if you want to replace the contents of the Favorites folder with the contents of the Favorites folder from your previous installation.
5. Quit Windows Explorer.

Restore E-mail Messaging

To restore previous e-mail messages and address books, start the messaging program, and then import the files from the corresponding folder locations in the saved Windows configuration. The following table lists some common file extensions for messaging programs.

Program	Type of File	File Extension
Outlook Express	Windows Address Book	.wab
Outlook Express	Mail Folders	.mbx
Microsoft Exchange Client	Personal Folder Storage	.pst
Outlook Express	Mail Folders	.dbx
Outlook Express	E-mail	.eml

For additional information about how to import and move personal folders, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: