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OE to Windows Live
I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows
7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. |
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X-Posted to WLMail Newsgroup.
"dama1" wrote in message ... I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. Copy the ***ENTIRE*** OE message store to flash or CD. Do not copy individual dbx files. Put the copy of the message store on the Win7 Desktop. Open WLMail and File | Import | Messages | Outlook Express and point to where you saved them. Windows Live Mail [Desktop] Newsgroup. In your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop On the Web: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...mail .desktop -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA |
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See http://liveunplugged.spaces.live.com...90CA!219.entry
You'll find support for Windows Live Mail (WLMail) in this public newsgroup: microsoft.public.windows.live.mail.desktop Via the web-interface: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...mail .desktop Via your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop -- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002 www.banthecheck.com dama1 wrote: I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. |
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Thanks Bruce;
I understand the process, but must reveal how much I don't know. Where do I find the "OE message store". Thanks, Dave G. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: X-Posted to WLMail Newsgroup. "dama1" wrote in message ... I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. Copy the ***ENTIRE*** OE message store to flash or CD. Do not copy individual dbx files. Put the copy of the message store on the Win7 Desktop. Open WLMail and File | Import | Messages | Outlook Express and point to where you saved them. Windows Live Mail [Desktop] Newsgroup. In your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop On the Web: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...mail .desktop -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA . |
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In OE: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the
location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "dama1" wrote in message ... Thanks Bruce; I understand the process, but must reveal how much I don't know. Where do I find the "OE message store". Thanks, Dave G. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: X-Posted to WLMail Newsgroup. "dama1" wrote in message ... I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. Copy the ***ENTIRE*** OE message store to flash or CD. Do not copy individual dbx files. Put the copy of the message store on the Win7 Desktop. Open WLMail and File | Import | Messages | Outlook Express and point to where you saved them. Windows Live Mail [Desktop] Newsgroup. In your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop On the Web: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...mail .desktop -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA . |
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http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain
dama1 wrote: Thanks Bruce; I understand the process, but must reveal how much I don't know. Where do I find the "OE message store". Thanks, Dave G. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: X-Posted to WLMail Newsgroup. "dama1" wrote in message ... I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. Copy the ***ENTIRE*** OE message store to flash or CD. Do not copy individual dbx files. Put the copy of the message store on the Win7 Desktop. Open WLMail and File | Import | Messages | Outlook Express and point to where you saved them. Windows Live Mail [Desktop] Newsgroup. In your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop On the Web: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...mail .desktop -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA . |
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Thanks for the heads up. I'll give it a try. Merry Christmas!!
"Bruce Hagen" wrote: In OE: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "dama1" wrote in message ... Thanks Bruce; I understand the process, but must reveal how much I don't know. Where do I find the "OE message store". Thanks, Dave G. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: X-Posted to WLMail Newsgroup. "dama1" wrote in message ... I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. Copy the ***ENTIRE*** OE message store to flash or CD. Do not copy individual dbx files. Put the copy of the message store on the Win7 Desktop. Open WLMail and File | Import | Messages | Outlook Express and point to where you saved them. Windows Live Mail [Desktop] Newsgroup. In your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop On the Web: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...mail .desktop -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA . . |
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For those of us who aren't techno wizards, can someone walk through this step
by step? First, my old XP computer is now disconnected and the new WIN7 computer is installed and connected to my cable modem and all other equipment. How do I even search for the saved email files on the old computer now? Can I use the File Transfer function to connect the two computers and "see" the old files through the new computer? Assuming I can get this far, where are the saved email folders in Outlook Express on the old computer? I have two accounts that I want to grab messages from, me and my wife, so where will I find the saved messages that I want to copy and transfer to the new computer? Where am I moving them to on the new, Windows7 computer? How do I then import them into Live Mail? And one more question. Why did MS discontinue Outlook Express? Can you download OE and still run it in Windows7 and just skip Live Mail? "dama1" wrote: Thanks for the heads up. I'll give it a try. Merry Christmas!! "Bruce Hagen" wrote: In OE: Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of your Outlook Express files. Write the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer or, copy and paste it into Start | Run. In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "dama1" wrote in message ... Thanks Bruce; I understand the process, but must reveal how much I don't know. Where do I find the "OE message store". Thanks, Dave G. "Bruce Hagen" wrote: X-Posted to WLMail Newsgroup. "dama1" wrote in message ... I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. Copy the ***ENTIRE*** OE message store to flash or CD. Do not copy individual dbx files. Put the copy of the message store on the Win7 Desktop. Open WLMail and File | Import | Messages | Outlook Express and point to where you saved them. Windows Live Mail [Desktop] Newsgroup. In your newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...e.mail.desktop On the Web: http://www.microsoft.com/communities...mail .desktop -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA . . |
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تم كتابة "dama1" في أخبار ... I should have thought of this beforehand! I just bought a new PC with Windows 7, that uses Windows Live. I want to transfer e-mail folders with saved messages from Outlook Express on a PC running XP. I don't know where to start looking for a resolution, or how to accomplish this. Any input would be appreciated. Dave G. |
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:56:03 -0800, Lostin7 wrote:
Thanks so much. Very clear and helpful. I'll give it a try. I'm amazed that this whole topic is not explained somewhere. I even went to a bookstore and flipped through several WIN7 "how to" books and found only passing references and no step by step instructions like you have laid out. I really appreciate your time. One thing I failed to mention; but shouldn't be a problem if you just copy the entire store folder: For import to work properly, you need the 'folders.dbx' file included in the Store folder. If you copy the entire Store folder, that should include the 'folders.dbx' file. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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