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Old 06-13-2007   #2 (permalink)
Richard


 
 

Re: Migrating Outlook Express 6 on old PC to Microsoft Mail on newPC

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dzotos wrote:

> Others have asked about migrating from OE6 to Mail, but the answers given in
> Help and here assume that Outlook Express is on the same PC. I am trying to
> get my files that are in OE6 on an old XP PC to Mail on the new Vista PC. I
> have a data transfer cable that I have used for all my other data, but can
> not find the right files to transfer. I was able to get the contacts over,
> but not messages. I can find the dbx files on the old PC, but Mail does not
> want to import them. Does anyone have the steps for getting all my folders
> and messages over?


It does not assume that OE & WM are on the same PC as that scenario is
impossible. WM cannot be installed on anything other than Vista & OE
cannot be installed on Vista.
Copy the OE store dir across & import from that.
It works, I have done it myself a few times for other people.

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