A few queries regarding Windows Mail

Hi all,

I've just upgraded to Vista and rather than use Outlook 2007, I've decided
to try Windows Mail, Windows Contacts and Windows Calendar to see how they
perform.

Firstly, I'm currently on a dual boot of XP and Vista. My XP installation
uses Outlook 2007 and all my e-mails, contacts and appointments etc are
stored on that. I can't find any straight forward way to get all of that data
from Outlook into Windows Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Can anybody shed some
light on that?

Secondly, is there a way to get Windows Mail to minimize to the system tray?
I like having my mail app open at all times and having it take up space on
the taskbar is a bit of a nuisance.

Last but not least, is there built in support on Windows Mail to have it
boot at startup?

Thanks for any help on these queries.

"Parm" <Parm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I've just upgraded to Vista and rather than use Outlook 2007, I've decided
> to try Windows Mail, Windows Contacts and Windows Calendar to see how they
> perform.
>
> Firstly, I'm currently on a dual boot of XP and Vista. My XP installation
> uses Outlook 2007 and all my e-mails, contacts and appointments etc are
> stored on that. I can't find any straight forward way to get all of that
> data
> from Outlook into Windows Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Can anybody shed
> some
> light on that?
>

No, its not straightforward. You have to have Outlook installed in Vista to
do any transferring. The workaround is to transfer everything from Outlook
to OE in XP and then in Vista you can use File | Import and import from the
XP / OE partition. See also www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx

> Secondly, is there a way to get Windows Mail to minimize to the system
> tray?
> I like having my mail app open at all times and having it take up space on
> the taskbar is a bit of a nuisance.
>

There was a utility posted in this newsgroup. You can search the messages
for it.

> Last but not least, is there built in support on Windows Mail to have it
> boot at startup?
>

Just put the link for WinMail into the start menu programs | startup.

steve


> Thanks for any help on these queries.

I do have Outlook 2007 installed on my Vista machine. I can import the mail
headers ok from Outlook into WM, but the content of the e-mails has been
converted to what looks like Chinese.

Is there a solution to this?


"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Parm" <Parm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1BFA9D5A-711A-4E6E-81C9-8A622791FD0A@microsoft.com...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've just upgraded to Vista and rather than use Outlook 2007, I've
>> decided
>> to try Windows Mail, Windows Contacts and Windows Calendar to see how
>> they
>> perform.
>>
>> Firstly, I'm currently on a dual boot of XP and Vista. My XP installation
>> uses Outlook 2007 and all my e-mails, contacts and appointments etc are
>> stored on that. I can't find any straight forward way to get all of that
>> data
>> from Outlook into Windows Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Can anybody shed
>> some
>> light on that?
>>
>
> No, its not straightforward. You have to have Outlook installed in Vista
> to do any transferring. The workaround is to transfer everything from
> Outlook to OE in XP and then in Vista you can use File | Import and import
> from the XP / OE partition. See also www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>
>> Secondly, is there a way to get Windows Mail to minimize to the system
>> tray?
>> I like having my mail app open at all times and having it take up space
>> on
>> the taskbar is a bit of a nuisance.
>>
>
> There was a utility posted in this newsgroup. You can search the messages
> for it.
>
>> Last but not least, is there built in support on Windows Mail to have it
>> boot at startup?
>>
>
> Just put the link for WinMail into the start menu programs | startup.
>
> steve
>
>
>> Thanks for any help on these queries.
>

You need to ask the Outlook people.

steve

"Edison" <edison.stewart@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:eALUYiyRHHA.488@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>I do have Outlook 2007 installed on my Vista machine. I can import the mail
>headers ok from Outlook into WM, but the content of the e-mails has been
>converted to what looks like Chinese.
>
> Is there a solution to this?
>
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:93E24183-1A7D-4152-A93B-E40193106F6D@microsoft.com...
>>
>> "Parm" <Parm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:1BFA9D5A-711A-4E6E-81C9-8A622791FD0A@microsoft.com...
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've just upgraded to Vista and rather than use Outlook 2007, I've
>>> decided
>>> to try Windows Mail, Windows Contacts and Windows Calendar to see how
>>> they
>>> perform.
>>>
>>> Firstly, I'm currently on a dual boot of XP and Vista. My XP
>>> installation
>>> uses Outlook 2007 and all my e-mails, contacts and appointments etc are
>>> stored on that. I can't find any straight forward way to get all of that
>>> data
>>> from Outlook into Windows Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Can anybody shed
>>> some
>>> light on that?
>>>
>>
>> No, its not straightforward. You have to have Outlook installed in Vista
>> to do any transferring. The workaround is to transfer everything from
>> Outlook to OE in XP and then in Vista you can use File | Import and
>> import from the XP / OE partition. See also www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
>>
>>> Secondly, is there a way to get Windows Mail to minimize to the system
>>> tray?
>>> I like having my mail app open at all times and having it take up space
>>> on
>>> the taskbar is a bit of a nuisance.
>>>
>>
>> There was a utility posted in this newsgroup. You can search the
>> messages for it.
>>
>>> Last but not least, is there built in support on Windows Mail to have it
>>> boot at startup?
>>>
>>
>> Just put the link for WinMail into the start menu programs | startup.
>>
>> steve
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for any help on these queries.
>>
>