Vista - Converting Outlook from XP to VISTA

My old computer running Windows XP has died. I bought a new computer with
VISTA as the OS. Company that set up the new computer saved old folders from
Outlook but they have been converted to file ending in .mdx I cannot open
them and the tech who set up my computer was not able to convert. So how can
I open these files which have some needed and useful information. Is there a
program that I can download that will convert these .mdx files to allow me to
open them and is trustworthy?

Thank you for your help.


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Change is the only constant thing in life.

Dunno....
According to Google.... those could be Outlook Express 4.0 message files.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264872

They may be too old to import into Windows Mail, without importing them into
a newer version of OE, and exporting in OE6 format.




"Linda L" <LindaL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F13D80C-FAA6-4E4A-8E46-DCCD3C00695A@microsoft.com...
> My old computer running Windows XP has died. I bought a new computer with
> VISTA as the OS. Company that set up the new computer saved old folders
> from
> Outlook but they have been converted to file ending in .mdx I cannot open
> them and the tech who set up my computer was not able to convert. So how
> can
> I open these files which have some needed and useful information. Is
> there a
> program that I can download that will convert these .mdx files to allow me
> to
> open them and is trustworthy?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> --
> Change is the only constant thing in life.

How in the world did you end up with mdx files. Those files (mdx) were last in use with Outlook Express 4. You need OE 5 then 6 to convert them to dbx before you can get them into WM.

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"Linda L" <LindaL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0F13D80C-FAA6-4E4A-8E46-DCCD3C00695A@microsoft.com...
> My old computer running Windows XP has died. I bought a new computer with
> VISTA as the OS. Company that set up the new computer saved old folders from
> Outlook but they have been converted to file ending in .mdx I cannot open
> them and the tech who set up my computer was not able to convert. So how can
> I open these files which have some needed and useful information. Is there a
> program that I can download that will convert these .mdx files to allow me to
> open them and is trustworthy?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> --
> Change is the only constant thing in life.

mdx files also need idx files.
If the files are mdx, then the files are not the files that you were using
when the computer died.

You do not need to convert with OE 5 then 6.
Import the files selecting Outlook Express 4 and point to the folder
containing the files.

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OBX4$kh4HHA.5212@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
How in the world did you end up with mdx files. Those files (mdx) were last
in use with Outlook Express 4. You need OE 5 then 6 to convert them to dbx
before you can get them into WM.

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Peter

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"Linda L" <LindaL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F13D80C-FAA6-4E4A-8E46-DCCD3C00695A@microsoft.com...
> My old computer running Windows XP has died. I bought a new computer with
> VISTA as the OS. Company that set up the new computer saved old folders
> from
> Outlook but they have been converted to file ending in .mdx I cannot open
> them and the tech who set up my computer was not able to convert. So how
> can
> I open these files which have some needed and useful information. Is
> there a
> program that I can download that will convert these .mdx files to allow me
> to
> open them and is trustworthy?
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
>
> --
> Change is the only constant thing in life.

Oooops. Thanks Ron for correcting me
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"Ron Sommer" <rsommer@nospam.ktis.net> wrote in message news:ea0CoLl4HHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> mdx files also need idx files.
> If the files are mdx, then the files are not the files that you were using
> when the computer died.
>
> You do not need to convert with OE 5 then 6.
> Import the files selecting Outlook Express 4 and point to the folder
> containing the files.
>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OBX4$kh4HHA.5212@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> How in the world did you end up with mdx files. Those files (mdx) were last
> in use with Outlook Express 4. You need OE 5 then 6 to convert them to dbx
> before you can get them into WM.
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Linda L" <LindaL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F13D80C-FAA6-4E4A-8E46-DCCD3C00695A@microsoft.com...
>> My old computer running Windows XP has died. I bought a new computer with
>> VISTA as the OS. Company that set up the new computer saved old folders
>> from
>> Outlook but they have been converted to file ending in .mdx I cannot open
>> them and the tech who set up my computer was not able to convert. So how
>> can
>> I open these files which have some needed and useful information. Is
>> there a
>> program that I can download that will convert these .mdx files to allow me
>> to
>> open them and is trustworthy?
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Change is the only constant thing in life.
>

Thanks for your response and all others who responded. I kept playing with
this after posting my question. I discovered the import function and I am
happy to say that all of my messages and the folders I had set up before
imported appropriately and I now can read them.
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Change is the only constant thing in life.


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

> mdx files also need idx files.
> If the files are mdx, then the files are not the files that you were using
> when the computer died.
>
> You do not need to convert with OE 5 then 6.
> Import the files selecting Outlook Express 4 and point to the folder
> containing the files.
>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OBX4$kh4HHA.5212@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> How in the world did you end up with mdx files. Those files (mdx) were last
> in use with Outlook Express 4. You need OE 5 then 6 to convert them to dbx
> before you can get them into WM.
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "Linda L" <LindaL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F13D80C-FAA6-4E4A-8E46-DCCD3C00695A@microsoft.com...
> > My old computer running Windows XP has died. I bought a new computer with
> > VISTA as the OS. Company that set up the new computer saved old folders
> > from
> > Outlook but they have been converted to file ending in .mdx I cannot open
> > them and the tech who set up my computer was not able to convert. So how
> > can
> > I open these files which have some needed and useful information. Is
> > there a
> > program that I can download that will convert these .mdx files to allow me
> > to
> > open them and is trustworthy?
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Change is the only constant thing in life.
>
>

Hi Linda,

How do you convert it ? I have similar problem like you and I have tried to
import it by using OE 4, but it gave me the message "No message can be found
in this folder or another application is running that has the required file
open. Please select another folder or tryclosing applications that may have
file open."

Before that, I am using windows 98 and now upgraded to Windows XP, since
then my old OE messages couldn't be transferred. Anyone got any idea on it ?
Please help...

Raymond

"Linda L" wrote: