Vista - importing outlook data files to windows mail

new comp came w/ windows mail and my old comp had outlook - have a rather
large .pst file that i moved to my external hard drive from outlook (old
comp), and want to load that file into windows mail (new comp), but there is
no "open/outlook data file/" option on this windows mail version. i looked
up help, they said to "open/import/ etc" but i keep getting an error message
about not being able to open MAPI something or other. anyone know what im
talking about? any help? thx

"Tom Ace" <Tom Ace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> new comp came w/ windows mail and my old comp had outlook - have a rather
> large .pst file that I moved to my external hard drive from outlook (old
> comp), and want to load that file into windows mail (new comp), but there
> is
> no "open/outlook data file/" option on this windows mail version. I
> looked
> up help, they said to "open/import/ etc" but I keep getting an error
> message
> about not being able to open MAPI something or other. anyone know what
> I'm
> talking about? any help? thx

You need to have Outlook installed to be able to import from a pst file into
Windows Mail.
You can install the evaluation version of Office 2007 to try this if you
wish? Do a custom install, only Outlook, then delete it when you have done
with it. Big D/L!!
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/pr...741481033.aspx

Or if you still have the old PC then export from Outlook to OE then from OE
to WM.
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Did your old computer come with a CD to install Outlook?
If so, you might be better off by installing Outlook on your
new computer.

Gary VanderMolen

"Tom Ace" <Tom Ace@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:702FA133-A125-45EF-90FC-C8172C4CFCC9@microsoft.com...
> new comp came w/ windows mail and my old comp had outlook - have a rather
> large .pst file that i moved to my external hard drive from outlook (old
> comp), and want to load that file into windows mail (new comp), but there is
> no "open/outlook data file/" option on this windows mail version. i looked
> up help, they said to "open/import/ etc" but i keep getting an error message
> about not being able to open MAPI something or other. anyone know what im
> talking about? any help? thx