Backup and restore Outlook Express message rules

To backup your rules in Outlook Express(OE) 5 you have to use regedit :

Start regedit
Locate following registry entry and export it:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Identities \{GUID} \Software \Microsoft \Outlook Express \5.0 \Block Senders]
Locate following registry entry and export it:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Identities \{GUID} \Software \Microsoft \Outlook Express \5.0 \Rules \Mail]

To restore your rules in OE, you have to use notepad and regedit :

Start regedit
Locate following registry entry:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Identities \{GUID}]
UserId = {GUID}
Double click the UserId and save the value to clipboard (CTRL+C)
Open each of the exported registry files with notepad and replace the old { Identity Number } with the new one (Saved in Clipboard).
Save the now changed exported registry files.
Import the exported registry files