Migrate Outlook Express to Windows Mail in Vista

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I am unable to migrate my folder structures, and messages to windows mail.

I have pointed to the directory that has all of the MDX files, however it
says no messages can be found in this folder. I am not sure what is missing.
I look at outlook 6 on the old computer and it opens fine and has several
folders that have been created. When I attempt the migration I make sure
that OE6 is closed; Please note OE6 is on a different computer.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.
 
John Hale said:
I am unable to migrate my folder structures, and messages to windows mail.

I have pointed to the directory that has all of the MDX files, however it
says no messages can be found in this folder. I am not sure what is
missing.
I look at outlook 6 on the old computer and it opens fine and has several
folders that have been created. When I attempt the migration I make sure
that OE6 is closed; Please note OE6 is on a different computer.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.
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MDX files are from OE4 and each should have an associated IDX file. Is this
really what you have? On what version of Windows?

If you used Outlook Express 6 on the old computer, see
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
 
John Hale said:
I am unable to migrate my folder structures, and messages to windows mail.

I have pointed to the directory that has all of the MDX files, however it
says no messages can be found in this folder. I am not sure what is
missing.
I look at outlook 6 on the old computer and it opens fine and has several
folders that have been created. When I attempt the migration I make sure
that OE6 is closed; Please note OE6 is on a different computer.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.
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I don't believe .mdx files are the kind the import process is looking for.
See here:

<http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/email/import-dbx-files-outlook-express-windows-mail-vista-86458.html>

<http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migrate-from-Outlook-Express-to-Windows-Mail>

After you copy the correct files to a directory on the hard drive of your
Vista computer (a directory you create under the Documents directory
is good for this), make sure the copies are read-write instead of
readonly before you import them into Windows Mail. Also, import
the whole directory containg these files at once, instead of trying to
import these files one at a time.
 
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