How to Transfer the AOL Personal Filing Cabinet to a New Computer
The AOL Personal Filing Cabinet is a system of storage for AOL email. Emails and attachments can be saved to a folder on your computer or to a folder on the AOL server. If you want to view the emails stored on your computer on a different computer, you will need to transfer that part of your Personal Filing Cabinet to the new computer. You can email your Personal Filing Cabinet to yourself and save the attachment on your new computer.
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Instructions
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Log into AOL and compose a new e-mail. Use your e-mail address as the recipient.
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Click "Attach File" and click on the "Look In" drop-down menu to open it.
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Browse to your AOL folder and open the "Organize" sub-folder.
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Select the screen name of the Personal Filing Cabinet that you want to transfer. Double-click on the screen name that has no file extension to attach it to your email. For example, if you want to transfer the filing cabinet for "YourScreenName," click on the file named simply "YourScreenName," not "YourScreenName.abl."
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Click "Send Now" to send the e-mail to yourself.
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Log into your AOL account on the new computer and open your e-mail inbox. Click on the message containing your Personal Filing Cabinet.
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Double-click the attached file to download it. Click "Save In" and select the "Organize" sub-folder, located in your AOL folder. Click "Yes" if prompted to replace an existing file. This will save your Personal Filing Cabinet on the new computer.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have emails stored in your Personal Filing Cabinet on the new computer, this process will overwrite that file with the emails from your old computer.
