Moving msgs and multiple subfolders from OE (current) to new Win 7 Home 
Premium machine.  Had to do this once before and had bigtime troubles! Want 
to do it right this time. Can someone point me in the right direction?
-- 
Thanks for viewing...

Transferring data from Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail:

For Messages:

Copy the *ENTIRE* OE message store folder to a flash drive. (Folders.dbx 
must be included). Place this on the Desktop or other location on the 
machine using WLMail. Open WLMail and: File | Import | Messages | 
Microsoft Outlook Express 6 and point to where you saved it.

OE Message Store Location:

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.

For Addresses:

Open the Address Book in OE and File | Export | Address Book (wab) and 
save it to the Desktop. Copy to a flash drive. Place this on the Desktop 
or other location on the machine using WLMail.

Open the Contacts list in WLMail, (Go | Contacts on the Menu Bar), and 
File | Import | Windows Address Book (wab) and point to where you saved 
it.

Note: If you use a CD or DVD instead of a flash drive, after placing on 
the new machine you must remove the Read Only attribute in Properties 
before you import.

For Account Settings:

In OE: Tools | Accounts, select the account and export it to the Desktop. 
This will be a .iaf file. Copy it to the new machine's Desktop and in 
WLMail: Tools | Accounts and import the settings from the location you 
saved them.
-- 
           Bruce Hagen
         MS-MVP  [Mail]
      Imperial Beach, CA


"PaulD" <PaulD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:EB75F444-1014-4D66-8B9A-D37FA5E3448B@microsoft.com...
> Moving msgs and multiple subfolders from OE (current) to new Win 7 Home
> Premium machine.  Had to do this once before and had bigtime troubles! 
> Want
> to do it right this time. Can someone point me in the right direction?
> -- 
> Thanks for viewing... 

The simplest way to move OE folders to WLM is as follows:

1)
In your OE, locate the folder where your mail (the .dbx files) are stored.
You can find this if i remember correctly somewhere in the menu Tools ---> 
Preferences ---> Maintainance ---> Store Folder

2)
Move the entire store folder to some external location, e.g. a USB flash 
drive.

3)
Make this external location available on your new machine with WLM, e.g. by 
inserting the USB drive there.

4)
Open WLM and (if not already done) make the menu bar visible by pressing 
ALT+M

5)
Go to  File ---> Import ---> from OE and then point to the folder where you 
previously  copied the OE files.

6)
After having done this, wait for a while (especially if you had lots and 
lots of emails) because Win7 takes some time to re-index all the files.

Now you should see all your folders in the "store folder" of WLM, you might 
find them in a subfolder "imported items" and may need to pleace each folder 
somewhere else manually.


If you want to port eMail accounts from OE:

1)
In your OE, export all your eMail accounts by using the Menu Tools ---> 
Accounts ---> Export

2)
Respectively in WLM, use Tools ---> Accounts ----> Import


good luck

greetings

Roland Schweiger
 

I have the same question. Paul and I await a helpful response. Thanks.

"PaulD" wrote:

> Moving msgs and multiple subfolders from OE (current) to new Win 7 Home 
> Premium machine.  Had to do this once before and had bigtime troubles! Want 
> to do it right this time. Can someone point me in the right direction?
> -- 
> Thanks for viewing...

If my response wasn't helpful, please let me know why.
-- 
           Bruce Hagen
         MS-MVP  [Mail]
      Imperial Beach, CA


"alfurfine" <alfurfine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:A39ACD78-B817-483F-A02B-C7CDEB45A6B0@microsoft.com...
>I have the same question. Paul and I await a helpful response. Thanks.
>
> "PaulD" wrote:
>
>> Moving msgs and multiple subfolders from OE (current) to new Win 7 Home
>> Premium machine.  Had to do this once before and had bigtime troubles! 
>> Want
>> to do it right this time. Can someone point me in the right direction?
>> -- 
>> Thanks for viewing... 

"Roland Schweiger (eternal september / mo" wrote:

> The simplest way to move OE folders to WLM is as follows:
> 
> 1)
> In your OE, locate the folder where your mail (the .dbx files) are stored.
> You can find this if i remember correctly somewhere in the menu Tools ---> 
> Preferences ---> Maintainance ---> Store Folder
> 
> 2)
> Move the entire store folder to some external location, e.g. a USB flash 
> drive.
> 
> 3)
> Make this external location available on your new machine with WLM, e.g. by 
> inserting the USB drive there.
> 
> 4)
> Open WLM and (if not already done) make the menu bar visible by pressing 
> ALT+M
> 
> 5)
> Go to  File ---> Import ---> from OE and then point to the folder where you 
> previously  copied the OE files.
> 
> 6)
> After having done this, wait for a while (especially if you had lots and 
> lots of emails) because Win7 takes some time to re-index all the files.
> 
> Now you should see all your folders in the "store folder" of WLM, you might 
> find them in a subfolder "imported items" and may need to pleace each folder 
> somewhere else manually.
> 
> 
> If you want to port eMail accounts from OE:
> 
> 1)
> In your OE, export all your eMail accounts by using the Menu Tools ---> 
> Accounts ---> Export
> 
> 2)
> Respectively in WLM, use Tools ---> Accounts ----> Import
> 
> 
> good luck
> 
> greetings
> 
> Roland Schweiger
>  
> 
My WLM does not have a File > Import > from OE option.  I have only File > 
Import and Export > How do you want to import or export your browser 
settings? > What would you like to import? (choices are Favorites, Feeds, 
Cookies) > Where do you want to import from? >.............  Nowhere is there 
mention of/ability to import messages.  I must be missing something but I 
have no idea what it is.  Thanks for any help you can give.

You are using the web site (Windows Live HOTMAIL).

The import instructions are for the Windows Live Mail (WLM) PROGRAM that 
is installed on a PC.

Windows Live Mail Overview
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mail

-- 

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"Caroline" <Caroline@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:2241EF5B-08FD-424B-B9E4-D13C323FB6AB@microsoft.com...
> "Roland Schweiger (eternal september / mo" wrote:
>
>> The simplest way to move OE folders to WLM is as follows:
>>
>> 1)
>> In your OE, locate the folder where your mail (the .dbx files) are 
>> stored.
>> You can find this if i remember correctly somewhere in the menu 
>> Tools --->
>> Preferences ---> Maintainance ---> Store Folder
>>
>> 2)
>> Move the entire store folder to some external location, e.g. a USB 
>> flash
>> drive.
>>
>> 3)
>> Make this external location available on your new machine with WLM, 
>> e.g. by
>> inserting the USB drive there.
>>
>> 4)
>> Open WLM and (if not already done) make the menu bar visible by 
>> pressing
>> ALT+M
>>
>> 5)
>> Go to  File ---> Import ---> from OE and then point to the folder 
>> where you
>> previously  copied the OE files.
>>
>> 6)
>> After having done this, wait for a while (especially if you had lots 
>> and
>> lots of emails) because Win7 takes some time to re-index all the 
>> files.
>>
>> Now you should see all your folders in the "store folder" of WLM, you 
>> might
>> find them in a subfolder "imported items" and may need to pleace each 
>> folder
>> somewhere else manually.
>>
>>
>> If you want to port eMail accounts from OE:
>>
>> 1)
>> In your OE, export all your eMail accounts by using the Menu 
>> Tools --->
>> Accounts ---> Export
>>
>> 2)
>> Respectively in WLM, use Tools ---> Accounts ----> Import
>>
>>
>> good luck
>>
>> greetings
>>
>> Roland Schweiger
>>
>>
> My WLM does not have a File > Import > from OE option.  I have only 
> File >
> Import and Export > How do you want to import or export your browser
> settings? > What would you like to import? (choices are Favorites, 
> Feeds,
> Cookies) > Where do you want to import from? >.............  Nowhere 
> is there
> mention of/ability to import messages.  I must be missing something 
> but I
> have no idea what it is.  Thanks for any help you can give. 

Windows Live Mail(WLM) is a desktop installed email client and loads =
from a shortcut in Windows as a stand-alone application.

You explanation below indicates you are looking in your browser(e.g. =
Internet Explorer) which is not an e-mail client.

Have you installed WLM ?
- available at http://download.live.com or =
http://explore.live.com/windows-live-essentials
(both resolve to the same site for downloading the Windows Live =
Essential applications(which includes WLM, WLMsgr, Writer,=20
PhotoGallery/Movie Maker)

Installation of WLM is necessary to import OE messages into WLM(as well =
access to the OE messages store to perform the import)


--
....winston
ms-mvp mail

"Caroline"  wrote in message =
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My WLM does not have a File > Import > from OE option.  I have only File =
>
Import and Export > How do you want to import or export your browser
settings? > What would you like to import? (choices are Favorites, =
Feeds,
Cookies) > Where do you want to import from? >.............  Nowhere is =
there
mention of/ability to import messages.  I must be missing something but =
I
have no idea what it is.  Thanks for any help you can give.=20