Import Outlook Express messages in Vista

A friend, after upgrading the system from Windows XP to Http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/15470.html ">vista, wants to still keep the message that was originally in Outlook Express , however, because the mail client in Windows Vista has been upgraded to Windows Mail, the message storage and archiving mechanism has changed so much that it is not possible to directly copy, use the DBX mail file in Outlook Express, and ask us how to turn Outlook The messages in express are imported into Windows Mail.

The first thing to declare is that for upgrades from Windows XP to Vista while maintaining the personal data and settings in XP, the recommended approach is to use a migration upgrade, such as using the Windows Easy Transfer Migration upgrade tool, which simplifies the setup process and Especially for friends who are not familiar with computer operations, this way is safer and safer, and generally does not result in loss of data.

Of course, in a situation like this friend, where no other data needs to be preserved or otherwise saved, only Outlook Express messages need to be imported into Windows Vista, or they can be imported manually without easy Transfer through windows.

Import Outlook Express messages in Windows Mail

Copy the Outlook Express mail file from Windows XP, in general, the Mail folder is located in the%homepath% \local Settings \application Data \identities \{ 1e6d46e9-802f-4b07-a60b-6a876c62326b} \microsoft \outlook Express "(Note: for hidden directory);

Enter Windows Vista, create a temporary directory under the current User folder, and copy the Outlook Express mail file into the list;

Note: This step is not required, you can also directly import the mail file located on a USB disk, however, the purpose of this operation is to copy the file into the user folder to ensure that the current user has full operational rights to the corresponding file, to avoid problems that may occur when importing.

In our example, this temporary directory is "C:\Users\HighDiy\Documents\oetmp".

Check all DBX file properties to make sure that no files are set to read-only.

Similarly, this step is not required, but for the same reason, the purpose is to avoid possible permissions problems in the operation.

Start Windows Mail and select File => to import => mail;

In the pop-up dialog box, select the message format "MicroSoft Outlook Express 6", click Next;

Select "Import mail from OE6 storage Directory", click OK;

Next, select the directory where the mail file is stored, in our example, "C:\Users\HighDiy\Documents\oetmp" and then click "OK";

Here, you can also choose to import all folders, or only some of the folders;

So, that's it. After the import is complete, you can see imported folders in the left pane of Windows Mail.