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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Mail / May 2008Outlook express
I have a lot of messages safed in outlook express witch i losted now, is there a way to recover these in windows mail, i already trayed with no succes via import. I switched from Outlook express, and it worked ok. Try it again, open windows mail, click on File, Import, Messages, Outlook Express See if it works.  SignatureAmanda B > I have a lot of messages safed in outlook express witch i losted now, is > there a way to recover these in windows mail, i already trayed with no succes > via import. >I have a lot of messages safed in outlook express witch i losted now, is > there a way to recover these in windows mail, i already trayed with no > succes > via import. See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm SignatureFrank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email. Is there somebody there who can explain why Microsoft didn't make it easier for us to import mail from Outlook Express into Vista? I've tried the procedures listed in your answer and could not get them to work. This kind of Microsoft crap just infuriates me even more and makes me agree with all of those people who criticize Microsoft and Vista. Why is this so difficult? Why didn't Microsoft plan for this and make it easier? Or even beyond that question, why was it necessary to change the format of the messages so that Vista can't use the same format that Outlook Express used successfully for so many years. Microsoft likes to do that, to change things just for the sake of changing them and not to make them better or easier. They like to keep their customers off balance. "Surprise customers, we changed the format on you...again." > >I have a lot of messages safed in outlook express witch i losted now, is > > there a way to recover these in windows mail, i already trayed with no > > succes > > via import. > > See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm It is easy to import them... The only caveat is to watch the location where the .dbx files are located. If you try to open that folder, then the path will have a duplicate folder, and will tell you the files cannot be found. > Is there somebody there who can explain why Microsoft didn't make it > easier [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> >> See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm Hello Dave, It seems to be interesting, could you please explain more about your method to import them... Thanks, > It is easy to import them... > The only caveat is to watch the location where the .dbx files are located. [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> > >> See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm Say you have a folder named C:\temp you copy all of your OE .dbx and .wab files to C:\temp Open Windows Mail or Windows Live Mail and click on File - Import - Messages - OE6 Import from OE6 store directory Browse navigate to C:\temp if you double-click on \temp to open it, and click on "Select folder" the path in the browse box will show C:\temp\temp which is incorrect so, navigate to C:\temp, but don't try to open it. The tendency is to open the folder, to see if the .dbx files are in there... don't. > Hello Dave, > [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] >> >> >> >> See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm > Say you have a folder named C:\temp > you copy all of your OE .dbx and .wab files to C:\temp [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >> >> > >> >> See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm Dave - I am preparing to try your solution but had a couple of questions prior to creating another "disaster". Re: "copy all of your OE .dbx and .wab files " - can the import figure out where to put both .dbx and .wab files with a single import? Will the Vista import create the same folders I currently have in OE6 for both mail and the address book? OOPS, one additional question: My OE6 address book has a "Main Identities Contacts" folder with sub-folders. Above the "Main Identities Contacts" folder is "Shared Contacts". When I previously imported my .wab file, only the "Shared Contacts" displayed in Windows Mail but I was able to find a person not in the list by using "Find People". Evidentally the additional contacts/folders are there somewhere just not visable. How can I display them if it occurs again on my next import attempt? > Say you have a folder named C:\temp > you copy all of your OE .dbx and .wab files to C:\temp [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >> >> > >> >> See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm The mail-folders will look exactly the same, if you follow Daves instructions. However, by using the Outlook Express 6-procedure, it will import the whole 'C:\temp folder' (as in the example) to Windows Mail, and i had to drag the sub-mailfolders out from there to organize it better. > Dave - I am preparing to try your solution but had a couple of questions > prior to creating another "disaster". Re: "copy all of your OE .dbx and .wab [quoted text clipped - 77 lines] > > >> >> > > >> >> See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm |
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