Activated Outlook and lost all data on Outlook Express

[TeacherGuy]

When I downloaded Windows XP Patch 2 it included Outlook. I installed the
patch and activated Outlook. My old Outlook Express disappeared, along with
a lot of files that I hadn't read/responded to/saved. Is Outlook Express
still somewhere in my computer system? How do I access it to review and save
some of the files that were there?

 

[JR K Yoshikawa]

If you use outlook 2003,
try to import data from outlook express to outlook 2003.
from menu of oulook 2003,
file > import & export > import internet mail and addresses > Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x

 

[DL]

WinXp SP doesnt include outlook. It may have updated outlook express, a
completely different app. to outlook which is included in the MS Office
suite.
See here for help with OE
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/

 

[Brian Tillman]

When I downloaded Windows XP Patch 2 it included Outlook.

No, it didn't. Outlook is not part of XP SP2.

I installed the patch and activated Outlook. My old Outlook Express
disappeared, along with a lot of files that I hadn't read/responded
to/saved.

Installing XP SP2 doesn't change Outlook Express's mail store in any way,
nor does it delete Outlook Express. It does supply a new Outlook Express
image, though. It's still in the same place it always was:
C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\Msimn.exe. Activating Outlook also does
not change anythng about Outlook Express.

Is Outlook Express still somewhere in my computer system?

Where it always has been.

How do I access it to review and save some of the files that were
there?

Start Outlook Express.