Vista - Transferring email messages from OE 5 to Windows Mail

I am having a problem exporting my mail messages from Outlook Express 5 or
Outlook 2000, (yes I know they are pretty old versions) on an older laptop
to Windows Mail in Vista on a new laptop.

If I run the export in OE 5, the first problem is I do not know what the
export file is called and where it is located. I can move the mail folder
files (.dbx) to a separate hard drive that I can connect to either machine.
The problem is that when I try to do the import in Vista, it only gives me 4
options, none of which is OE 5. There is an Outlook option, but I get an
error message saying that "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI
client".

I have successfully transfer my contacts from the old laptop and Windows
mail does work from the new laptop with my email account. All I need to do
is transfer my older messages so that I don't lose them.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Karl Profe

I have the same problem from Outlook and Outlook Express 6. There does not
seem to be any solution, even with Outlook 2002 on the vista (64-bit)
machine. I hope someone has a solution soon!

Neal Van Eck

"Karl Robert Profe" <krprofe@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:uBRG0hMSHHA.2228@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I am having a problem exporting my mail messages from Outlook Express 5 or
>Outlook 2000, (yes I know they are pretty old versions) on an older laptop
>to Windows Mail in Vista on a new laptop.
>
> If I run the export in OE 5, the first problem is I do not know what the
> export file is called and where it is located. I can move the mail folder
> files (.dbx) to a separate hard drive that I can connect to either
> machine. The problem is that when I try to do the import in Vista, it only
> gives me 4 options, none of which is OE 5. There is an Outlook option,
> but I get an error message saying that "Messages cannot be imported from
> the MAPI client".
>
> I have successfully transfer my contacts from the old laptop and Windows
> mail does work from the new laptop with my email account. All I need to
> do is transfer my older messages so that I don't lose them.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl Profe