How to Transfer an AOL Filing Cabinet to a New Computer

The AOL filing cabinet (technically called a Personal Filing Cabinet, or PFC) is a unique America Online email feature that saves your email messages and contacts to your computer. If you purchased a new computer, you'll want to transfer your existing PFC to it--an easy process done via email that takes only a few minutes.

Instructions

1. Sign on to your AOL account, and choose "Write" at the top of your browser window.

2. Click "Attach." Select the program files directory, and then choose "AOL." Choose "C_America Online."

3. Click the "Organize" folder to open it and view its contents. Select your PFC file from the folder (hint: it's the file sporting the same name as your screen name) and attach it to the email message.

4. Specify an email address that you can check from your new computer as the recipient of the message. Click "Send."

5. Check the email account on the new computer. Download the attachment to your new computer, and place it in the "Organize" subfolder in your AOL folder.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also burn the AOL filing cabinet to a CD. Once the CD is burned, insert it into the new computer's CD/DVD drive and copy the file from the CD to the "Organize" folder. This is a good option if your new computer doesn't have Internet access yet.

References

• AOL Help