What is the registry location for the GUID information?

What is the physical location on the file system for the identities DBX file
you referred to earlier?

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Will

"Jim Pickering" <jim.pickering@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
> news:HJOdnTnBTfky5CXeRVn-jA@giganews.com...
> > What is the name of the identities folder?
>
> Depends on how many identities are created on the computer. Each is
> identitified in the registry with a big, long number called a GUID
(Globally
> Unique IDentifier) and if you click on the big, long number, the name
> assigned to that identity will appear in the right hand pane.
> >
> > If I take the DBX file from the older computer to the new one, I don't
> > understand how is this going to patch up the reference to it in the
> > Identities DBX file?
> >
>
> There is no guarantee that it will work, but it has worked for many
hundreds
> of other users. Try it and see if it works for you.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>
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>
>
>
> > --
> > Will
> >
> > "Jim Pickering" <jim.pickering@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:evo7QNzDGHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> No, since newsgroups are "keyed" to a specific identity on each
computer
> > and
> >> the info is contained in both the newsgroup.named.DBX file and also in
> >> the
> >> identities folders.DBX file.
> >>
> >> The only way would be to create a newsgroup on the second computer and
> > only
> >> download a few messages into it. Then take the other DBX file from the
> >> message store folder on the first computer and overwrite the newly
> >> created
> >> one in the second computer.
> >>
> >> It's easier if you first "clone" the second computer to match the
> >> settings
> >> on the first computer. To read about cloning, see the info at this
link:
> >> http://www.insideoe.com/backup/bu_full.htm
> >> --
> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> >>
> >
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
> >> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Will" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in message
> >> newsZidnbW44euz8yXenZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> >> > Is there any way to move over a *single* database file containing one
> >> > newsgroup store from OE 6 on one user's installation to another
user's
> >> > installation? Is there a standard procedure for this, or if not is
> > there
> >> > a
> >> > third party utility that can do this kind of fine-grained movement of
> >> > information?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Will
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
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