Message from discussion Outlook Express transfer to Vista

From: "Steve Cochran" <scoch...@oehelp.com>
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Subject: Re: Outlook Express transfer to Vista
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:03:14 -0500
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Nice to know its the same problem in German as well.  See 
www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

Its the "Browse" button in English.

steve

"GBorn" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote in message 
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> "Tony L" <t.law...@btinternet.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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>> Hi
>> Can anyone tell me how to transfer my messages from Outlook Express on my 
>> old machine to Windows mail on the new machine. I have successfully 
>> exported my address book and imported to Vista and that is working fine 
>> but the two programs appear to use different file extensions for 
>> messages.
>>
>> Many thanks
> Try to use the import wizard - as well as for adressbook import. It works 
> well - but there is a small bug, that prevent you from time to time 
> importing the outlook express messages successful (the import wizard tells 
> you that there are no messages found - can't tell the precicse error text, 
> because I'm using the German edition of Vista). In case that this message 
> occur, proceed the following steps:
>
> - go one step back in import wizard and check the import path (in most 
> cases the last folder name within the import path is shown double).
> - try to select the import path again using the "browse button" (don't 
> know the excact name, we have here a Durchsuchen-button). Select the 
> import path in the right pane of the dialog windows and close the window
>
> - now the import path should be shown in the right way#
>
> - process the import steps as known and Windows Mail will import all 
> messages in a separate "import" folder.
>
> If that won't suite, maybe an access right issue is the problem. In this 
> case I suggest to copy all your Outlook Express .dbx-files in a separate 
> folder of your Public folder and try to import the messages.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> G. Born
> www.borncity.de
>