![]() |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
|
Welcome to Vista Forums we are your forum to discuss Windows Vista x64 and x86 systems. Whether you need help or just want to post an idea you have on Vista, this is the forum for you.
br> br> |
| |||||||
![]() |
| | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
| | #2 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express To import the messages from OE, you must copy the entire contents of the store folder and to a blank directory on the hard drive. Then clear the read only attribute of the files. Then the import should work. Also make sure it has the correct path when you try to import. Sometimes it screws up the path and you have to fiddle with it. steve "Kim S" <JohnDoe@Falskmail.dk> wrote in message news:%23NN%23p2rQHHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Even if I point to the folder where the files from OE6 i located, > Win Vista claims that there i no files or folders to import. > Transferring files, users and settings from XP gives the same result.. > > Regards, Kim > |
| | #3 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> skrev i meddelelsen news:eYf5fv9QHHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > To import the messages from OE, you must copy the entire contents of the > store folder and to a blank directory on the hard drive. Then clear the > read only attribute of the files. Then the import should work. > > Also make sure it has the correct path when you try to import. Sometimes > it screws up the path and you have to fiddle with it. > No, it does not work. I copied the files to C:\test. Pointed to that directory, and pressed "ok". Vista answered: No files found on c:\test\test ??? So Vista looked in an non-existing directory. So I copied to the Dir C:\test\test and pointed Vista to C:\test. THEN it worked..... That's absolutely logical, right ? :-) Regards, Kim |
| | #4 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express That's what I said. You might have to fiddle with it. Glad you got it working. My programs work, and you don't have to fiddle with them: www.oehelp.com <VBG> steve "Kim S" <JohnDoe@Falskmail.dk> wrote in message news:eLXIKQ%23QHHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> skrev i meddelelsen > news:eYf5fv9QHHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> To import the messages from OE, you must copy the entire contents of the >> store folder and to a blank directory on the hard drive. Then clear the >> read only attribute of the files. Then the import should work. >> >> Also make sure it has the correct path when you try to import. Sometimes >> it screws up the path and you have to fiddle with it. >> > No, it does not work. I copied the files to C:\test. Pointed to that > directory, > and pressed "ok". Vista answered: No files found on c:\test\test ??? So > Vista > looked in an non-existing directory. So I copied to the Dir C:\test\test > and > pointed Vista to C:\test. THEN it worked..... That's absolutely logical, > right ? > :-) > > Regards, Kim > |
| | #5 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express Hi, Kim. I'm not going to argue with Dr. Steve. He's the expert. He's pulled my fat out of the fire more than once. But I did pay my dues during beta and learned another way to do this. The reason I couldn't see any files/folders in my old OE Store Folder was that I didn't have permission to see them. I fiddled around with the security settings until I managed to give myself permission. Then I could see the files and folders and WM's Import worked just like it was supposed to. ;<) Now, if I could only remember HOW I gave myself permission... Did I take ownership of the folder? Of the whole volume? Or did I just hit on the right combination of permissions? By now, you've got the job done, and it probably needs to be done just once, so my advice doesn't help you much. But there may be others "reading over our shoulders" here who still have that job ahead of them and can learn from our experiences. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@grandecom.net Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64) "Kim S" <JohnDoe@Falskmail.dk> wrote in message news:%23NN%23p2rQHHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Even if I point to the folder where the files from OE6 i located, > Win Vista claims that there i no files or folders to import. > Transferring files, users and settings from XP gives the same result.. > > Regards, Kim |
| | #6 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express That's an excellent point RC. Of course such is not supposed to happen, but it does. To obviate such an issue, perhaps the user can copy the dbx files into a subdirectory within the user space (e.g. under %USERPROFILE%) and hopefully that would avoid permissions issues. And don't forget the files can't be read only and the directory has to include folders.dbx. Meanwhile (might as well make a plug <G>), I've got OEX (www.oehelp.com/OEX/) beginning to work in Vista, and that will let users just point to any non-corrupt dbx file and import its messages into the WinMail message store, just as now it can do for OE's message store. steve "R. C. White, MVP" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message news:21484A89-56D2-4969-9ACF-FBA8C782DC2F@microsoft.com... > Hi, Kim. > > I'm not going to argue with Dr. Steve. He's the expert. He's pulled my > fat out of the fire more than once. > > But I did pay my dues during beta and learned another way to do this. > > The reason I couldn't see any files/folders in my old OE Store Folder was > that I didn't have permission to see them. I fiddled around with the > security settings until I managed to give myself permission. Then I could > see the files and folders and WM's Import worked just like it was supposed > to. ;<) > > Now, if I could only remember HOW I gave myself permission... Did I take > ownership of the folder? Of the whole volume? Or did I just hit on the > right combination of permissions? > > By now, you've got the job done, and it probably needs to be done just > once, so my advice doesn't help you much. But there may be others > "reading over our shoulders" here who still have that job ahead of them > and can learn from our experiences. > > RC > -- > R. C. White, CPA > San Marcos, TX > rc@grandecom.net > Microsoft Windows MVP > (Running Windows Mail in Vista Ultimate x64) > > "Kim S" <JohnDoe@Falskmail.dk> wrote in message > news:%23NN%23p2rQHHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Even if I point to the folder where the files from OE6 i located, >> Win Vista claims that there i no files or folders to import. >> Transferring files, users and settings from XP gives the same result.. >> >> Regards, Kim > |
