Comments on: Migrate/Import Outlook Express (.dbx) files into Windows Mail in Vista

By: guitry

guitry — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:58:02 +0000

It says copy the xp folder into vista??? How to do this? the outlook express folder is in one pc (xp) and the destination is a seperate folder in another pc? That is as far as I got. Besides I will be going into windows 7 and nobody yet has published a sure method of transferring outlook express from xp into a SEPERATE pc running win.7.

By: Krish Sundar

Krish Sundar — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:21:42 +0000

It is easier to Export from OE Mail / XP to Windows Mail / Vista.
Can any one suggest how to Export Windows Mail / Vista to OE Mail / Xp.
This is necessary when the Vista is down graded to Winxpp.
Thanks/Sundar

By: NEERAJ

NEERAJ — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:38:11 +0000

EXCELLENT

thanks buddy

By: maryam

maryam — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:49:10 +0000

Hello there,
I can not see the files with “dbx” and also i can not remove the “read only” attribute from them. Waht shall i do???

By: DavidR

DavidR — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:50:58 +0000

I’ve tried a few times to import the messages (from OE6/WinME to WinMail/Vista, via a networked drive), but about half of them are missing (no apparent pattern, just whole blocks of messages, sometimes old ones, sometimes new, sometimes whole folders, but looks consistent between attempts).
The copied .dbx files do still seem to contain recognizable fragments of the missing messages.
Any ideas what might be wrong?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:46:12 +0000

Great advise. The part “Do not open the folder when you select it” is of utmost importance when importing messages into Vista, because otherwise it won’t work!

Peace&Love,
Ryan

By: Dave G.

Dave G. — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:30:27 +0000

Right on the money. The part about select folders made all the difference to get to .dbx files.

Thanks,

Dave

By: Gary

Gary — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 21:52:56 +0000

Excellent tip! Very clear explanation! Worked perfectly!

Thanks much!
Gary