Have you tried Vista's Easy Transfer?
Worked great for me.

Gary VanderMolen


"Alobar" <Alobar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A25A5855-7B23-49A6-894E-569CF8A30BC6@microsoft.com...
> 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.