Importing OE or Outlook Messages

Can someone please help. I have an ACER desktop PC with OE6 and Outlook 2003
and Windows Media Edition installed and I want to transfer my messages to my
new ACER laptop which has Vista and Windows Mail. I have created a folder
under Users\User\Documents\OE Mail and copied the OE6 .dbx files into it.
When I try to import OE6 messages into Windows Mail it reports that no items
match the search when the above folder is browsed. As an alternative, I
created a similar Outlook folder and copied the Outlook .pst file into it.
When I try to import from Outlook I get the message "Messages cannot be
imported from the MAPI client", i.e. it doesn't allow browsing of the
folders. I do not have MS Office installed on my laptop and I assume that
this is the problem. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. In
case anyone is wondering why I need my e:mail messages on two computers, it's
because my desktop is faulty and will have to be returned to the supplier.

"siclic" <siclic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:904919F6-0677-4B1B-ADB0-3A7298DDBF55@microsoft.com...
> Can someone please help. I have an ACER desktop PC with OE6 and Outlook
> 2003
> and Windows Media Edition installed and I want to transfer my messages to
> my
> new ACER laptop which has Vista and Windows Mail. I have created a folder
> under Users\User\Documents\OE Mail and copied the OE6 .dbx files into it.
> When I try to import OE6 messages into Windows Mail it reports that no
> items
> match the search when the above folder is browsed. As an alternative, I
> created a similar Outlook folder and copied the Outlook .pst file into it.
> When I try to import from Outlook I get the message "Messages cannot be
> imported from the MAPI client", i.e. it doesn't allow browsing of the
> folders. I do not have MS Office installed on my laptop and I assume that
> this is the problem. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. In
> case anyone is wondering why I need my e:mail messages on two computers,
> it's
> because my desktop is faulty and will have to be returned to the supplier.

Did you make sure that the DBX files do not have the Read Only attribute?

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Hi Frank,

Yes, I've checked the files and the read only attribute box is unchecked.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

> "siclic" <siclic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:904919F6-0677-4B1B-ADB0-3A7298DDBF55@microsoft.com...
> > Can someone please help. I have an ACER desktop PC with OE6 and Outlook
> > 2003
> > and Windows Media Edition installed and I want to transfer my messages to
> > my
> > new ACER laptop which has Vista and Windows Mail. I have created a folder
> > under Users\User\Documents\OE Mail and copied the OE6 .dbx files into it.
> > When I try to import OE6 messages into Windows Mail it reports that no
> > items
> > match the search when the above folder is browsed. As an alternative, I
> > created a similar Outlook folder and copied the Outlook .pst file into it.
> > When I try to import from Outlook I get the message "Messages cannot be
> > imported from the MAPI client", i.e. it doesn't allow browsing of the
> > folders. I do not have MS Office installed on my laptop and I assume that
> > this is the problem. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. In
> > case anyone is wondering why I need my e:mail messages on two computers,
> > it's
> > because my desktop is faulty and will have to be returned to the supplier.
>
> Did you make sure that the DBX files do not have the Read Only attribute?
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
>

Make sure you follow the steps here completely and watch out for the tricky
parts: www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm

steve

"siclic" <siclic@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:904919F6-0677-4B1B-ADB0-3A7298DDBF55@microsoft.com...
> Can someone please help. I have an ACER desktop PC with OE6 and Outlook
> 2003
> and Windows Media Edition installed and I want to transfer my messages to
> my
> new ACER laptop which has Vista and Windows Mail. I have created a folder
> under Users\User\Documents\OE Mail and copied the OE6 .dbx files into it.
> When I try to import OE6 messages into Windows Mail it reports that no
> items
> match the search when the above folder is browsed. As an alternative, I
> created a similar Outlook folder and copied the Outlook .pst file into it.
> When I try to import from Outlook I get the message "Messages cannot be
> imported from the MAPI client", i.e. it doesn't allow browsing of the
> folders. I do not have MS Office installed on my laptop and I assume that
> this is the problem. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. In
> case anyone is wondering why I need my e:mail messages on two computers,
> it's
> because my desktop is faulty and will have to be returned to the supplier.