How to Import Messsages from OUTLOOK EXPRESS TO WINDOWS LIVE MAIL in WINDOWS 7---LAST IMPORTANT STEP

Well..so there is not Outlook Express either in VISTA or WINDOWS 7...

In vsita its windows mail and windows 7 has windows live mail..

Now how to transfer data from Outlook Express in XP to Windows Live Mail in
Windows 7.



First we follow the steps given in other websites..they are correct ..

On the computer running Windows XP, do the following:
1.The folder that contains the Outlook Express messages is marked as a hidden folder in Windows. To view this hidden folder, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Appearance and Themes, and then click Folder Options. Click the View tab, and under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.

2.Locate the folder named Outlook Express. In Windows XP, this folder is located here by default: C:\Documents and Settings\your user name\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{your Windows user identity number}\Microsoft\Outlook Express.

3.Copy the Outlook Express folder and all its contents to the Documents folder on the computer running Windows Vista. (You can store this copy of the Outlook Express folder in a location other than the Documents folder, as long as you remember where to find it.) For information about how to copy a folder, see Copy files to another computer.

On the computer running Windows Vista, do the following:
1.Open Windows Mail by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, and then clicking Windows Mail.

2.Click the File menu, point to Import, and then click Messages.

3.Click Microsoft Outlook Express 6, and then click Next.

4.Make sure Import mail from an OE6 store directory is selected, and then click OK.

5.Click Browse, find the Outlook Express folder you copied to this computer, and then click the folder once to select it. (Do not open the folder when you select it.)

6.Click Select Folder, and then click Next.

7.Click All folders to import all the folders, or click Selected folders and select which message folders you want to import, and then click Next.

8.Click Finish.



Now the important thing which you may not know and is very frustrating for amateurs and common people who hate changes coz they miss these simple but important mentions...HERE IT IS..

Well after you done the import step ...you would not still see your inbox messages in the inbox...but dont be frustrated they are there..

LOOK IN THE BOX OF IMPORTED FOLDER...BELOW THE INBOX...There if you open it...

it opens local folder..

and when you open local folder ...you see all your imported data..WALAAAAHH....


Here's sequence

IMPORTED FOLDER--->LOCAL FOLDER--> INBOX,DELEATED ITEMS,DRAFTS....

Do tell me if i helped anyone...coz i love to help :)

posted this coz i was stuck after imported items ..