Opening .pst folders saved from Outlook 2007

[Bill]

Hello,

I recently purchased a PC with Vista. I had a trial version of Office 2007,
and was using Outlook for my email. When the was expiring, I saved my Inbox
and Sent items to a personal folder. Now Windows Mail is my email program,
and I cannot figure out how to access the .pst folders. Can anyone assist?
Thanks in advance!
-Bill

 

[Guest]

Hello,

I recently purchased a PC with Vista. I had a trial version of Office
2007,
and was using Outlook for my email. When the was expiring, I saved my
Inbox
and Sent items to a personal folder. Now Windows Mail is my email
program,
and I cannot figure out how to access the .pst folders. Can anyone
assist?
Thanks in advance!
-Bill

Windows Mail cannot open .pst files without help from part of Outlook.
You should have imported them into Windows Mail before the free trial
ran out. Do you have a friend with both Outlook and either Outlook
Express or Windows Mail installed?

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

Hello,

I recently purchased a PC with Vista. I had a trial version of Office
2007,
and was using Outlook for my email. When the was expiring, I saved my
Inbox
and Sent items to a personal folder. Now Windows Mail is my email
program,
and I cannot figure out how to access the .pst folders. Can anyone
assist?
Thanks in advance!
-Bill

If the messages are in a PST file Outlook needs to be installed and working.
If the messages are saved as individual EML files you can drag the into a
folder in an open instance of WinMail.
If the messages are saved as MSG files you need Outlook.