Vista - Windows Mail not able to use existing mail store?

I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it
up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my
datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not
empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several
years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to
start a new one if possible.

The error text is:

[Window Title]
Windows Mail

[Main Instruction]
The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory
for your new store location.

[OK]

Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like
what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE
location and that will not work since the databases are very different in
the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to
proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all
of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.

--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.


"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E6E85462-047B-456E-BCA8-BB0066F10E82@microsoft.com...
>I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it
> up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on
> my
> datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is
> not
> empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have
> several
> years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have
> to
> start a new one if possible.
>
> The error text is:
>
> [Window Title]
> Windows Mail
>
> [Main Instruction]
> The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory
> for your new store location.
>
> [OK]
>

I believe this is due to message storage changes
in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate
files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express!
It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!

--
Serge

The other thing is that when the files get corrupted, all the messages
aren't lost this time, as they are in OE.

steve

"Serge Fateeff" <sergef@pgroup.ru> wrote in message
news:08E8FA92-DF07-4DCF-A27A-C7288984F2B8@microsoft.com...
>I believe this is due to message storage changes
> in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate
> files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express!
> It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!
>
> --
> Serge

Yup!

I wonder why Windows Mail does not distributed with
IE7 for WinXP. I want to switch now!
--
Serge

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:9568FDA2-4B10-446E-A6AA-D1EBC28D03CF@microsoft.com...
> The other thing is that when the files get corrupted, all the messages
> aren't lost this time, as they are in OE.
>
> steve
>
> "Serge Fateeff" <sergef@pgroup.ru> wrote in message
> news:08E8FA92-DF07-4DCF-A27A-C7288984F2B8@microsoft.com...
>>I believe this is due to message storage changes
>> in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate
>> files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express!
>> It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!
>>
>> --
>> Serge
>

There will be no mail updates associated with Internet Explorer 7. Internet
Explorer and Outlook Express are now separate program teams at Microsoft.
And there will be no update to OE6 other than for Security matters. Windows
Live Mail Desktop, which is now in beta, will be the choice for XP users.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.


"Serge Fateeff" <sergef@pgroup.ru> wrote in message
news:6DF31B57-A5B0-40DD-B36F-393DAD05B08D@microsoft.com...
> Yup!
>
> I wonder why Windows Mail does not distributed with
> IE7 for WinXP. I want to switch now!
> --
> Serge
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:9568FDA2-4B10-446E-A6AA-D1EBC28D03CF@microsoft.com...
>> The other thing is that when the files get corrupted, all the messages
>> aren't lost this time, as they are in OE.
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Serge Fateeff" <sergef@pgroup.ru> wrote in message
>> news:08E8FA92-DF07-4DCF-A27A-C7288984F2B8@microsoft.com...
>>>I believe this is due to message storage changes
>>> in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate
>>> files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express!
>>> It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Serge
>>
>

I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored
messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE
stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any
of the OE settings.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

> Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like
> what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE
> location and that will not work since the databases are very different in
> the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to
> proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all
> of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
>
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
>
>
> "-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:E6E85462-047B-456E-BCA8-BB0066F10E82@microsoft.com...
> >I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it
> > up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on
> > my
> > datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is
> > not
> > empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have
> > several
> > years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have
> > to
> > start a new one if possible.
> >
> > The error text is:
> >
> > [Window Title]
> > Windows Mail
> >
> > [Main Instruction]
> > The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory
> > for your new store location.
> >
> > [OK]
> >
>
>

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension.
If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system,
so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the
search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally
stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have
relocated them.

Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is
the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off
without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing
in build 5456. Your experience may be different.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express


"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:ACC3A2BD-5234-4D7F-B339-8DAFC7AB50E6@microsoft.com...
>I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored
> messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE
> stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed
> any
> of the OE settings.
>
> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>
>> Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds
>> like
>> what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE
>> location and that will not work since the databases are very different in
>> the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to
>> proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and
>> all
>> of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
>> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
>>
>>
>> "-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:E6E85462-047B-456E-BCA8-BB0066F10E82@microsoft.com...
>> >I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set
>> >it
>> > up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy
>> > on
>> > my
>> > datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is
>> > not
>> > empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have
>> > several
>> > years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to
>> > have
>> > to
>> > start a new one if possible.
>> >
>> > The error text is:
>> >
>> > [Window Title]
>> > Windows Mail
>> >
>> > [Main Instruction]
>> > The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty
>> > directory
>> > for your new store location.
>> >
>> > [OK]
>> >
>>
>>

I just wished to Thank you for helping me with this issue. I have it resolved
now. Thanks

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

> Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension.
> If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system,
> so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the
> search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally
> stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have
> relocated them.
>
> Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is
> the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off
> without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing
> in build 5456. Your experience may be different.
> --
> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
>
>
> "Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message news:ACC3A2BD-5234-4D7F-B339-8DAFC7AB50E6@microsoft.com...
> >I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored
> > messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE
> > stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed
> > any
> > of the OE settings.
> >
> > "Jim Pickering" wrote:
> >
> >> Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds
> >> like
> >> what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE
> >> location and that will not work since the databases are very different in
> >> the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to
> >> proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and
> >> all
> >> of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
> >> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
> >> Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
> >>
> >>
> >> "-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message news:E6E85462-047B-456E-BCA8-BB0066F10E82@microsoft.com...
> >> >I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set
> >> >it
> >> > up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy
> >> > on
> >> > my
> >> > datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is
> >> > not
> >> > empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have
> >> > several
> >> > years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to
> >> > have
> >> > to
> >> > start a new one if possible.
> >> >
> >> > The error text is:
> >> >
> >> > [Window Title]
> >> > Windows Mail
> >> >
> >> > [Main Instruction]
> >> > The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty
> >> > directory
> >> > for your new store location.
> >> >
> >> > [OK]
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
>

Glad to hear it and thanks for the feedback.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express


"Michael Short-McGirr" <MichaelShortMcGirr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:5D47DA7F-9B35-4B63-B720-D33397744E3C@microsoft.com...
>I just wished to Thank you for helping me with this issue. I have it
>resolved
> now. Thanks


>
> "Jim Pickering" wrote:
>
>> Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX
>> extension.
>> If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating
>> system,
>> so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the
>> search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally
>> stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users
>> have
>> relocated them.
>>
>> Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That
>> is
>> the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go
>> off
>> without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with
>> importing
>> in build 5456. Your experience may be different.
>> --
>> Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express