Vista - Copying e-mails from Outlook Express to Windows Mail

Can anyone advise how to copy all of the e-mails from one PC which has
Outlook Express V.6 to another PC which has Windows Vista Mail?

"N J Peters" <NJPeters@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1F89082C-E1A4-4C9C-A7CE-86DEB1829E11@microsoft.com...
> Can anyone advise how to copy all of the e-mails from one PC which has
> Outlook Express V.6 to another PC which has Windows Vista Mail?

Create a folder on Vista machine.
Copy ALL the dbx files from the machine with OE6 on it to the folder you
created on the Vista machine.
File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6
press Next
press Browse
navigate to the folder you copied the dbx files to.
Select it.
in the Filename line, remove it (yes I said rmove it it's another in the
long line of bugs not fixed)
press Open button
finish up the import.

I tried this but it didn’t work for me, it tells me that no messages can be
found on that folder. ???


"DGuess" wrote:

>
> "N J Peters" <NJPeters@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1F89082C-E1A4-4C9C-A7CE-86DEB1829E11@microsoft.com...
> > Can anyone advise how to copy all of the e-mails from one PC which has
> > Outlook Express V.6 to another PC which has Windows Vista Mail?
>
> Create a folder on Vista machine.
> Copy ALL the dbx files from the machine with OE6 on it to the folder you
> created on the Vista machine.
> File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6
> press Next
> press Browse
> navigate to the folder you copied the dbx files to.
> Select it.
> in the Filename line, remove it (yes I said rmove it it's another in the
> long line of bugs not fixed)
> press Open button
> finish up the import.
>
>

do you have the Folders.dbx file?


When importing did you pay attention to remove the folder name from the
Filename line on the Open dialog then select Open?


"Betovista" <Betovista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F287607A-5CEA-426B-82CC-10FD83D3916D@microsoft.com...
>I tried this but it didn’t work for me, it tells me that no messages can be
> found on that folder. ???
>
>
> "DGuess" wrote:
>
>>
>> "N J Peters" <NJPeters@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1F89082C-E1A4-4C9C-A7CE-86DEB1829E11@microsoft.com...
>> > Can anyone advise how to copy all of the e-mails from one PC which has
>> > Outlook Express V.6 to another PC which has Windows Vista Mail?
>>
>> Create a folder on Vista machine.
>> Copy ALL the dbx files from the machine with OE6 on it to the folder you
>> created on the Vista machine.
>> File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6
>> press Next
>> press Browse
>> navigate to the folder you copied the dbx files to.
>> Select it.
>> in the Filename line, remove it (yes I said rmove it it's another in the
>> long line of bugs not fixed)
>> press Open button
>> finish up the import.
>>
>>

I have a folder with all the .dbx files.


"DGuess" wrote:

> do you have the Folders.dbx file?
>
>
> When importing did you pay attention to remove the folder name from the
> Filename line on the Open dialog then select Open?
>
>
> "Betovista" <Betovista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F287607A-5CEA-426B-82CC-10FD83D3916D@microsoft.com...
> >I tried this but it didn’t work for me, it tells me that no messages can be
> > found on that folder. ???
> >
> >
> > "DGuess" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "N J Peters" <NJPeters@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1F89082C-E1A4-4C9C-A7CE-86DEB1829E11@microsoft.com...
> >> > Can anyone advise how to copy all of the e-mails from one PC which has
> >> > Outlook Express V.6 to another PC which has Windows Vista Mail?
> >>
> >> Create a folder on Vista machine.
> >> Copy ALL the dbx files from the machine with OE6 on it to the folder you
> >> created on the Vista machine.
> >> File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6
> >> press Next
> >> press Browse
> >> navigate to the folder you copied the dbx files to.
> >> Select it.
> >> in the Filename line, remove it (yes I said rmove it it's another in the
> >> long line of bugs not fixed)
> >> press Open button
> >> finish up the import.
> >>
> >>
>
>

Again, do you have a Folders.dbx file?

Not a folder with dbx files, but a FOLDERS.DBX file.

"Betovista" <Betovista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:96F3AB02-0AAB-4B25-B9F3-48DCD54A2A05@microsoft.com...
>I have a folder with all the .dbx files.
>
>
> "DGuess" wrote:
>
>> do you have the Folders.dbx file?
>>
>>
>> When importing did you pay attention to remove the folder name from the
>> Filename line on the Open dialog then select Open?
>>
>>
>> "Betovista" <Betovista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:F287607A-5CEA-426B-82CC-10FD83D3916D@microsoft.com...
>> >I tried this but it didn’t work for me, it tells me that no messages can
>> >be
>> > found on that folder. ???
>> >
>> >
>> > "DGuess" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "N J Peters" <NJPeters@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1F89082C-E1A4-4C9C-A7CE-86DEB1829E11@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Can anyone advise how to copy all of the e-mails from one PC which
>> >> > has
>> >> > Outlook Express V.6 to another PC which has Windows Vista Mail?
>> >>
>> >> Create a folder on Vista machine.
>> >> Copy ALL the dbx files from the machine with OE6 on it to the folder
>> >> you
>> >> created on the Vista machine.
>> >> File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6
>> >> press Next
>> >> press Browse
>> >> navigate to the folder you copied the dbx files to.
>> >> Select it.
>> >> in the Filename line, remove it (yes I said rmove it it's another in
>> >> the
>> >> long line of bugs not fixed)
>> >> press Open button
>> >> finish up the import.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Make sure it is specifying the correct path. See the part in red here:
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm

steve

"Betovista" <Betovista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F287607A-5CEA-426B-82CC-10FD83D3916D@microsoft.com...
>I tried this but it didn’t work for me, it tells me that no messages can be
> found on that folder. ???
>
>
> "DGuess" wrote:
>
>>
>> "N J Peters" <NJPeters@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1F89082C-E1A4-4C9C-A7CE-86DEB1829E11@microsoft.com...
>> > Can anyone advise how to copy all of the e-mails from one PC which has
>> > Outlook Express V.6 to another PC which has Windows Vista Mail?
>>
>> Create a folder on Vista machine.
>> Copy ALL the dbx files from the machine with OE6 on it to the folder you
>> created on the Vista machine.
>> File | Import | Messages | Microsoft Outlook Express 6
>> press Next
>> press Browse
>> navigate to the folder you copied the dbx files to.
>> Select it.
>> in the Filename line, remove it (yes I said rmove it it's another in the
>> long line of bugs not fixed)
>> press Open button
>> finish up the import.
>>
>>