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Re: How to TRANSFER Outlook Express ettings and file into Windows Mail

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I must confess I also found the Vista import of .dbx more difficult than

it ought to be. There seem to be several reasons why the Vista import

command declares that there are no dbx files.

1. The old OE 6 files were copied to a place outside of documents, i.e.

outside of the user admin sphere of influence, so recopy them inside

the "user" space.

2. If you used explorer to find those files and you left that explorer

window open on that directory, then Vista considers that busy but gives

the same error as 1! So you can go in circles here.

3. The double path entry had me fooled, especially when you cannot

edit it, but must start again.

 

But there are further problems. When the import finally happens, then

everything is imported into a new "imported folder". One then has to go

in and move files out into their proper place which if you have several

thousand archived emails is rather tedious.

 

Finally to add insult to injury there are errors in the import process,

sometimes whole directories are not copied.

 

Check each one.

 

Rob Shell:cool:

 

 

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rshell

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