Hi Max,
I think Outlook is going to look where you point it for the messages. Is
there not a Browse button?
Also, every Windows computer has OE on it. You can't uninstall it above
Win9x.
steve
"MaxP" <MaxP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Steve.
> The import method works: Outlook tries to import mails from OE and I get a
> '1 on 1 message imported' msg. Do you know where (folder) it looks to
> import
> OE messages?
> Obviously I don't have OE on my PC any longer, but I keep a copy of all
> .dbx
> files.
> thanks
>
> Max
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> If the import method into Outlook didn't work, then there is no way to
>> directly import from the OE message store. You could extract the
>> messages
>> from the dbx files and them import those, but that would require a 3rd
>> party
>> extraction tool (see www.oehelp.com). You could then drag those messages
>> into Windows Mail and then import them into Outlook from Windows Mail.
>>
>> I don't know any other way to do it at this point.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "MaxP" <MaxP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:49C03B44-32A8-469E-A40B-D58A989C4613@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello I recently installed Vista+IE7 , I used Outlook Express 6 to
>> > manage
>> > my
>> > Hotmail account.
>> > I'd like to keep using my Hotmail with a fat client. I know that
>> > Outlook
>> > can
>> > manage it but I don't know how to import my old OE6 folders (I tried
>> > the
>> > procedure described in Outlook Help with no success).
>> > I tried with Windows Live Mail but it tells me that I need a
>> > subscription
>> > to
>> > MSN (???)
>> >
>> > Pls help !!!
>> >
>> > Max
>>