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Transfer emails from vista to win 7

setecio

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Posted November 12, 2009 at 1:36PM

I use windows mail in Vista but will soon be wiping it and installing windows 7. What is the best way to transfer all my emails ?

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setecio

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Posted November 12, 2009 at 1:39PM

I'm thinking to install windows live mail on the vista machine and import them, then I should be able to save the Windows live mail store folder before installing win7 ?

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john bunyan

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Posted November 12, 2009 at 6:07PM

See here for helpful advice from BurrWalnut: Aassume you are currently using Outlook Express?)
click here

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john bunyan

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Posted November 12, 2009 at 6:09PM

Sorry I notice you mention Windows Mail, not OE.

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gazzaho

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Posted November 13, 2009 at 4:40AM

I was able to export my email selecting Export>Messages>Windows Mail from the File menu. As far as I can remember, I also had to save the exported file to the C: drive then copy it to an external drive as it wouldn't save directly to an external drive.

I then just downloaded Live Mail and imported the file into it which created all the exported folders, after setting up my email account in Live Mail I just moved all the contents of the folders from the imported ones to the new email ones and deleted the empty folders when done.

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Technocrate

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Posted April 14, 2010 at 8:00AM

Here is what I found on the internet to export from Vista Windows Mail to Windows 7 Windows Live Mail.

1. Export your Windows Mail messages from inside Vista into a new folder (ex: Messages) on your Vista Desktop.

2. Save and copy the exported Messages folder to your desktop in Windows 7.

3. In Windows 7, open Windows Live Mail.

4. In Windows Live Mail, click on File on the menu bar, Import, and Messages.
NOTE: If you do not have a menu bar displayed, then press Alt+M and click on Show menu bar.

5. Select Windows Mail, and click on the Next button.

6. Click on the Browse button and navigate to the Windows Mail Messages folder on your desktop (step 2), then select it and click on OK and the Next button.

7. Select (dot) All folders, then click on the Next button.

8. Click on the Finish button.

9. Your Vista Windows Mail messages have now been imported into Windows Live Mail under Storage Folders in the Imported Folders folder.
NOTE: Expand the folders inside the Imported Folders to see all of your messages.

10. You can now move and copy the messages to any other email account folders that you like now. When done you can delete the Imported Folder folder if you like.

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