Importing contacts from Microsoft Outlook

I was using Microsoft Outlook for years. Now I have Windows Mail and I don't
know how to import my contacts from Microsoft Outlook. Is it even possible?

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Yes it's possible.
Do you really mean Outlook, and not Outlook Express? Some people on here
confuse the two.

The only way to import directly, is to install Outlook on the Vista PC, and
copy your old .pst file to it.
Then you can open Windows Mail and import.

Or-
you can start Outlook on your old computer, export the contacts to the
Outlook Express format, copy those files to a temporary directory on the
Vista computer, open Windows Mail and import.



"Starkeeper17" <starkeeper17@do_not_spam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I was using Microsoft Outlook for years. Now I have Windows Mail and I
>don't
> know how to import my contacts from Microsoft Outlook. Is it even
> possible?
>
> Thank you for taking the time to read this.

See if this helps:

http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm
Importing from Outlook Express

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"Britt" <DrHugz@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Dave" <dave@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
> news:OLYm0JznHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Yes it's possible.
> > Do you really mean Outlook, and not Outlook Express? Some people on here
> > confuse the two.
> >
> > The only way to import directly, is to install Outlook on the Vista PC,
> > and copy your old .pst file to it.
> > Then you can open Windows Mail and import.
> >
> > Or-
> > you can start Outlook on your old computer, export the contacts to the
> > Outlook Express format, copy those files to a temporary directory on the
> > Vista computer, open Windows Mail and import.
>
>
> What happens if I forgot to import a few folders of e-mails I had on
Outlook
> Express? I had forwarded a couple folders of mails and left for the night.
I
> came back the next night and installed the Premium Edition and them
realized
> I had a few folders I forgot all about them. Are these lost forever or is
> there a way I can get?
>
>
>
>

"Dave" <dave@roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:OLYm0JznHHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Yes it's possible.
> Do you really mean Outlook, and not Outlook Express? Some people on here
> confuse the two.
>
> The only way to import directly, is to install Outlook on the Vista PC,
> and copy your old .pst file to it.
> Then you can open Windows Mail and import.
>
> Or-
> you can start Outlook on your old computer, export the contacts to the
> Outlook Express format, copy those files to a temporary directory on the
> Vista computer, open Windows Mail and import.


What happens if I forgot to import a few folders of e-mails I had on Outlook
Express? I had forwarded a couple folders of mails and left for the night. I
came back the next night and installed the Premium Edition and them realized
I had a few folders I forgot all about them. Are these lost forever or is
there a way I can get?