Can't transfer email from OE6 to Windows Mail

mmj_uk · 29 Oct 2010 at 11:51

Hi,

I have just transferred my laptop to Vista from XP.

I backed up the inbox.dbx and sent items.dbx which contain all my emails but it turns out Windows Mail won't touch them without the "folders.dbx".

Could anyone with an XP machine/Outlook Express sort me me out with this file please? from what I've gathered it's a fairly generic file just indexing your email folders.

Much appreciated.

shine · 29 Oct 2010 at 11:53

Try this:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/...ssages-into-Windows-Mail-from-Outlook-Express

But I'd get Windows Live mail - the built in Windows Mail in Vista was rubbish.

mmj_uk · 29 Oct 2010 at 12:10

Thanks for the help but that won't work because I failed on this part:

"Copy the Outlook Express folder and all its contents to the Documents folder on the computer running Windows Vista."

I only copied the inbox and sent items files which contained my emails - this was enough for OE to OE backup so I didn't think to back up the others, it turns out the folder.dbx is the key to importing them which I don't have... so I was hoping someone with XP/Outlook Express could sort me out with a basic one.

Some guy posted one on another forum for someone with the same problem and it appeared to work but the link was old and dead.

mmj_uk · 29 Oct 2010 at 13:03

It doesn't even need to be a folder.dbx from someone who is using Outlook Express for their email just anyone with XP really, OE creates the .dbx files when it is first run and a fresh folder.dbx would do I think.

My only other option is to reinstall XP and get one myself but it's taken me 5hrs+ to get my Vista install to this stage and I don't want to go through it all again.

El_Watcher · 29 Oct 2010 at 13:36

See if this works.

http://rapidshare.com/files/427777863/Folders.zip

mmj_uk · 29 Oct 2010 at 14:15

El_Watcher said:
See if this works.

http://rapidshare.com/files/427777863/Folders.zip

Thanks for taking the time mate it only half worked though.

It has imported all my Inbox files but doesn't do the Sent Items - did you have a Sent Items folder in your OE when you created this file?

If I could get my sent items I'd be ecstatic.

mmj_uk · 29 Oct 2010 at 14:22

Never mind mate I renamed my Sent items.dbx to Inbox.dbx and imported it.

Thanks you very much El_Watcher I owe you one.