How to move mail from Windows Mail to Outlook

[Guest]

Downloaded Office 07 trial to my XP laptop and Vista desktop. On laptop used
File: Import and Export and transferred contact, emails, and folder. On
desktop I first get an error message titled [Identity switch canceled] [The
current identity could not be changed because one of the applications was
unable to switch. Close any open dialog box in other applications before
trying again] hit OK then it brings up a browse box and I select the Windows
Mail folder and try manually. It imports the contacts and when it starts on
e-mail I get the following error [The mail folder could not be opened. If
another application is using this file, please close and try again]. Have
tried resetting with only Outlook running and same thing. How can I get my
email into Outlook?

 

[DL]

Within OL, File>Open>Data File ......browse to the location of the pst (on
hd/flash not cd)

 

[Guest]

There is no .pst file in the C:\Users\William
Julien\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail folder. There is a .pat file
named WindowsMail that is only 16KB and will not load.

 

[DL]

Sorry my missread
If you are trying to get your Windows Mail into Outlook, the previous method
with Outlook Express was to Export Mail from OE to OL & Import addresses in
OL from OE
Both OE & OL being on the same PC
I believe the method with Vista hasnt changed

 

[Guest]

Also tried the export to Outlook from Mail. It goes through the whole process
of exporting all messages. However it dose't allow me to select a location
and I don't know where it puts and can't find them. Tried searching for
Outlook.pat and Vista will NOT even find the default one even though I'm
looking at it.

 

[DL]

The Export (to OL) from OE/Mail exports to the default outlook.pst file.
The outlook.pst is a hidden file

 

[Guest]

I did it 3 times and it never added any mail, folders, or contacts to
Outlook. Just removed Office and did a system restore. Will try to install
Office again.

 

[DL]

An uninstall/reinstall of OL does nothing to the OL data Files

 

[Guest]

You are right it didn't but it did make things worse. Now my trial says it
has expired and I can't run. I may have figured out the problem but no way
to test. I use Hotmail and have a push program called Hotmail Popper. It
may be that it can only work with one or the other I must remove it from
Windows Mail first. I email MS trying to get a key so I can continue my
evaluation but who know what will happen.