"Jeff D" <> schreef in bericht
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> Ok, I've got Outlook installed and from the Outlook file menu I try to
> open the *.pst files by pointing at the sub-directory on the portable hard
> drive where they reside; Documents and Settings\owner\Local
> Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook. I get a popup text box
> stating "Properties for this service must be defined prior to use", "File
> access is denied , you don not have permission" Is this because the data
> on the portable hard drive was transferred from the hard drive on my
> failed XP machine? Does that mean I need to purchase the Mailnavigator
> s/w to get my old data back?
Please don't top-post!;
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
Are you sure you run Outlook in administrator mode? (rightclick "run as
administrator")
Vista has UAC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control
Copy all .pst files from the XP directory to a temporary directory on your
local HD and try to import again.
If that doesn't work, get Mailnavigator and *try* it, dont purchase.
http://www.mailnavigator.org/mailnavigator.html
"These commercial software products are distributed as try-before-you-buy."
>
> "Cnut" <> wrote in message news:gb8d85$ot5$...
>> "Jeff D" <> schreef in bericht
>> news:l1NBk.122294$...
>>> Thanks Val, that's where all the data is. I still can't import using the
>>> Windows Mail import function, apparently because I'm not also running
>>> Outlook and I'm not sure how I would get it running. below is the error
>>> message in the text box when I select Outlook as the mail client to
>>> import message into my default mail program Windows Mail.
>>>
>>> "Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client
>>> cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft Outlook and
>>> set it as the default mail client."
>>>
>>> Is there a way around this problem or another way to import my old mail
>>> messages?
>>
>> Just install Office with Outlook included on your Vista machine, fire it
>> up using "run as administrator" and import your mail.
>> Or get a utility like this one:
>> http://www.mailnavigator.com/reading...pst_files.html
>> "Google is your friend."
>> http://www.google.nl/search?num=100&...G=Zoeken&meta=
>> (Dutch) Resultaten 1 - 100 van circa 54.200 voor open .PST .OST files
>> (0,54 seconden)
>>
>>>
>>> "Val" <> wrote in message
>>> news:neednbwiZ-...
>>>> Do you mean the mail client that comes with Office? That would be
>>>> Outlook
>>>> (no express) and it stores in *.PST iand *.OST files that should be in
>>>> the
>>>> C:\Documents and Settings\UERID\Local Settings\Application
>>>> Data\Microsoft\Outlook, if you didn't change the default location.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jeff D" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:vrsBk.134449$...
>>>> I'm using Windows Mail on the Vista laptop and was not able to import
>>>> the
>>>> messages, I pointed the import function at the same directory the *.wab
>>>> file
>>>> was located in. Also tried a search for *.dbx files and came up empty.
>>>> On
>>>> the fried XP I wasn't using OE for mail it was the other Microsoft mail
>>>> client that comes in the s/w bundle , sorry for being so stupid as to
>>>> not
>>>> remember which mail client I was using. So I haven't tried the import
>>>> utility since I'm not exactly sure which mail client I was using. Any
>>>> help
>>>> is greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Rich." <> wrote in message
>>>> news:. ..
>>>>>
>>>>> "Cheri" <gserviceatinreachdotcom> wrote in message
>>>>> news:...
>>>>>> "Cnut" <> wrote in message news:gb3lgc$ip9$...
>>>>>>> "Jeff D" <> schreef in bericht
>>>>>>> news:Yg4Bk.108445$...
>>>>>>>> My XP desktop got hit by lightening and fired the motherboard,
>>>>>>>> however
>>>>>>>> I had the hard drive backed up to a portable drive. I was able to
>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>> my mail contacts imported easily to my Vista laptop. How do I get
>>>>>>>> saved
>>>>>>>> emails from the portable hard drive to my laptop?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you used Outlook Express, search for .dbx files and get DBXtract.
>>>>>>> http://www.abf-soft.com/dbx-file.shtml
>>>>>>> http://www.oehelp.com/dbxtract/default.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are so helpful. I hope you know how much it is appreciated. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheri
>>>>>
>>>>> You can just use the import wizard built into OE and import all of the
>>>>> mail messages and contacts from the backup location.
>>>>
>>>>
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