"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
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Import messages into Windows Mail from Outlook Express:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...7994f1033.mspx

NB: The above may not work properly for you. See the Windows
Mail-specific section of this page instead:
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
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Peter Phillips wrote:
What's the best way of doing this so as to keep all the date and time
info
recorded?

The instructions a

"To import from the Outlook Express message store into the Windows Mail
message store, do the following:
1. Create a directory under the current user's Documents, such as
Documents\OEMail. This directory needs to be within the user's space, such
as under Documents, in order to prevent possible access permissions
problems.
2. Copy all the dbx files from one Outlook Express Identity into this
directory, ensuring that folders.dbx is included.
3. Go to Edit | Select all in Windows Explorer and select all the dbx files.
Then right click on the selection and choose Properties and ensure that the
read only attribute of the files is unchecked.
4. In Windows Mail go to File | Import Messages and choose Outlook Express 6
format and choose to import from a directory.
5. Then use the Browse button to browse to the directory of dbx files. Make
sure that when you set the directory that what is listed in the path is
correct (NOTE: Vista can put the wrong path in here sometimes, so instead of
c:\mypath it puts c:\mypath\mypath, so check the path to verify that it is
correct, and if it is not correct then fix it by clicking the Browse button
a second time and then leave the selection blank and clicking Okay.).
6. Then select the files from which you wish to import messages and click
Import."

But they don't work.

What else can I try?