Find your AOL Organize directory

The AOL Organize directory contains the email, favorites and address books for all of your screen names. The location of the AOL Organize directory depends on the version of AOL and (for AOL 9 only) the version of Windows.

Important! If the computer had multiple versions of AOL installed, then it will have multiple Organize directories. Since AOL doesn’t migrate data between versions, it is usually necessary to migrate all filing cabinets from all directories to get a complete email history. Note that the location of the AOL user data changed from Program Files to Documents and Settings in AOL 9.

The paths given below are approximate and may need to be updated for any particular installation computer. For example, for AOL 8 the path would be "America Online 8.0", not "America Online 7.0".

AOL 5/6

C:America Online 5.0Organize

AOL 7/8

C:Program FilesAmerica Online 7.0Organize

Japan only: C:Program FilesAOL 7.0Organize

Windows 98/ME, AOL 9 (see Notes below)

C:WINDOWSAll UsersApplication DataAOLC_America Online 9.0organize  

Windows 2000/XP, AOL 9 (see Notes below)

C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataAOLC_America Online 9.0organize

Windows Vista, AOL 9 VR (see Notes below)

C:ProgramDataAOLC_AOL 9.0organize

Notes for AOL 9

For AOL 9, the first letter of "C_America Online 9.0" could be another letter other than C. Also, you may not be able to see the "Application Data" folder in Windows Explorer, in which case you should open the Tools menu in Explorer, select the View tab, click the circle labeled, "Show hidden files and folders" and click OK.