I am setting up a new notebook for my daughter. This is the first
instance of a computer in the family running Windows Vista.

My daughter wants her e-mails copied to her laptop. Under Windows XP
she was using Outlook. I did some reading on the web and found that the
procedure is, in principle, to import messages from Outlook to Outlook
Express via the import function of Outlook Express, to transfer the mail
directory of Outlook Express to the new computer and import to Windows Mail.

The problem is that Outlook Express will import only the messages
outside of the archive folder of Outlook. I.e. everything that is in
Outlook.pst but nothing that is in archive.pst. But we want to transfer
*all* the e-mails. Is there a way short of copying all of the archive
back into a non-archive mail folder inside Outlook? (Which would be
very tedious, as it appears one cannot copy all the 50 or so folders at
once, but has to do so one by one.)

--
Klaus Kassner
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Your question should be asked in an Outlook newsgroup.

From Outlook help:
On the File menu, click Import and Export.
Click Import from another program or file. Click Next.
Click Personal Folder File (.pst). Click Next.
In the File to import box, change the default file name in the path from
backup.pst to the name of the archive file you're importing from. Click
Next.
Click the folder to import from. If you want, click Include subfolders.
Specify how you want Outlook to handle duplicate items.
Click Import items into the same folder in, and then click the folders with
the same name as the folders you're importing from.
Click Finish.

--
Ronald Sommer

"Klaus Kassner" wrote in message
...
I am setting up a new notebook for my daughter. This is the first
instance of a computer in the family running Windows Vista.

My daughter wants her e-mails copied to her laptop. Under Windows XP
she was using Outlook. I did some reading on the web and found that the
procedure is, in principle, to import messages from Outlook to Outlook
Express via the import function of Outlook Express, to transfer the mail
directory of Outlook Express to the new computer and import to Windows
Mail.

The problem is that Outlook Express will import only the messages
outside of the archive folder of Outlook. I.e. everything that is in
Outlook.pst but nothing that is in archive.pst. But we want to transfer
*all* the e-mails. Is there a way short of copying all of the archive
back into a non-archive mail folder inside Outlook? (Which would be
very tedious, as it appears one cannot copy all the 50 or so folders at
once, but has to do so one by one.)

--
Klaus Kassner
------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Klaus Kassner" wrote in message
...
I am setting up a new notebook for my daughter. This is the first
instance of a computer in the family running Windows Vista.

My daughter wants her e-mails copied to her laptop. Under Windows XP
she was using Outlook. I did some reading on the web and found that the
procedure is, in principle, to import messages from Outlook to Outlook
Express via the import function of Outlook Express, to transfer the mail
directory of Outlook Express to the new computer and import to Windows
Mail.

The problem is that Outlook Express will import only the messages
outside of the archive folder of Outlook. I.e. everything that is in
Outlook.pst but nothing that is in archive.pst. But we want to transfer
*all* the e-mails. Is there a way short of copying all of the archive
back into a non-archive mail folder inside Outlook? (Which would be
very tedious, as it appears one cannot copy all the 50 or so folders at
once, but has to do so one by one.)

--
Klaus Kassner
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You'll get more knowledgeable help for Outlook in an Outlook newsgroup:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlook
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Calendaring
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....configuration
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.Contacts
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ic.outlook.Fax
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.General
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...k.installation
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...utlook.interop
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...tlook.printing
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...Program_AddIns
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof....program_forms
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ok.Program_VBA
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...ThirdPartyUtil
On the Web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...xp=&sloc=en-us

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email

Ron Sommer wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
Your question should be asked in an Outlook newsgroup.

No. I want to import into Outlook Express and using Outlook Express.
The messages are in Outlook and I do not think Outlook can export them
into OE.


--
Klaus Kassner
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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
"Klaus Kassner" wrote in message
...
I am setting up a new notebook for my daughter. This is the first
instance of a computer in the family running Windows Vista.

My daughter wants her e-mails copied to her laptop. Under Windows XP
she was using Outlook. I did some reading on the web and found that the
procedure is, in principle, to import messages from Outlook to Outlook
Express via the import function of Outlook Express, to transfer the mail
directory of Outlook Express to the new computer and import to Windows
Mail.

The problem is that Outlook Express will import only the messages
outside of the archive folder of Outlook. I.e. everything that is in
Outlook.pst but nothing that is in archive.pst. But we want to transfer
*all* the e-mails. Is there a way short of copying all of the archive
back into a non-archive mail folder inside Outlook? (Which would be
very tedious, as it appears one cannot copy all the 50 or so folders at
once, but has to do so one by one.)

