MAPI error when attempting to import Outlook pst file to Windows Mail

I have a new computer with Windows Mail installed (no other mail client) and
I need to import my pst file from my old Outlook.

When I try and import the file using File/Import/Messages/Microsoft Outlook,
I get the following error:

"Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client. An error has occurred."

I've searched and have not seen a solution. Does anyone know of a
workaround?

[krish12]

I am receiving this error, as well. Outlook 2007 is installed.

Every result Google throws at me says 'install Outlook', which just makes me giggle a bit. Any leads?

May be you have configure Outlook Express to be the default MAPI client.Change your MAPI Settings or reinstall your outlook may solve your problem. May be your pst file get corrupt badly.You can try pst repair software.
It is easy to use and provides complete recovery of your corrupted or lost pst file.It supports all the version of outlook.

I was in this situation and exited of it with help next method how to repair pst files,this tool me advised friends,because it helped for them many times,also it free as far as i know,utility recover lost Microsoft Outlook data is a sequence of operations involving scanning, identifying and saving such Microsoft Outlook items as messages, contacts, notes, reminders, journals, meetings, etc, recover data when a *.pst file completely or partially stops functioning, for example, it becomes completely or partially unreadable because of other applications, antivirus software or power failures,it scans, identifies and saves data from the pst file without modifying or indexing the source pst file,can save various Microsoft Outlook items as separate files with the .eml, .vcf and .txt extensions,reading data from files created in Microsoft Outlook versions 97, 98, 2000, XP, 2002, 2003, 2007 and saving recovered data in the format of Microsoft Outlook versions 97, 98, 2000, XP, 2002, 2003, 2007.

1) Outlook must be installed. No Outlook, no work.
2) Some have reported version older than Outlook 2003 to have some problems
with Vista (not just Windows Mail).
3) If you can find a version of Outlook 2003 or above demo, you can install
it, use the .pst file you have and then import that into Windows Mail.


Another alternative is to import the Outlook messages into Outlook Express
on an XP, 2000, 98, Me machine, then copy the DBX files (ALL of them) to the
Vista machine and import those into WIndows Mail.

Since Outlook Express won't run on Windows Vista, how is this information
going to help? How can you set OE to be the default MAPI client when it
won't even install? No, that error comes from an attempt to import Outlook
mail from an Outlook .PST file when Outlook is NOT installed to provide
access to the file.

You can also try a tool called Advanced Outlook Repair to repair your
PST file. It is a powerful tool to recover messages, folders and other
objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook PST files.

[jimmy786]

Many times while importing the PST files to Windows Mail gives Mapi errors. In order to get rid of the MAPI errors, run the MAPI Repair Tool that is there in the MS Outlook. Using the MAPI Repair Tool, check and correct the damaged Mapi32.dll file. Once you do this delete the existing damaged Outlook profile and then create a new one. Restart the Outlook and your problem is solved.

If still the problem persists, then the MAPI errors are occuring because your PST files in the Outlook seems to be damaged. The only way to get rid of the MAPI errors is by repairing the damaged PST files. There is a software called Outlook PST Repair that repairs the damaged PST files using sophisticated algorithm and programming methods.

[jimmy786]

Many times while importing the PST files to Windows Mail gives Mapi errors. In order to get rid of the MAPI errors, run the MAPI Repair Tool that is there in the MS Outlook. Using the MAPI Repair Tool, check and correct the damaged Mapi32.dll file. Once you do this delete the existing damaged Outlook profile and then create a new one. Restart the Outlook and your problem is solved.

If still the problem persists, then the MAPI errors are occuring because your PST files in the Outlook seems to be damaged. The only way to get rid of the MAPI errors is by repairing the damaged PST files. There is a software called Outlook PST Repair that repairs the damaged PST files using sophisticated algorithm and programming methods.

Why not try a tool called Advanced Outlook Repair. You can download a
free demo version it is a useful repair tool for you. It is easy to recover your PST
file by using its wizard. It is a powerful tool to recover messages,
folders and other objects from corrupt or damaged Microsoft Outlook
PST files.