Transfer contacts and messages from outlook

hi
i have outlook on an old laptop (xp) and i need to transfer messages files
and contacts to windows mail


can it be done???

"flappytabs" <flappytabs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi
> i have outlook on an old laptop (xp) and i need to transfer messages files
> and contacts to windows mail
>
>
> can it be done???


On the laptop, open up Outlook EXPRESS and import messages and contacts.

Copy ALL the mail files from OE (including the one called Folders.dbx) and
paste them into a folder you have created on your new machine, to which you
have read/write permissions. A folder within your Documents folder would
seem to be the best place.
Then in Windows Mail, do File-Import-Messages, highlight Microsoft Outlook
Express, and click next.
Make sure that "Import from an OE6 Store directory is checked, (that's why
you need to copy the folders.dbx file, because that tells WM the folder is
an OE message store) and click on OK. Browse to the folder you created.

Do the same with the WAB (Windows Addressbook file).

HTH

"flappytabs" <flappytabs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi
> i have outlook on an old laptop (xp) and i need to transfer messages files
> and contacts to windows mail
>
>
> can it be done???

Yes. You have two choices of how to do it: 1. Install Outlook, preferably
version 2003 or more recent, on the machine with Windows Mail. Version
2002 also runs under Vista, but with a few problems. Windows Mail needs
to use part of Outlook to be able to import the .pst file from your old
machine. 2. Transfer the contacts and messages first from Outlook to
Outlook Express on your old machine. Then transfer them from Outlook
Express to Windows Mail.

<http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/email/import-dbx-files-outlook-express-windows-mail-vista-86458.html>

<http://www.vista4beginners.com/Migrate-from-Outlook-Express-to-Windows-Mail>

Bring along the .wab file which will then contain the contacts. After you
copy
the files to a directory on your new machine, make sure they are read-write
instead of readonly before you import them into Windows Mail. If this
import
procedure doesn't bring in the old contacts, click on Tools, then Windows
Contacts. If the toolbar of the contacts window doesn't include an Import
button, right click in the empty space below the right end of this toolbar,
then
click on Customize This Folder, then the triangle, then Contacts, then
Apply,
then OK. Click on Import, then Windows Address Book File (Outlook
Express contacts), then Import, then find the .wab file and click on it.
Click on Close, then close the Contacts window.

[jacob-888]

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