Does this mean that I'd not be able to transfer the mail back into Outlook
Express 6, for example once the Beta version expires or just day-to-day if I
need to use my previous OS?

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension.
If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system,
so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the
search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally
stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have
relocated them.

Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is
the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off
without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing
in build 5456. Your experience may be different.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express


"Michael Short-McGirr" Michael
wrote in message ...
I go into the File Import Messages. But I have no idea where my stored
messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE
stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed
any
of the OE settings.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds
like
what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE
location and that will not work since the databases are very different in
the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to
proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and
all
of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.

--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.


"-Bill Lancaster" -Bill wrote in
message ...
I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set
it
up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy
on
my
datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is
not
empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have
several
years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to
have
to
start a new one if possible.

The error text is:

[Window Title]
Windows Mail

[Main Instruction]
The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty
directory
for your new store location.

[OK]

The storage mechanisms are different. Outlook Express stores messages in a
DBX file while Windows Mail stores them as individual EML files. You can
create folders (on the Desktop or anywhere else you choose) with similar
names, i.e., Inbox, Sent Items, etc., and drag and drop the messages from
any local folder in the mail app to those user created folders and save them
to a USB stick, SD card or media of your choice. Then when back in Outlook
Express, drag/drop from the USB, SD, etc., media folders to an appropriate
folder in Outlook Express. There is no other import mechanism in Outlook
Express for messages stored in the "Windows Mail" store folder.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.




"Paul C" Paul wrote in message
...
Does this mean that I'd not be able to transfer the mail back into Outlook
Express 6, for example once the Beta version expires or just day-to-day if
I
need to use my previous OS?

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX
extension.
If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating
system,
so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the
search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally
stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users
have
relocated them.

Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That
is
the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go
off
without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with
importing
in build 5456. Your experience may be different.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express


"Michael Short-McGirr" Michael
wrote in message
...
I go into the File Import Messages. But I have no idea where my stored
messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where
OE
stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed
any
of the OE settings.

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds
like
what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old
OE
location and that will not work since the databases are very different
in
the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to
proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and
all
of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.

--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be
helped.


"-Bill Lancaster" -Bill wrote in
message ...
I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to
set
it
up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express
directoy
on
my
datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected
is
not
empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have
several
years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to
have
to
start a new one if possible.

The error text is:

[Window Title]
Windows Mail

[Main Instruction]
The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty
directory
for your new store location.

[OK]