| | #7 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:28:16 +0100, "Kim S" <JohnDoe@Falskmail.dk> wrote: >"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> skrev i meddelelsen >news:eYf5fv9QHHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> To import the messages from OE, you must copy the entire contents of the >> store folder and to a blank directory on the hard drive. Then clear the >> read only attribute of the files. Then the import should work. >> >> Also make sure it has the correct path when you try to import. Sometimes >> it screws up the path and you have to fiddle with it. >> >No, it does not work. I copied the files to C:\test. Pointed to that >directory, >and pressed "ok". Vista answered: No files found on c:\test\test ??? So >Vista >looked in an non-existing directory. So I copied to the Dir C:\test\test and >pointed Vista to C:\test. THEN it worked..... That's absolutely logical, I had no problem Importing from my E:/cache/OE folder just now. On import I navigated to cache/OE but clicked once on OE to select it not twice to enter it. That worked straight away. In the past I used to get to cache/OE after a re-install by changing store folder to point there. This time it refused to do so as it was not empty! Les Hellawell Greetings from YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County |
| | #8 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express In article <0184E26D-054A-400A-B385-6084365BFE4B@microsoft.com>, Steve Cochran wrote: > Meanwhile (might as well make a plug <G>), I've got OEX* > (www.oehelp.com/OEX/) beginning to work in Vista, and that will let users* > just point to any non-corrupt dbx file and import its messages into the* > WinMail message store, just as now it can do for OE's message store. Yes Please -- Pretty Please ...... I've been using it under XP and tried to use it to put a backup set from my XP OE to a folder where VISTA could pull them in but it didn't seem to like me and I gave up for the time being. |
| | #9 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express In the interim, you can use the File | Export feature of OEX and make eml files and those you can drag and drop into a WinMail folder from Explorer. I got the import working but there are "issues". <G> steve "Hugh Wyn Griffith" <huwyngr@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:VA.0000005e.0057d5e6@tampabay.rr.com... > In article <0184E26D-054A-400A-B385-6084365BFE4B@microsoft.com>, Steve > Cochran wrote: > >> Meanwhile (might as well make a plug <G>), I've got OEX >> (www.oehelp.com/OEX/) beginning to work in Vista, and that will let users >> just point to any non-corrupt dbx file and import its messages into the >> WinMail message store, just as now it can do for OE's message store. > > Yes Please -- Pretty Please ...... > > I've been using it under XP and tried to use it to put a backup set from > my > XP OE to a folder where VISTA could pull them in but it didn't seem to > like > me and I gave up for the time being. > |
| | #10 (permalink) |
| Guest | Re: Vista import from Outlook Express The format of the message store is completely different from OE, so replacing the contents of the message store won't work. steve <StraightToWasteBin@leswell.freeuk.com> wrote in message news:bs12s2prd6j4u9s8ss8e7vgala2our2p3l@4ax.com... > On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:28:16 +0100, "Kim S" <JohnDoe@Falskmail.dk> > wrote: > >>"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> skrev i meddelelsen >>news:eYf5fv9QHHA.4948@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> To import the messages from OE, you must copy the entire contents of the >>> store folder and to a blank directory on the hard drive. Then clear the >>> read only attribute of the files. Then the import should work. >>> >>> Also make sure it has the correct path when you try to import. >>> Sometimes >>> it screws up the path and you have to fiddle with it. >>> >>No, it does not work. I copied the files to C:\test. Pointed to that >>directory, >>and pressed "ok". Vista answered: No files found on c:\test\test ??? So >>Vista >>looked in an non-existing directory. So I copied to the Dir C:\test\test >>and >>pointed Vista to C:\test. THEN it worked..... That's absolutely logical, > > I had no problem Importing from my E:/cache/OE folder just now. > > On import I navigated to cache/OE but clicked once on OE to select it > not twice to enter it. That worked straight away. > > In the past I used to get to cache/OE after a re-install by changing > store folder to point there. This time it refused to do so as it was > not empty! > > Les Hellawell > Greetings from > YORKSHIRE - The White Rose County > |
| |
| |
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Import folders from Outlook Express to Windows Vista | Vista mail | 8 | 03-20-2008 05:46 PM | |
| Can't Import IMAP messages from Outlook Express to Vista Mail | Kristi | Vista mail | 2 | 11-26-2007 01:44 PM |
| Import Outlook Express messages into Windows Mail in Vista | Michiel Hötte | Vista mail | 1 | 03-23-2007 09:41 AM |
| Import Email of Outlook Express 6 (XP) for Windows Mail (Vista) | Dirceu | Vista mail | 1 | 03-05-2007 06:53 PM |
| Re: Vista import from Outlook Express | Steve Cochran | Vista mail | 3 | 02-01-2007 01:29 PM |