Outlook express

The mail-folders will look exactly the same, if you follow Daves instructions.
However, by using the Outlook Express 6-procedure, it will import the whole
'C:\temp folder' (as in the example) to Windows Mail, and i had to drag the
sub-mailfolders out from there to organize it better.

"ENM" wrote:

> Dave - I am preparing to try your solution but had a couple of questions
> prior to creating another "disaster". Re: "copy all of your OE .dbx and .wab
> files " - can the import figure out where to put both .dbx and .wab files
> with a single import? Will the Vista import create the same folders I
> currently have in OE6 for both mail and the address book?
> OOPS, one additional question: My OE6 address book has a "Main Identities
> Contacts" folder with sub-folders. Above the "Main Identities Contacts"
> folder is "Shared Contacts". When I previously imported my .wab file, only
> the "Shared Contacts" displayed in Windows Mail but I was able to find a
> person not in the list by using "Find People". Evidentally the additional
> contacts/folders are there somewhere just not visable. How can I display them
> if it occurs again on my next import attempt?
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
> > Say you have a folder named C:\temp
> > you copy all of your OE .dbx and .wab files to C:\temp
> >
> > Open Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail and click on File - Import -
> > Messages - OE6
> > Import from OE6 store directory
> > Browse
> >
> > navigate to C:\temp
> > if you double-click on \temp to open it, and click on "Select folder"
> > the path in the browse box will show C:\temp\temp
> > which is incorrect
> >
> > so, navigate to C:\temp, but don't try to open it.
> > The tendency is to open the folder, to see if the .dbx files are in there...
> > don't.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "tintinhi" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Hello Dave,
> > >
> > > It seems to be interesting, could you please explain more about your
> > > method
> > > to import them...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > "Dave" <> wrote in message
> > > news:%...
> > >> It is easy to import them...
> > >> The only caveat is to watch the location where the .dbx files are
> > >> located.
> > >> If you try to open that folder, then the path will have a duplicate
> > > folder,
> > >> and will tell you the files cannot be found.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Captain Marvel" <> wrote in
> > > message
> > >> news:599809E6-9AC0-407F-9232-...
> > >> > Is there somebody there who can explain why Microsoft didn't make it
> > >> > easier
> > >> > for us to import mail from Outlook Express into Vista? I've tried the
> > >> > procedures listed in your answer and could not get them to work. This
> > > kind
> > >> > of
> > >> > Microsoft crap just infuriates me even more and makes me agree with all
> > > of
> > >> > those people who criticize Microsoft and Vista. Why is this so
> > > difficult?
> > >> > Why
> > >> > didn't Microsoft plan for this and make it easier? Or even beyond that
> > >> > question, why was it necessary to change the format of the messages so
> > >> > that
> > >> > Vista can't use the same format that Outlook Express used successfully
> > > for
> > >> > so
> > >> > many years. Microsoft likes to do that, to change things just for the
> > > sake
> > >> > of
> > >> > changing them and not to make them better or easier. They like to keep
> > >> > their
> > >> > customers off balance. "Surprise customers, we changed the format on
> > >> > you...again."
> > >> >
> > >> > "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> "willy78" <> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:16D7EF74-6FD4-43A4-8161-...
> > >> >> >I have a lot of messages safed in outlook express witch i losted now,
> > > is
> > >> >> > there a way to recover these in windows mail, i already trayed with
> > > no
> > >> >> > succes
> > >> >> > via import.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
> > >> >>
> > >> >> --
> > >> >> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> > >> >> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> > >> >> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >
> >