Windows mail can't import old Outlook Express messages

[replicant]

So this is my next problem. I copied the Outlook files to the new computer and thought the Windows mail import function would take care of the problem. No such luck. Also changing store location to the Outlook folder only brings up the message that the folder is not empty. Any ideas?

Thanx
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[BertImmenschuh]

You are trying to do something that can't be done.

Windows Mail is the successor to Outlook Express [.dbx files] which never could import Outlook data [.pst file]. [Outlook can import from Outlook Express]

Windows Contacts is the successor to Windows Address Book [.wab file] and can import it. Windows Contacts cannot import Outlook's Contacts directly.

[replicant]

Well that would be news to me. So what you are saying is that I cannot transfer my Outlook Express files to Vista. That doesn't sound right. Microsoft wouldn't have simply left all those files as dead. Or am I missing something?

[replicant]

I don't have any more time to spend on it. I'm going to install my XP on the new machine. I'll look at Vista again maybe. Too many things different that I didn't like but I could probably get used to but don't feel like spending the time right now.

Thanks for you help. :)
Cheers
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[BertImmenschuh]

So this is my next problem. I copied the Outlook files to the new computer and thought the Windows mail import function would take care of the problem. No such luck. Also changing store location to the Outlook folder only brings up the message that the folder is not empty. Any ideas?

Thanx
rep

You can import Outlook Express messages but your question mentions Outlook. It's important to get the program names exactly correct, your first post mentions Outlook and that is what I responded to.

Outlook and Outlook Express are different programs.

Posting incorrect information can get correct responses but they won't be what is desired for a different program.

[replicant]

Sorry about the lack of clarity. But now I have moved back to XP. Its, better this way. I was unprepared for a learing curve. This is something I think Microsoft doesn't understand. I'm not looking for a new experience when it comes to computers and don't have ime for one. Too fancy. Who needs it. I make my XP look and act like NT. So I may be a little biased here. :)

[BertImmenschuh]

I make my XP look and act like NT. So I may be a little biased here. :)
Not a little. The Classic view in WinXP has been left in for those not wanting the full effect of WinXP, seems to be a leftover from Win2000. It is more difficult for those using the Classic view and older versions of Windows to make the transition to WinVista.

[bluscarab]

Vista did not work in a logical manner. Futhermore, its layout was convoluted which added to its illogical pathology. Windows Mail would not let me import OE6 dbx files - not read only and not missing a folders.dbx file. It was a complete backup of the mail stores. I could import them to another XP computer running OE6 without a problem - all files intact - a piece of cake. I could not get it into Windows Mail for over an hour.

This boneheaded design was probably done by the same bonehead who designed windows media player 11 with the hidden help menu. In order for the average user to get help on how to use WMP11, they had to launch internet explorer and google for help on how to access the WMP help menu which, after finally getting it to appear, were then able to ask their initial question on how to use WMP11. A caveat to this however, was clicking on the RIGHT help link in google. If you were unlucky, the link would simply say to right-click on the WMP taskbar to the right or left of the controls. Well..... you have to right-click far enough right or far enough left of the controls to get it to appear. Right-clicking too close to the panel would bring up nothing.

Back in my days of coding, this kind of stuff would get you fired. After honing and streamlining Windows layouts to maximum efficiency for more than a decade, logic would dictate that they would leave it intact. Perhaps I'm just getting old.

[haapy]

Try Windows Live Mail it superceeds both Outlook Express and Windows Mail.

[replicant]

Thanks for the responses. I have put Vista on the shelf and I have left it there. But I have had issues with XP ever since I started using it. Not really serious, just damned irritating. I have been using Microsoft Outlook for the past couple of years. I think it is of course quite a bit better. And I no longer use XP in Windows classic format. Except Explorer.

Anyways, I would like to pose another question here so I don't have to start another thread just for an opinion. I have come across various opinions that Vista is not that bad anymore with all the updates. How about that request from the operating system to verify that are the legitimate user of the computer and this task can be allowed to continue. I am sorry I don't know the correct terminology for this feature. That feature there is something that I know I could never put up with. So I guess I'm asking if Windows Vista has changed this particular feature to allow for a more user friendly degree of control or should I just go directly to Windows 7. I have heard good things about that. What are some opinions on this.

Than kyou again.

[haapy]

Anyways, I would like to pose another question here so I don't have to start another thread just for an opinion. I have come across various opinions that Vista is not that bad anymore with all the updates. How about that request from the operating system to verify that are the legitimate user of the computer and this task can be allowed to continue. I am sorry I don't know the correct terminology for this feature. That feature there is something that I know I could never put up with. So I guess I'm asking if Windows Vista has changed this particular feature to allow for a more user friendly degree of control or should I just go directly to Windows 7. I have heard good things about that. What are some opinions on this.

Than kyou again.

That OS Verification is called the UAC or User Account Control. You can disable it in Vista, but then you lose the protection that it provides. Windows 7 also has UAC, but it is much more refined and not so obtrusive.

Yes, Vista has been improved to be a more workable OS.

In my opinion, Windows 7 is far superior in many ways.... better UAC, faster performance and easier to work with. I would suggest that direction.