"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:FDB7D90B-05EB-4A08-AD6A-6EDAD5C50B88@microsoft.com...
>> 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
>>>
>