--
Klaus Kassner
------------------------------------------------------------------------

You'll get more knowledgeable help for Outlook in an Outlook newsgroup:

My problem is one of OE, not of Outlook. As I am supposed to use OE to
import there.

--
Klaus Kassner
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Klaus Kassner wrote:
Ron Sommer wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
Your question should be asked in an Outlook newsgroup.

No. I want to import into Outlook Express and using Outlook Express.
The messages are in Outlook and I do not think Outlook can export them
into OE.

Nevertheless, only an OL expert can tell you how to resolve the problem.

PS: You can also export from OL to OE, I believe (vs importing from OL to
OE; think about it).
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
Klaus Kassner wrote:
Ron Sommer wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
Your question should be asked in an Outlook newsgroup.

No. I want to import into Outlook Express and using Outlook Express.
The messages are in Outlook and I do not think Outlook can export them
into OE.

Nevertheless, only an OL expert can tell you how to resolve the problem.

PS: You can also export from OL to OE, I believe (vs importing from OL
to OE; think about it).

I doubt that, it would in any case be against the spirit of
importing/exporting. You should be able to export in "public" places
(like your file system), but not into the structures/folders
administered by another program (which could even be running at the
moment). Whereas importing into the structures of the program you are
running by that program itself is legitimate as long as the structures
of the other program are readable by yours -- you don't modify them,
after all.

--
Klaus Kassner
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No need to argue with me. The fact remains that you *can* export OE data to
OL and you can export OL data to OE. Likewise, you can import OL data to OE
and you can import OE data to OL. (In fact, OL experts recommend that you
export OE data to OL for best results.)

Your issue is with the archived PST file(s), not the way OE imports the OL
data itself. Only an OL expert can help you resolve the issue.

Klaus Kassner wrote:
PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
Klaus Kassner wrote:
Ron Sommer wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
Your question should be asked in an Outlook newsgroup.

No. I want to import into Outlook Express and using Outlook Express.
The messages are in Outlook and I do not think Outlook can export them
into OE.

Nevertheless, only an OL expert can tell you how to resolve the problem.

PS: You can also export from OL to OE, I believe (vs importing from OL
to OE; think about it).

I doubt that, it would in any case be against the spirit of
importing/exporting. You should be able to export in "public" places
(like your file system), but not into the structures/folders
administered by another program (which could even be running at the
moment). Whereas importing into the structures of the program you are
running by that program itself is legitimate as long as the structures
of the other program are readable by yours -- you don't modify them,
after all.

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote (schrieb, a écrit):
No need to argue with me. The fact remains that you *can* export OE
data to OL and you can export OL data to OE.

First you said, you *believe* this can be done, now you state it as a fact.

Here are the choices you get in the import/export dialog of Outlook:

Export to a file
Import a VCARD file (.vcf)
Import an iCalendar or vCalendar file (.vcs)
Import from another program or file
Import Internet Mail Account Settings
Import Internet Mail and Addresses

So only *one* export option and that is to an external file, not to an
OE folder structure. So there is *no* direct way of exporting to OE,
because OE does not store its messages in just a single file.

All the others are import options. The third may or may not allow
importing from OE. Since I want to get data from Outlook to OE, not the
other way round, this is not helpful to me. If things were that easy, I
would not need to post here :-) .

Likewise, you can import
OL data to OE and you can import OE data to OL. (In fact, OL experts
recommend that you export OE data to OL for best results.)

OE may be able to export to OL, but that is not the direction I need.
That OE can import from OL, I know, but I want it to import everything,
not just the active folder. (I do not care about the contacts, just the
messages.)

--
Klaus Kassner
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[Forwarded & Follow-up set to OL General newsgroup]

Klaus Kassner wrote:
I am setting up a new notebook for my daughter. This is the first
instance of a computer in the family running Windows Vista.

My daughter wants her e-mails copied to her laptop. Under Windows XP
she was using Outlook. I did some reading on the web and found that the
procedure is, in principle, to import messages from Outlook to Outlook
Express via the import function of Outlook Express, to transfer the mail
directory of Outlook Express to the new computer and import to Windows
Mail.

The problem is that Outlook Express will import only the messages
outside of the archive folder of Outlook. I.e. everything that is in
Outlook.pst but nothing that is in archive.pst. But we want to transfer
*all* the e-mails. Is there a way short of copying all of the archive
back into a non-archive mail folder inside Outlook? (Which would be
very tedious, as it appears one cannot copy all the 50 or so folders at
once, but has to do so one by one.)