Okay, here's the thing. Basically i reinstalled windows xp not long ago what with upgrading all my hardware and so forth.

Now, i don't currently have my ms office disc and probably won't for quite some while [long story]. All of the mail i backed up, and all my program files folders are still there as before reinstallation. However outlook won't run because it's "not installed for this user".

So.. i decided to isntalled Thunderbird as everyone says it's so good, though honestly i've never had any issues with Outlook really. So i install it. Then go to import my old emails. And Thunderbird says, can't find installed copy of Outlook, or some similar message, and then very helpfully exits the dialogue without giving me an option to manually browse. This seems a bit dense for such an allegedly brilliant program.

So. Any ideas?

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NPC.Interact::PressButton($'Submit');

Nope, that's completely brain-dead. Opera does something similar, but there IS a manual override if you are very smart. The thing is, they don't scan the file system for files that look like email and address book databases, they query the CURRENT WINDOWS REGISTRY and if the registry returns no current path to outlook, it gives up. I don't know why program authors do it this way, they should always have a manual override if the registry fails to provide anything. Hell, we all know how [un]reliable the windows registry is.

I don't know of a manual override for Thunderbird, sorry

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Hm. Yeah, i imagined that's why it did it that way. However the part that really perplexed me, is that for Outlook Express you /can/ manually browse and look. Except obviously my archives aren't OE format anymore.

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-John Wilkins, Mercury, or the Secret and Swift messenger, shewing how a man may with privacy and speed Communicate his thoughts to a Friend at any distance (London, 1641)
NPC.Interact::PressButton($'Submit');

Probably because OE doesn't require you to put your email files in a specific place. Back when I was using it, I always got to choose where I kept them.

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