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Outlook express to Outlook 03I have been using express 6.0 and want to move to Outlook 2003, is there a
way to import all my settings and address book and such automatically to 2003. Or will this be a manual process? Michael Senteno <Michael Sent***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have been using express 6.0 and want to move to Outlook 2003, is When you install OL 2003, I believe the installation process will ask you if > there a way to import all my settings and address book and such > automatically to 2003. Or will this be a manual process? you want to transfer your data from OE. I believe that's not the optimum choice, for the reason I'll state below. To transfer your account settings, in Outlook click File>Import and Export>Import Internet Mail Account Settings>Next. To transfer your address book to Outlook, in Outlook, click File>Import and Export>Import Internet Mail and Addresses. Select Outlook Express and UNCHECK "Import Mail" (do that in the next step). Click Next. Select the duplicate handling you want and click FInish. To transfer your messages, in Outlook Express click File>Export>Messages. Click OK to the warning popup. Select the folders you wish to transfer (or leave the "All folders" default selected) and click OK. I suggest this approach (exporting messages from OE to Outlook) because it leaves the Received time stamp intact. Importing from OE using Outlook would change the Received time stamp to be the date and time of import instead of the original. -- Brian Tillman One more thing. When I try and open the address book by double clicking on
it, I'm told that it has been locked by another application so I guess this is the problem. I have no idea how to get around this or even what application locked it. Jim Show quote "Brian Tillman" wrote: > Michael Senteno <Michael Sent***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > I have been using express 6.0 and want to move to Outlook 2003, is > > there a way to import all my settings and address book and such > > automatically to 2003. Or will this be a manual process? > > When you install OL 2003, I believe the installation process will ask you if > you want to transfer your data from OE. I believe that's not the optimum > choice, for the reason I'll state below. > > To transfer your account settings, in Outlook click File>Import and > Export>Import Internet Mail Account Settings>Next. To transfer your address > book to Outlook, in Outlook, click File>Import and Export>Import Internet > Mail and Addresses. Select Outlook Express and UNCHECK "Import Mail" (do > that in the next step). Click Next. Select the duplicate handling you want > and click FInish. > > To transfer your messages, in Outlook Express click File>Export>Messages. > Click OK to the warning popup. Select the folders you wish to transfer (or > leave the "All folders" default selected) and click OK. I suggest this > approach (exporting messages from OE to Outlook) because it leaves the > Received time stamp intact. Importing from OE using Outlook would change > the Received time stamp to be the date and time of import instead of the > original. > -- > Brian Tillman > > Brian,
I followed the instructions below. I highlighted the folder which contains my address book, but when I tell it to import the addresses it just tells me that 0 addresses have been transferred. For some reason it doesn't seem to do it. I recently purchased on old used compuuter - a duplicate of the old one I had - and I plan to put the old hard drive in it and I should be able to access everything again when I get the computer. I'll try the export process when I get it and can access Outlook Express. Jim Show quote > > To transfer your account settings, in Outlook click File>Import and > > Export>Import Internet Mail Account Settings>Next. To transfer your address > > book to Outlook, in Outlook, click File>Import and Export>Import Internet > > Mail and Addresses. Select Outlook Express and UNCHECK "Import Mail" (do that in the next step). Click Next. Select the duplicate handling you want > > and click FInish. > > > > To transfer your messages, in Outlook Express click File>Export>Messages. > > Click OK to the warning popup. Select the folders you wish to transfer (or > > leave the "All folders" default selected) and click OK. I suggest this > > approach (exporting messages from OE to Outlook) because it leaves the > > Received time stamp intact. Importing from OE using Outlook would change > > the Received time stamp to be the date and time of import instead of the > > original. > > -- > > Brian Tillman Hi Brian,
I read your answer to Michael Senteno's question, on how to transfer mails, address books etc, from OE 6 to Outloom 2003. I have been trying to do the same thing myself. I have tried exporting from OE6, and importing from Outlook 2003. It works, however I'm only getting a small percentage of the emails. for example my inbox in OE6 has over 2000 mails in it, and it's onlt transferring 37 of them, and a similar ratio of my sent box. Why won't either program allow the whole transfer from OE6 to Out 2003? Any ideas? Stewart Show quote > Stew <S***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I read your answer to Michael Senteno's question, on how to transfer Are the messages all within the same identity?> mails, address books etc, from OE 6 to Outloom 2003. I have been > trying to do the same thing myself. I have tried exporting from OE6, > and importing from Outlook 2003. It works, however I'm only getting a > small percentage of the emails. for example my inbox in OE6 has over > 2000 mails in it, and it's onlt transferring 37 of them, and a > similar ratio of my sent box. Why won't either program allow the > whole transfer from OE6 to Out 2003? -- Brian Tillman Dear Brian,
I read your answer to Michael Senteno, but it didn't work for me. I copied my address book from Outlook Express to a disk. My old computer is now dead and I cannot access it, but the copy of my address book won't open. I asked Outlook to import it, but it tells me that it is in use by another program and that it cannot open the file. I can't figure what other program is using it since it is stored on a rewritable disk that I just inserted. I tried copying the fil to my computer and then accessing it and got the same message. I have two copies of my address book on the disk. One is named Administrator and the other is Jim May(my name). So I"m not sure what to do. Even if I can just print out that file, that would be great, but of course transferring them electronically is first choice. Any suggestions? Jim Show quote "Brian Tillman" wrote: > Michael Senteno <Michael Sent***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > I have been using express 6.0 and want to move to Outlook 2003, is > > there a way to import all my settings and address book and such > > automatically to 2003. Or will this be a manual process? > > When you install OL 2003, I believe the installation process will ask you if > you want to transfer your data from OE. I believe that's not the optimum > choice, for the reason I'll state below. > > To transfer your account settings, in Outlook click File>Import and > Export>Import Internet Mail Account Settings>Next. To transfer your address > book to Outlook, in Outlook, click File>Import and Export>Import Internet > Mail and Addresses. Select Outlook Express and UNCHECK "Import Mail" (do > that in the next step). Click Next. Select the duplicate handling you want > and click FInish. > > To transfer your messages, in Outlook Express click File>Export>Messages. > Click OK to the warning popup. Select the folders you wish to transfer (or > leave the "All folders" default selected) and click OK. I suggest this > approach (exporting messages from OE to Outlook) because it leaves the > Received time stamp intact. Importing from OE using Outlook would change > the Received time stamp to be the date and time of import instead of the > original. > -- > Brian Tillman > > tokyojim <tokyo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I copied my address book from Outlook Express to a disk. Exactly what file did you copy and how?> My old With what application are you trying to open it? What steps are you using > computer is now dead and I cannot access it, but the copy of my > address book won't open. to open it? > I asked Outlook to import it, but it tells Outlook can't import a Windows Address Book directly, if that's the address > me that it is in use by another program and that it cannot open the > file. book to which you refer. > I can't figure what other program is using it since it is Copy it to your hard drive first and remove the read-only attribute. I > stored on a rewritable disk that I just inserted. believe that what you're seeing is because the file is read-only and so the application attempting to open it believes it is write-locked by another program. > I tried copying the Remove the read-only attribute.> fil to my computer and then accessing it and got the same message. > I have two copies of my address book on the disk. One is named Assuming you have WAB files, after following the above instructions for > Administrator and the other is Jim May(my name). So I"m not sure > what to do. Even if I can just print out that file, that would be > great, but of course transferring them electronically is first > choice. Any suggestions? each, open each in turn with the Windows Address Book application and see what they contain. Keep the one you want. -- Brian Tillman Thanks Brian for your answers.
> > I copied my address book from Outlook Express to a disk. I guess I copied the address book file. I did a search for ".wab" files.> > Exactly what file did you copy and how? > With what application are you trying to open it? What steps are you using I followed the steps in your last e-mail. I tried to use Outlook 2003 to > to open it? import the files I had copied to a disk. > > I asked Outlook to import it, but it tells me that it is in use by another program and that it cannot open the file. Oh. No wonder it didn't work.> Outlook can't import a Windows Address Book directly, if that's the address > book to which you refer. > > I can't figure what other program is using it since it is stored on a rewritable disk that I just inserted. I already tried that and that didn't work. I even removed the read only > > Copy it to your hard drive first and remove the read-only attribute. I > believe that what you're seeing is because the file is read-only and so the > application attempting to open it believes it is write-locked by another > program. attribute as you said but still got the same message. > > I have two copies of my address book on the disk. One is named OK, opening it with the Windows Address book application worked. When I > > Administrator and the other is Jim May(my name). So I"m not sure > > what to do. Even if I can just print out that file, that would be > > great, but of course transferring them electronically is first > > choice. Any suggestions? > > Assuming you have WAB files, after following the above instructions for > each, open each in turn with the Windows Address Book application and see > what they contain. Keep the one you want. > -- > Brian Tillman first tried to do that, I was told that it was not the default vcard viewer. So after I made it the default vcard viewer it worked. Now I can open it, but am still not sure how to import it into Outlook. I'll go back to the last e-mail and try to follow the instructions once again. I thought I just tried that with no success, but maybe I did something wrong. Thanks Brian. At the very least I have access to the old addresses. Hopefully I won't have to re-enter them by hand, but it is not impossible. tj Show quote > tokyojim <tokyo***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> OK, opening it with the Windows Address book application worked. Open Outlook and click File>Import and Export>Internet Mail and > When I first tried to do that, I was told that it was not the default > vcard viewer. So after I made it the default vcard viewer it worked. > Now I can open it, but am still not sure how to import it into > Outlook. Addresses>Next. Select Outlook Express, uncheck Import Mail and Import Rules and click Next. Select the duplicate handling you want and click Finish. -- Brian Tillman --
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> I have been using express 6.0 and want to move to Outlook 2003, is there a > way to import all my settings and address book and such automatically to > 2003. Or will this be a manual process? 
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