Importing mail files from Outlook Express - HELP!!

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I am trying to import my mail files from my laptop (Outlook Express 6.0) to
my new desktop (Outlook). I followed the directions and created my .dbx
files. The only change I made while exporting the files was to change the
destination folder. I copied the .dbx files to the desktop and tried to
import. When I tried the import function in outlook (after pointing to the
files in a random directory), I get an error message stating "The mail folder
cannot be opened. If another application is using this file, please close it
and try again." Any ideas?
 
What does this have to do with Outlook? You can't import OE files into
Outlook. What made you think you could?
 
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010943871033.aspx

that's what made me think I could.

Russ Valentine said:
What does this have to do with Outlook? You can't import OE files into
Outlook. What made you think you could?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
SpecialPumpkin said:
I am trying to import my mail files from my laptop (Outlook Express 6.0) to
my new desktop (Outlook). I followed the directions and created my .dbx
files. The only change I made while exporting the files was to change the
destination folder. I copied the .dbx files to the desktop and tried to
import. When I tried the import function in outlook (after pointing to
the
files in a random directory), I get an error message stating "The mail
folder
cannot be opened. If another application is using this file, please close
it
and try again." Any ideas?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Why Not? I imported my files from OE 6 into Outlook 2003 by clicking the
file > import & export dropdown form the Outlook program. I didn't follow
any instructions, it was very intuitive...

Rina

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Yes, I agree that it should be intuitive. I cannot figure out why I am
getting an error message during the import process. The import files are in
an accessible directory... (not being used by any other program/files)
 
As that article explains, you that you can only import OE files into OE when
programs are on different computers. That's why this has nothing to do with
Outlook. And this group has nothing to do with OE. This is a group to
support Outlook from the Office group of programs. Outlook Express is a part
of Internet Explorer and is a quite different program despite its similar
name..
You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
outlook express news group.
Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/
 
I guess you didn't read the article very well. The article specifically
states that you can import OE files into Outlook (from 2 different computers,
in fact) So this has EVERYTHING to do with Outlook. I finally figured out
what I was doing wrong - so I now have all of my OE files residing in
Outlook. Yea!

p.s. Thanks for the OE newsgroups anyway. But I don't use OE anymore.

Russ Valentine said:
As that article explains, you that you can only import OE files into OE when
programs are on different computers. That's why this has nothing to do with
Outlook. And this group has nothing to do with OE. This is a group to
support Outlook from the Office group of programs. Outlook Express is a part
of Internet Explorer and is a quite different program despite its similar
name..
You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
outlook express news group.
Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
SpecialPumpkin said:
Yes, I agree that it should be intuitive. I cannot figure out why I am
getting an error message during the import process. The import files are
in
an accessible directory... (not being used by any other program/files)
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I know what the article says. What was not clear in the least is what steps
in that article you were actually using. The error you described was most
likely the result of transferring information into OE incorrectly, but you
posted so few details that we could only guess. We still don't know, though,
since you still have not explained what found that you did wrong. It would
be informative to know and would help others who might run into the same
problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
SpecialPumpkin said:
I guess you didn't read the article very well. The article specifically
states that you can import OE files into Outlook (from 2 different
computers,
in fact) So this has EVERYTHING to do with Outlook. I finally figured
out
what I was doing wrong - so I now have all of my OE files residing in
Outlook. Yea!

p.s. Thanks for the OE newsgroups anyway. But I don't use OE anymore.

Russ Valentine said:
As that article explains, you that you can only import OE files into OE
when
programs are on different computers. That's why this has nothing to do
with
Outlook. And this group has nothing to do with OE. This is a group to
support Outlook from the Office group of programs. Outlook Express is a
part
of Internet Explorer and is a quite different program despite its similar
name..
You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to
an
outlook express news group.
Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Yes, I agree that it should be intuitive. I cannot figure out why I am
getting an error message during the import process. The import files
are
in
an accessible directory... (not being used by any other program/files)

:

Why Not? I imported my files from OE 6 into Outlook 2003 by clicking
the
file > import & export dropdown form the Outlook program. I didn't
follow
any instructions, it was very intuitive...

Rina

--
Please respond to the newsgroup, mail from this account is left on my
server
unread.



What does this have to do with Outlook? You can't import OE files
into
Outlook. What made you think you could?

message

I am trying to import my mail files from my laptop (Outlook Express
6.0)
to
my new desktop (Outlook).
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I never was importing data into OE. I was importing data into Outlook. But
good point, I will share what I found out. When you export your data files
OUT of OE, you have to use the same directory that OE is in. I was putting
the data into an empty directory. This caused the import into Outlook to
fail. You have to have some other files in the OE directory besides the
actual data files in order to import, but the article doesn't state what they
are. HTH.

Russ Valentine said:
I know what the article says. What was not clear in the least is what steps
in that article you were actually using. The error you described was most
likely the result of transferring information into OE incorrectly, but you
posted so few details that we could only guess. We still don't know, though,
since you still have not explained what found that you did wrong. It would
be informative to know and would help others who might run into the same
problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
SpecialPumpkin said:
I guess you didn't read the article very well. The article specifically
states that you can import OE files into Outlook (from 2 different
computers,
in fact) So this has EVERYTHING to do with Outlook. I finally figured
out
what I was doing wrong - so I now have all of my OE files residing in
Outlook. Yea!

p.s. Thanks for the OE newsgroups anyway. But I don't use OE anymore.

Russ Valentine said:
As that article explains, you that you can only import OE files into OE
when
programs are on different computers. That's why this has nothing to do
with
Outlook. And this group has nothing to do with OE. This is a group to
support Outlook from the Office group of programs. Outlook Express is a
part
of Internet Explorer and is a quite different program despite its similar
name..
You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to
an
outlook express news group.
Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Yes, I agree that it should be intuitive. I cannot figure out why I am
getting an error message during the import process. The import files
are
in
an accessible directory... (not being used by any other program/files)

:

Why Not? I imported my files from OE 6 into Outlook 2003 by clicking
the
file > import & export dropdown form the Outlook program. I didn't
follow
any instructions, it was very intuitive...

Rina

--
Please respond to the newsgroup, mail from this account is left on my
server
unread.



What does this have to do with Outlook? You can't import OE files
into
Outlook. What made you think you could?

message

I am trying to import my mail files from my laptop (Outlook Express
6.0)
to
my new desktop (Outlook).
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
That clarifies the issue. Thanks. In fact, you were importing into OE first.
The article just wasn't making that clear to you. Outlook can only import
from an intact OE installation on the same partition. It cannot import OE
files directly. So the problem arose, as I suspected, because you had not
yet completed a successful import into OE on your other partition.
Transfers from OE to OE are not in the purview of this group. None of us
uses OE.
The instructions we give users who want to do this is to find the
instructions on how to import from one OE installation to another here:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/
It probably provides better instructions than that KB article from what you
describe. Once they do that, it is a simple process to import from OE into
Outlook. But OE and Outlook must be on the same partition to do it.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
SpecialPumpkin said:
I never was importing data into OE. I was importing data into Outlook.
But
good point, I will share what I found out. When you export your data
files
OUT of OE, you have to use the same directory that OE is in. I was
putting
the data into an empty directory. This caused the import into Outlook to
fail. You have to have some other files in the OE directory besides the
actual data files in order to import, but the article doesn't state what
they
are. HTH.

Russ Valentine said:
I know what the article says. What was not clear in the least is what
steps
in that article you were actually using. The error you described was most
likely the result of transferring information into OE incorrectly, but
you
posted so few details that we could only guess. We still don't know,
though,
since you still have not explained what found that you did wrong. It
would
be informative to know and would help others who might run into the same
problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
I guess you didn't read the article very well. The article specifically
states that you can import OE files into Outlook (from 2 different
computers,
in fact) So this has EVERYTHING to do with Outlook. I finally figured
out
what I was doing wrong - so I now have all of my OE files residing in
Outlook. Yea!

p.s. Thanks for the OE newsgroups anyway. But I don't use OE anymore.

:

As that article explains, you that you can only import OE files into
OE
when
programs are on different computers. That's why this has nothing to do
with
Outlook. And this group has nothing to do with OE. This is a group to
support Outlook from the Office group of programs. Outlook Express is
a
part
of Internet Explorer and is a quite different program despite its
similar
name..
You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this
to
an
outlook express news group.
Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
message
Yes, I agree that it should be intuitive. I cannot figure out why I
am
getting an error message during the import process. The import
files
are
in
an accessible directory... (not being used by any other
program/files)

:

Why Not? I imported my files from OE 6 into Outlook 2003 by
clicking
the
file > import & export dropdown form the Outlook program. I didn't
follow
any instructions, it was very intuitive...

Rina

--
Please respond to the newsgroup, mail from this account is left on
my
server
unread.



What does this have to do with Outlook? You can't import OE files
into
Outlook. What made you think you could?

in
message

I am trying to import my mail files from my laptop (Outlook
Express
6.0)
to
my new desktop (Outlook).
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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