As you noted, Vista is changing the address in the dialogue box so its
pointing to a folder that in fact does not contain the message files.

Unfortunately changes to the addess seem to be blocked, so it can't be
fixed. I've tried everything.

Would this be easier to do by hooking up an old XP box, converting the
message files to WM format, then importing them into Outlook? OEX looks
great but money is tight.

Thanks,
Al



"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> You need to use File | Import | Messages as mikey indicates and then point
> to the old OE directory. The message store is completely different from OE.
>
> steve
>
> "dnr" <dnr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:36D1F4E8-6DF4-4A25-A81C-934BEB6BA2A1@microsoft.com...
> > Can I move folders from Outlook Express to Windows Mail. I tried just
> > pointing Windows Mail at my old Outlook Express store, but it just gives
> > an
> > error message saying the location is not empty.
>