Importing Emails and addresses from Outlook Express 5.0 to MSOL 20

[Guest]

This is pertaining to the issue of importing old emails and address book from
Outlook Express 5.0 to Microsoft Outlook 2002. I have tried all the help
available on Microsoft Knowledge Base and other places over the internet. It
all started after I purchased a new hard disk with 60GB capacity upgrading
from my old hard disk of 4GB. I made a clean installation of Win XP on the
new HDD.

The problem begun when I tried to import files from D:\Documents and
Settings\HAZEL\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{0887FE5A-C877-4E63-B162-A845F3DB1038}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express which have the files with extension as .dbx, which is the old hard
disk connected to the system as Slave. Whenever I try to import these files
in to the new harddisk which is C Drive and the Master disk on the system it
always returns with an error.

What I do: Click File, Select Import and Export -> Import Internet Mail and
Addresses -> Outlook Express 4.x, 5 -> Destination selected = Outlook
Contacts Folder and Options = Allow duplicates to be created. Selecting the
mail folder for Outlook Express 4.x, 5 D:\Documents and Settings\HAZEL\Local
Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{0887FE5A-C877-4E63-B162-A845F3DB1038}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express and it returns the error “The mail folder could not be opened. If
another application is using this file, please close it and try againâ€.

I also tried to copy all the files from the above location to local hard
disk under C:\OE and despite that it returns the same error. I have also made
sure that it does not have the read only attribute.

I would appreciate your help in this regard.

I look forward to an early reply. Thanks in advance.

 

[Brian Tillman]

This is pertaining to the issue of importing old emails and address
book from Outlook Express 5.0 to Microsoft Outlook 2002. I have tried
all the help available on Microsoft Knowledge Base and other places
over the internet. It all started after I purchased a new hard disk
with 60GB capacity upgrading from my old hard disk of 4GB. I made a
clean installation of Win XP on the new HDD.

Um. Windows XP contains Outlook Express V6, not V5.

The problem begun when I tried to import files from D:\Documents and
Settings\HAZEL\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{0887FE5A-C877-4E63-B162-A845F3DB1038}\Microsoft\Outlook
Express which have the files with extension as .dbx, which is the old
hard disk connected to the system as Slave. Whenever I try to import
these files in to the new harddisk which is C Drive and the Master
disk on the system it always returns with an error.

You can't import DBX files directly. Set Outlook Express up to use those
DBX files (Tools>Options>Maintenance>Store Folder). You'll then be able to
use File>Export>Messages in Outlook Express to export to Outlook.