Vista Tutorial - Migrating Outlook Express Contacts and Emails from Old pc notebook to new pc notebook's Windows mail

Yesterday, I bought a new HP laptop with Windows Vista preloaded. I could
not upload my contacts and emails from the Outlook Express folder of my old
harddrive (from my former laptop) which ran on the Windows XP operating
system ot Windows Mail. Is there a way to do this? If so, do tell.

MAIL BOXES
1. Go to Outlook Express > Tools > Maintenance Tab > Store Folder.
2. Make a note of its location and navigate to it. If you haven't moved it,
it's here C:\Documents and Settings\{user name}\Local Settings\Application
Data\Identities\{long name}\Microsoft\Outlook Express. You may have to show
'hidden' files in Folder Options.
3. Copy the whole folder to an external source. You can omit any files you
don‘t want, i.e. you probably only want Inbox and Sent Items. Remove any
‘Read only’ attributes.
4. In Windows Mail go to File > Import > Messages > OE6 > Next > Import Mail
and follow the wizard to import your mail boxes from the exported folder you
made earlier.
5. Once these are imported, a sub-folder named Imported Folder is created
for each one imported. Go to it and drag the messages to the proper boxes.

As an alternative to 2 above, you could move the mail boxes to an easier to
get at location, i.e. Open My Documents and create a folder named Mail Boxes.
Now go to OE > Tools > Maintenance Tab > Store Folder > Change and type the
location of the new folder, e.g. My Docs\Mail Boxes. Close Outlook Express.
The store location is now easier to navigate to and it isn’t hidden.

ADDRESS BOOK/CONTACTS
1. Go to Outlook Express > File > Export > Address Book and select Comma
Separated Values (CSV) > Export, select the fields you want or, for more
safety, select all the fields and save it to an external device.
2. In Windows Mail go to File > Import > Windows Contacts, select CSV >
Import and browse to the file you exported from OE.

"Mitch Shapiro" wrote: