Importing your Outlook express emails is a lot easier than everyone is
making it out to.  You don't have to worry about changing attributes
this or that.  Here's how to do it, plain and simple.

1.  Create a folder under your Documents called 'Documents'.  That's
right, the same name.  So it would look something like this:  
C:\Users\{name}\Documents\Documents

2.  Copy all of your .DBX files from your old Outlook Express Indentity
folder into the newly created "documents" folder.

3.  Run the Import function from Windows Mail:  File | Import |
Messages.  Select Outlook Express 6, choose OE6 Store directory, and
then browse to the Documents folder, the FIRST Documents folder:
C:\Users\{name}\Documents\

4.  Follow remaining prompts to import all or some of your folders.

For some reason, the import function will append an additional
\documents\ onto end of the browse path line.  By copying your files
into the 2nd documents folder, the import function can find the .dbx
files.  I know this procedure works, for I have performed it several
times, including about 2 hours ago.

Good luck, but it really is quite simple.

Tanja, the message that I get is:

"No messages can be found in this folder or another application is running
that has the required files open.  Please select another folder or try>
closing applications that may have files open."

I copied all the .dbx files from my Win98 (Outlook Express 6.0) to a CD, and
copied that CD to my Vista machine.  I tried copying the directory to
Documents and also to a temporary directory.  Here I copied the entire
Identities folder over:

C:\tmp3\IDENTITIES\_DD478780_13F7_11D5_B56F_E0F55\MICROSOFT\OUTLOOK_EXPRESS

Then in Windows Mail, I go to File/Import/Messages/Microsoft Outlook Express
6/Import Mail from OE6 Store Directory/...

then Browse down (and I ensure there is no "duplication" in the path from
that Vista bug).  

No matter what I do I get the same message.  I even tried importing it
without success into Microsoft Office Outlook (trial) without success).  

It's like something could be locking up the files.  I did notice that the
files are NOT read only, but the directory folders ARE read only - and no
matter how many times I go into a folder and uncheck read only (and Apply),
it immediately reverts to read only.

Go to Tools | Options | Read and uncheck the option to download xxx headers
at a time and then reset the newsgroup and you should then see all the
messages.

I assume the problem is the same in WLMd as it is in OE and WM.

steve