DL,

Thanks. Yes, I tried calling both Dell and MS and Dell told me to call MS
and of course as you mentioned MS told me to call Dell.

Anyway, I'll try transferring OE store to Windows Mail and then export to
Outlook. I've setup Outlook and it's working fine.

I transferred my .wab OE Address Book file and it imported them in Outlook,
but lists them individually. None of my 'groups' transferred correctly,
they're just empty. I might try exporting it as a .csv file and then
importing and see if that works.

Thanks for your help,

Melissa


"DL" wrote:

Actually if you have a preinstalled *full* version of Office - not the trial
version- its Dell responsibility to support Office issues, not MS

You have to connect your outlook express mail store to windows Mail on the
new PC before you can export to Outlook. Outlook has to be configured first.
The address book on the old PC is contained in the *wab file, this file has
to be copied to the new PC, but i'm unsure if you have to copy to a specific
location since I have never used OE or the wab file. Then in Outlook you can
import your addresses.

"Melissa" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I found this thread and thought it would help me. I was using Outlook
Express on my desktop and trying to transfer my messages and address book
to
Outlook on my new laptop. I have my Outlook Express files (store folder)
on
my laptop's harddrive in a temporary location. However, I can't transfer
them to OE on my laptop, because I'm running Vista and OE is no longer
available. Do I need to transfer the OE mail and address book to Windows
Mail and then to export them to Outlook?

Of course the laptop is brand new but Office was presinstalled by Dell, so
neither Dell nor Microsoft will assist in this issue.

Thanks!

Melissa

"Gordon" wrote:

Collingwood wrote:

I do not know how I can transfer or export my address book and personal
messages from outlook express on my old desktop, to my outlook account
on
my
new laptop. Do I need to retype all of my contacts in outlook, and
what
about the important messages I saved in a personal folder? Not to
mention
there is no floppy drive on the laptop...What do I ?

There are several steps you need to take, depending on your hardware.
Firstly, you need to transfer your OE mail and address book to OE on the
new
machine.
take a look here on how to transfer the files:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/backup/

If you have any sort of quantity of emails to transfer then a floppy will
be
no good anyway.
There are several options: You can copy all the data to a CD if you have
a
CD burner on the desktop: If both machines have a Network card in you can
connect them via a crossover cable, you can upload all the data to a
website, (assuming a broadband connection) or failing all that, you can
pick up a 100MB Zip drive very very cheaply.

Having transfered all your mail and data to OE on your new machine, from
within OE, export your mail to Outlook. Do NOT import from within Outlook
for your mail.
Then in Outlook, import your addres book and email settings.

HTH

--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk