Outlook Express to Windows Mail - AGAIN

[Guest]

I know this subject has been well covered but something is not working for me.

My old computer has Windows XP Home with Outlook Express 6.

My new computer has Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Mail.

I want to transfer my Outlook Express data (existing messages in existing
"local" folders & existing addresss in iexisting folder groups) so that I
have the same data in Windows Mail that I have in Outlook Express.

The addresses did transfer over, with help from a computer guy, but I now
have just one list that contains everyone from the various group folders and
no old group folders.

I have not been able to transfer any of my old messages from my old computer.

Soooo, please, one more time, will someone who has successfully transferred
Outlook Express from a Window XP computer to a Windows Vista Home Premium
computer please again tell me how to transfer from Outlook Express on one
computer to Windows Mail on another computer.

Thnaks much !!!

Harold

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
On the XP machine, make sure you can see hidden and system files (Folder
Options> View.) Find the message store by searching for *.dbx.

Or go to Outlook Express> Tools> Options> Maintenance. Click on Store Folder
to locate the message store. Copy all of the dbx files, including
folders.dbx to a (newly created) folder on the Vista machine. Folders.dbx
will recreate your folder tree.

If you transfer the files via a CD, you may have to select all, right-click>
Properties, remove the Read Only attribute once they're on the Vista
machine.

Open Windows Mail> File> Import> Messages, follow the prompts. Point the
Import tool to the folder containing the dbx files.

Address groups don't export / import. You will have to recreate the groups.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

 

[Steve Cochran]

See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm to import the messages.

steve