Vista - Personal Folder Transfer

I saved my personal folders and their messages on my old computer to a file
named outlook.pst on my removable jump drive. However, when I connect it to
my new computer and try to import into Windows Mail in Windows Vista, Windows
Mail doesn't recognize the file even though I have selected the correct drive
and folder where the file is located. Can someone tell me what I'm missing
here?

Thanks - RLL

You cannot import directly from a pst file into Windows Mail without having
a Vista compatible version of Outlook installed on the Vista machine.

Try exporting your Outlook messages to Outlook Express on the old machine
and then you can import the Outlook Express files into Windows Mail. See
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm

steve

"rll" <rll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:33D5288E-1B35-416A-B206-22B89F1C6030@microsoft.com...
>I saved my personal folders and their messages on my old computer to a file
> named outlook.pst on my removable jump drive. However, when I connect it
> to
> my new computer and try to import into Windows Mail in Windows Vista,
> Windows
> Mail doesn't recognize the file even though I have selected the correct
> drive
> and folder where the file is located. Can someone tell me what I'm missing
> here?
>
> Thanks - RLL

That's exactly what I did, just as you suggested. But I can only export from
Outlook to Outlook Express by saving to a .pst file, which I did. Windows
Mail doesn't recognize it.

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> You cannot import directly from a pst file into Windows Mail without having
> a Vista compatible version of Outlook installed on the Vista machine.
>
> Try exporting your Outlook messages to Outlook Express on the old machine
> and then you can import the Outlook Express files into Windows Mail. See
> www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
>
> steve
>
> "rll" <rll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:33D5288E-1B35-416A-B206-22B89F1C6030@microsoft.com...
> >I saved my personal folders and their messages on my old computer to a file
> > named outlook.pst on my removable jump drive. However, when I connect it
> > to
> > my new computer and try to import into Windows Mail in Windows Vista,
> > Windows
> > Mail doesn't recognize the file even though I have selected the correct
> > drive
> > and folder where the file is located. Can someone tell me what I'm missing
> > here?
> >
> > Thanks - RLL
>

Ok, I tried something else you suggested. I copied the .dbx files with 'read
only' box unchecked into a documents folder. The folder includes folder.dbx.
But still, Windows Vista cannot see the dbx files in my folder. I followed
the instructions to the letter.

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> You cannot import directly from a pst file into Windows Mail without having
> a Vista compatible version of Outlook installed on the Vista machine.
>
> Try exporting your Outlook messages to Outlook Express on the old machine
> and then you can import the Outlook Express files into Windows Mail. See
> www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
>
> steve
>
> "rll" <rll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:33D5288E-1B35-416A-B206-22B89F1C6030@microsoft.com...
> >I saved my personal folders and their messages on my old computer to a file
> > named outlook.pst on my removable jump drive. However, when I connect it
> > to
> > my new computer and try to import into Windows Mail in Windows Vista,
> > Windows
> > Mail doesn't recognize the file even though I have selected the correct
> > drive
> > and folder where the file is located. Can someone tell me what I'm missing
> > here?
> >
> > Thanks - RLL
>

OE cannot read a pst file on its own. If it exported to OE, then you don't
care about any pst file then.

Why it won't import the dbx files is another issue. Did you copy the dbx
files into a directory under the User's space to prevent permissions issues?

steve

"rll" <rll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9913BC8D-A1E8-4815-A2B1-A9CCA0D66B5B@microsoft.com...
> That's exactly what I did, just as you suggested. But I can only export
> from
> Outlook to Outlook Express by saving to a .pst file, which I did. Windows
> Mail doesn't recognize it.
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> You cannot import directly from a pst file into Windows Mail without
>> having
>> a Vista compatible version of Outlook installed on the Vista machine.
>>
>> Try exporting your Outlook messages to Outlook Express on the old machine
>> and then you can import the Outlook Express files into Windows Mail. See
>> www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "rll" <rll@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:33D5288E-1B35-416A-B206-22B89F1C6030@microsoft.com...
>> >I saved my personal folders and their messages on my old computer to a
>> >file
>> > named outlook.pst on my removable jump drive. However, when I connect
>> > it
>> > to
>> > my new computer and try to import into Windows Mail in Windows Vista,
>> > Windows
>> > Mail doesn't recognize the file even though I have selected the correct
>> > drive
>> > and folder where the file is located. Can someone tell me what I'm
>> > missing
>> > here?
>> >
>> > Thanks - RLL
>>