exporting windows Mail contact list to Outlook

[stormy]

How do I export Windows Mail contact list to MS Outlook on same laptop.
Please be as specific as you can. My OS is Vista.

 

[JoAnna]

Hey, Stormy...I'm struggling also. I just got my new computer with Vista
and I, too need help. I need to get all my contacts from Outlook Express to
MS Outlook..if you find out anything please let me hear from you. jo anna

 

[Rainald Taesler]

How do I export Windows Mail contact list to MS Outlook on same
laptop. Please be as specific as you can. My OS is Vista.

You have to Export the contacts (File | Export | Windows Contacts) with
the CSV format.

The resulting file can then be imported in Outlook.

But be careful:
The mapping of the fields in WinMail and Outlook is not congruent.
So you'll have to check that prior to importing and possibly change the
settings for which "Windows Contact" field has to go to which field in
Outlook. Depending on the data you have in Windows Contacts you might
restrict the Export to certain fields only.

Using Excel and importing the CSV-file there first might be useful.

Rainald

 

[Rainald Taesler]

stormy wrote:

Hey, Stormy...I'm struggling also. I just got my new computer with
Vista and I, too need help. I need to get all my contacts from
Outlook Express to MS Outlook..if you find out anything please let me
hear from you.

As only too often when someone jumps on an existing thread and hijacks
it:
Your problem has hardly anything to do with what the OP posted (and it
has really nothing at all to do with WinMail either).

It's pretty easy to import data from OE in Outlook; as long as OE is
still installed on the old computer) use
File | Import/Export

In case you want to import under Vista on the new computer, you'll need
to transfer the WAB-file (which holds the addresses under XP et al.)
from the old computer to the new one.

As this has nothing to do with WinMail, pls ask further questions in a
proper Outlook newsgroup, f.e.
microsoft.public.outlook.contacts

HTH
Rainald

 

[Rainald Taesler]

How do I export Windows Mail contact list to MS Outlook on same
laptop. Please be as specific as you can. My OS is Vista.

You have to Export the contacts (File | Export | Windows Contacts) with
the CSV format.

The resulting file can then be imported in Outlook.

But be careful:
The mapping of the fields in WinMail and Outlook is not congruent.
So you'll have to check that prior to importing and possibly change the
settings for which "Windows Contact" field has to go to which field in
Outlook. Depending on the data you have in Windows Contacts you might
restrict the Export to certain fields only.

Using Excel and importing the CSV-file there first might be useful.

Rainald