Windows Mail, Microsoft Outlook 2000 & .pst file

[StolenLaptopers]

Slightly different challenge - laptop stolen last week that was running
Microsoft Outlook 2000 and XP - I had burned a DVD backup that included a
..pst file backing up emails from Outlook 2000. Now have a new computer that
is running Vista with Windows Mail. Am running Vista with Microsoft Office
Professional 2000 and hence Microsoft Outlook 2000. Am I able to retrieve on
the one computer my .pst file to recover my email messages into Windows Mail
or do I need to upgrade my version of either Outlook or Office Professional?

 

[DL]

OL needs to be installed on the Vista PC
Copy your pst file(s) from DVD to eg the Documents folder - do not ovewrite
any existing pst -
Check properties of the pst file to ensure the read only flag is off.
Start OL, File>Open>Personal Folders.......browse to the location of the pst
& open it
OL2k is not fully compatible with Vista, generally there will be a account
password problem, but there may be others.
You can then in Mail import msgs & addresses from OL

 

[StolenLaptopers]

Thanks, tried that and almost worked but came up against a slight problem.

Firstly for some reason have a trial version of OL2007 on my computer so
think that avoids any issues with OL2000 - opened OL2007 then opened the .pst
file and it recovered and downloaded all the emails in OL2007 - all looking
good at the moment.

Then opened up Windows Mail selected File -> Import -> Message and was asked
to select program/format that you want to import email from (4 choices).
Selected Microsoft Outlook and was then asked to choose a profile. There
were two profile names available:

Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings or
{xxxx123 - alphanumeric code}

Neither worked - when I selected Microsoft Outlook Internet Settings Windows
Mail automatically shut down and then restarted. When I selected the {xxx}
profile received message "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client.
An error has occurred"

Any suggestions on overcoming this problem - can see all my messages in
OL2007 just need to get them now into Windows Mail?

 

[DL]

I dont actually use Mail
Using the Mail applet in the control panel , or via rt click on the OL
desktop shortcut, check what name the OL Profile has been given
The Mapi client referes to a Mapi type mail account, not a pop account