Vista - Importing emails into Windows Mail from Outlook Express

I just purchased a new laptop and I am now running Windows Mail. I was using
my wife's laptop previously and all of my business emails were being accessed
using Outlook Express. I cannot figure out exactly how to import my messages
from the hard-drive on my wife's laptop to my new computer. My former email
account used a different email address and I mention that because I don't
know if that will complicate the whole process. Any help would be
appreciated as I am about to pull what little hair I have left, out!!

This page should help:

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
How do I back up my files and settings?

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"J.Rippetoe" <J.Rippetoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I just purchased a new laptop and I am now running Windows Mail. I was
using
> my wife's laptop previously and all of my business emails were being
accessed
> using Outlook Express. I cannot figure out exactly how to import my
messages
> from the hard-drive on my wife's laptop to my new computer. My former
email
> account used a different email address and I mention that because I don't
> know if that will complicate the whole process. Any help would be
> appreciated as I am about to pull what little hair I have left, out!!

Thank you for the help. The link you provided helped me step-by-step and I
was able to work through the import flawlessly. Much abliged!!

John

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

> This page should help:
>
> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
> How do I back up my files and settings?
>
> Hal
> --
> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>
> "J.Rippetoe" <J.Rippetoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:663C992B-9A20-4434-809D-5CC83E7D92B9@microsoft.com...
> > I just purchased a new laptop and I am now running Windows Mail. I was
> using
> > my wife's laptop previously and all of my business emails were being
> accessed
> > using Outlook Express. I cannot figure out exactly how to import my
> messages
> > from the hard-drive on my wife's laptop to my new computer. My former
> email
> > account used a different email address and I mention that because I don't
> > know if that will complicate the whole process. Any help would be
> > appreciated as I am about to pull what little hair I have left, out!!
>
>
>

Hal,

I have one additional question for you...Can I do the same thing with my
contacts? Is there a link that you might be able to provide to allow me to
do the same thing?

Best regards,

John

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

> This page should help:
>
> http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
> How do I back up my files and settings?
>
> Hal
> --
> Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
>
> "J.Rippetoe" <J.Rippetoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:663C992B-9A20-4434-809D-5CC83E7D92B9@microsoft.com...
> > I just purchased a new laptop and I am now running Windows Mail. I was
> using
> > my wife's laptop previously and all of my business emails were being
> accessed
> > using Outlook Express. I cannot figure out exactly how to import my
> messages
> > from the hard-drive on my wife's laptop to my new computer. My former
> email
> > account used a different email address and I mention that because I don't
> > know if that will complicate the whole process. Any help would be
> > appreciated as I am about to pull what little hair I have left, out!!
>
>
>

OE contacts are held in a Windows Address Book ([username].wab) file. Copy
this file to your Vista machine where you should be able to import it.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"J.Rippetoe" <JRippetoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hal,
>
> I have one additional question for you...Can I do the same thing with my
> contacts? Is there a link that you might be able to provide to allow me
to
> do the same thing?
>
> Best regards,
>
> John
>
> "Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:
>
> > This page should help:
> >
> > http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
> > How do I back up my files and settings?
> >
> > Hal
> > --
> > Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- hhh@kvoa.com
> > Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
> > http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
> > KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
> > Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com
> >
> > "J.Rippetoe" <J.Rippetoe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:663C992B-9A20-4434-809D-5CC83E7D92B9@microsoft.com...
> > > I just purchased a new laptop and I am now running Windows Mail. I
was
> > using
> > > my wife's laptop previously and all of my business emails were being
> > accessed
> > > using Outlook Express. I cannot figure out exactly how to import my
> > messages
> > > from the hard-drive on my wife's laptop to my new computer. My former
> > email
> > > account used a different email address and I mention that because I
don't
> > > know if that will complicate the whole process. Any help would be
> > > appreciated as I am about to pull what little hair I have left, out!!
> >
> >
> >

"Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]" wrote:

Hello All,

I have been using Outlook at the office all the time. But recently I left
the company and had brought back a private outlook file that I would like to
keep some of my communications with friends.

Could anyone here help share how do I transfer a outlook data file to
windows mail.

Thank you.

vstlee

If you have the .pst file, then you need to have Outlook installed in order
to transfer the data to Windows Mail.



"Victor Lee" <vstlee@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6AC62E1F-7B68-4075-AA60-CE1E2E62A000@xxxxxx

If you don't have a copy of Outlook, you can download a free
trial copy of Office 2007 which includes Outlook:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS MVP-WLM]


"Dave" <dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uTl8R1pBIHA.2004@xxxxxx

"J.Rippetoe" wrote: