windows mail not able use existing mail store

I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

I believe this is due to message storage changes in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express! It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!
-- Serge

The other thing is that when the files get corrupted, all the messages aren't lost this time, as they are in OE.
steve
"Serge Fateeff" wrote in message

I believe this is due to message storage changes in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express! It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!
-- Serge

Yup!
I wonder why Windows Mail does not distributed with IE7 for WinXP. I want to switch now! -- Serge
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message

The other thing is that when the files get corrupted, all the messages aren't lost this time, as they are in OE.
steve
"Serge Fateeff" wrote in message I believe this is due to message storage changes in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express! It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!
-- Serge

There will be no mail updates associated with Internet Explorer 7. Internet Explorer and Outlook Express are now separate program teams at Microsoft. And there will be no update to OE6 other than for Security matters. Windows Live Mail Desktop, which is now in beta, will be the choice for XP users. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"Serge Fateeff" wrote in message

Yup!
I wonder why Windows Mail does not distributed with IE7 for WinXP. I want to switch now! -- Serge
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message The other thing is that when the files get corrupted, all the messages aren't lost this time, as they are in OE.
steve
"Serge Fateeff" wrote in message I believe this is due to message storage changes in Windows Mail. Finally it stores messages in separate files!!! No more 2Gb limit for *.dbx in Outlook Express! It was the most annoying thing in OE for years!!!
-- Serge

I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

I just wished to Thank you for helping me with this issue. I have it resolved now. Thanks
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

Glad to hear it and thanks for the feedback. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" wrote in message

I just wished to Thank you for helping me with this issue. I have it resolved now. Thanks

"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express

Does this mean that I'd not be able to transfer the mail back into Outlook Express 6, for example once the Beta version expires or just day-to-day if I need to use my previous OS?
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

The storage mechanisms are different. Outlook Express stores messages in a DBX file while Windows Mail stores them as individual EML files. You can create folders (on the Desktop or anywhere else you choose) with similar names, i.e., Inbox, Sent Items, etc., and drag and drop the messages from any local folder in the mail app to those user created folders and save them to a USB stick, SD card or media of your choice. Then when back in Outlook Express, drag/drop from the USB, SD, etc., media folders to an appropriate folder in Outlook Express. There is no other import mechanism in Outlook Express for messages stored in the "Windows Mail" store folder. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.

"Paul C" <Paul C@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Does this mean that I'd not be able to transfer the mail back into Outlook Express 6, for example once the Beta version expires or just day-to-day if I need to use my previous OS?
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

I have a similar issue. I am moving from OE on XP to Outlook 2007 on Vista. I followed the directions from the help article found in Outlook 2007 called "Import your messages or account from Outlook Express to Outlook" in the section "When Outlook and Outlook Express are installed on different computers" and the subsections "Copy the Outlook Express folder" and "Import Outlook Express messages into Outlook", which says to move to Windows Mail (on the box you are moving to) first by changing the store folder and and I get the message "The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location." None of the File/Import/Messages options seem to work either. Thanks for your help in advance!
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

You can't put an OE message store in a location and expect WinMail to pick it up. To import the message store from OE to WinMail you have to copy the dbx files (make sure you include folders.dbx) into a blank subdirectory on the target machine. Then clear the read only attribute of the files. Then in WinMail you use File | Import | Messages and point to that directory. You do NOT put stuff into a directory and then use Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder to change to that directory. That will not work.
With Outlook 2007, I don't know how you get the messages from WinMail into it, if File | Import (in Outlook) or File | Export in WinMail don't work.
steve
"Ken S." <Ken S.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I have a similar issue. I am moving from OE on XP to Outlook 2007 on Vista. I followed the directions from the help article found in Outlook 2007 called "Import your messages or account from Outlook Express to Outlook" in the section "When Outlook and Outlook Express are installed on different computers" and the subsections "Copy the Outlook Express folder" and "Import Outlook Express messages into Outlook", which says to move to Windows Mail (on the box you are moving to) first by changing the store folder and and I get the message "The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location." None of the File/Import/Messages options seem to work either. Thanks for your help in advance!
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

"Paasie" wrote in message

I have two problems, one is that i cannot acces all files because i have to give a ASP.NET password, which i don't have (and it is my own PC?!?! Where can i get it back?), and because of this, i cannot import DBX files (Inbox, Sen Items, etc.) which are in my backup on DVD (i put the files back on my PC but cannot browse to them because ASP.NET prevents this...) Please help, i have important mails for my work in it and i cannot reply now!

See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm Please follow the instructions exactly.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

"Paasie" wrote in message

I have two problems, one is that i cannot acces all files because i have to give a ASP.NET password, which i don't have (and it is my own PC?!?! Where can i get it back?), and because of this, i cannot import DBX files (Inbox, Sen Items, etc.) which are in my backup on DVD (i put the files back on my PC but cannot browse to them because ASP.NET prevents this...) Please help, i have important mails for my work in it and i cannot reply now!

See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm Please follow the instructions exactly.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

The problem was that i upgraded from XP and didn't made a brand new install. A microsoft guy helped me out: 1. Change first boot up drive to CD-Rom drive (hold DEL or F2 during startup). 2. Instal Vista without product key. Choose your type of Vista, format the harddisk (make a backup of your documents and mail first and write down some settings you need for mail, internet etc.). 3. After Vista has started, change the first bootup option back to HDD 4. Start Vista, then upgrade Vista Basic (you just installed the 1 month free version) to the one you bought. 5. Now you have a brand new Vista install with an upgrade version.
At my PC, it solved a lot of problems!
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

"Paasie" wrote in message I have two problems, one is that i cannot acces all files because i have to give a ASP.NET password, which i don't have (and it is my own PC?!?! Where can i get it back?), and because of this, i cannot import DBX files (Inbox, Sen Items, etc.) which are in my backup on DVD (i put the files back on my PC but cannot browse to them because ASP.NET prevents this...) Please help, i have important mails for my work in it and i cannot reply now!
See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm Please follow the instructions exactly.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

I tried it and did not work. The message that I get is "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client". I use to run a windows 2000 pro and now I am running a Vista.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

See here (www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm) and follow the directions exactly.
steve
"Claude Lachance" <Claude Lachance@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I tried it and did not work. The message that I get is "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client". I use to run a windows 2000 pro and now I am running a Vista.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

"Claude Lachance" <Claude Lachance@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

I tried it and did not work. The message that I get is "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client". I use to run a windows 2000 pro and now I am running a Vista.

See http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm It is important that the DBX files are in a folder you have permissions for and that you point to the folder, not the DBX files themselves.
-- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Hi, I've just upgraded from XP and have a similar problem, but with a slight variation. Both myself and wife use the same Email address, and have got around thisin OE by using the store folder option, but cannot change either users' settings to do this in Vista. Any help on this problem would be appreciated
Thanks
"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

This is a post in thread Re: Two Vista accounts sharing one e-mail address? -- Ronald Sommer
Thanks...
.... I didn't exactly follow what you wrote, but it told me enough to figure it out. I didn't create a different directory outside of both user profiles... I just added permissions to one of the mail stores and then pointed the other account's Windows' Mail at it. Worked great... with the exception of having to Login again ever time... which is good enough for me. I saw your other post on a way to use batch files to overcome this, but I think I'll stop here. Thanks.
"Steve Cochran" wrote:

That's why I said a directory outside of both user profiles, and I meant to imply that.
steve
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message And it would have to be a directory that both users have permissions for.
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message You would have to equate the registry entries for both users. Particularly the Store Root value would have to be in a separate directory outside of both user profiles. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm
steve
"Matt in Texas" <Matt in Texas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I've got two Vista accounts (one standard and one administrator) that I want to share a single e-mail account. I can create e-mail accounts for both Vista accounts, but they have separate local folders (deep in the AppData folder) so when I download e-mail from my POP server in one Vista Account, I can't see it in the other Account. When I move an e-mail to a local folder in one Vista Account, I can't see it in that local folder in the other Vista Account.
How can I "point" the second Vista account to the same e-mail local folders in use by the other Vista Account... any ideas?

"Welshwizard" wrote in message : Hi, I've just upgraded from XP and have a similar problem, but with a slight : variation. Both myself and wife use the same Email address, and have got : around thisin OE by using the store folder option, but cannot change either : users' settings to do this in Vista. : Any help on this problem would be appreciated : : Thanks : : "Jim Pickering" wrote: : : > Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like : > what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE : > location and that will not work since the databases are very different in : > the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to : > proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all : > of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store. : > : > -- : > Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express : > https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 : > Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. : > : > : > "-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in : > message : > >I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it : > > up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on : > > my : > > datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is : > > not : > > empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have : > > several : > > years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have : > > to : > > start a new one if possible. : > > : > > The error text is: : > > : > > [Window Title] : > > Windows Mail : > > : > > [Main Instruction] : > > The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory : > > for your new store location. : > > : > > [OK] : > > : > : >

Thanks for the prompt reply...... I've tried to create a different directory outside of both user accounts but, despite pointing to it, the changes will not take effect, even though I'm logged on as an administrator. I'm afraid it's either leave the wife or return to good old XP, and given all of the other probs then XP it is !!!!
"Ron Sommer" wrote:

This is a post in thread Re: Two Vista accounts sharing one e-mail address? -- Ronald Sommer
Thanks...
.... I didn't exactly follow what you wrote, but it told me enough to figure it out. I didn't create a different directory outside of both user profiles... I just added permissions to one of the mail stores and then pointed the other account's Windows' Mail at it. Worked great... with the exception of having to Login again ever time... which is good enough for me. I saw your other post on a way to use batch files to overcome this, but I think I'll stop here. Thanks.
"Steve Cochran" wrote:
That's why I said a directory outside of both user profiles, and I meant to imply that.
steve
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message And it would have to be a directory that both users have permissions for.
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message You would have to equate the registry entries for both users. Particularly the Store Root value would have to be in a separate directory outside of both user profiles. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm
steve
"Matt in Texas" <Matt in Texas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I've got two Vista accounts (one standard and one administrator) that I want to share a single e-mail account. I can create e-mail accounts for both Vista accounts, but they have separate local folders (deep in the AppData folder) so when I download e-mail from my POP server in one Vista Account, I can't see it in the other Account. When I move an e-mail to a local folder in one Vista Account, I can't see it in that local folder in the other Vista Account.
How can I "point" the second Vista account to the same e-mail local folders in use by the other Vista Account... any ideas?

"Welshwizard" wrote in message : Hi, I've just upgraded from XP and have a similar problem, but with a slight : variation. Both myself and wife use the same Email address, and have got : around thisin OE by using the store folder option, but cannot change either : users' settings to do this in Vista. : Any help on this problem would be appreciated : : Thanks : : "Jim Pickering" wrote: : : > Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like : > what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE : > location and that will not work since the databases are very different in : > the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to : > proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all : > of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store. : : > -- : > Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express : https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 : > Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. : : : > "-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in : > message : > >I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it : > > up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on : > > my : > > datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is : > > not : > > empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have : > > several : > > years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have : > > to : > > start a new one if possible. : : > > The error text is: : : > > [Window Title] : > > Windows Mail : : > > [Main Instruction] : > > The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory : > > for your new store location. : : > > [OK] : : :

Create the directory and then set the permissions on the directory for all users to have read / write access. Then see if it will work. You might need to go to Safe mode and take ownership of the directory.
See also www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm to share the store between users.
Or you can get WMIDs as an alternative: www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/
steve
"Welshwizard" wrote in message

Thanks for the prompt reply...... I've tried to create a different directory outside of both user accounts but, despite pointing to it, the changes will not take effect, even though I'm logged on as an administrator. I'm afraid it's either leave the wife or return to good old XP, and given all of the other probs then XP it is !!!!
"Ron Sommer" wrote:
This is a post in thread Re: Two Vista accounts sharing one e-mail address? -- Ronald Sommer
Thanks...
.... I didn't exactly follow what you wrote, but it told me enough to figure it out. I didn't create a different directory outside of both user profiles... I just added permissions to one of the mail stores and then pointed the other account's Windows' Mail at it. Worked great... with the exception of having to Login again ever time... which is good enough for me. I saw your other post on a way to use batch files to overcome this, but I think I'll stop here. Thanks.
"Steve Cochran" wrote:
That's why I said a directory outside of both user profiles, and I meant to imply that.
steve
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message And it would have to be a directory that both users have permissions for.
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message You would have to equate the registry entries for both users. Particularly the Store Root value would have to be in a separate directory outside of both user profiles. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm
steve
"Matt in Texas" <Matt in Texas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I've got two Vista accounts (one standard and one administrator) that I want to share a single e-mail account. I can create e-mail accounts for both Vista accounts, but they have separate local folders (deep in the AppData folder) so when I download e-mail from my POP server in one Vista Account, I can't see it in the other Account. When I move an e-mail to a local folder in one Vista Account, I can't see it in that local folder in the other Vista Account.
How can I "point" the second Vista account to the same e-mail local folders in use by the other Vista Account... any ideas?

"Welshwizard" wrote in message : Hi, I've just upgraded from XP and have a similar problem, but with a slight : variation. Both myself and wife use the same Email address, and have got : around thisin OE by using the store folder option, but cannot change either : users' settings to do this in Vista. : Any help on this problem would be appreciated : : Thanks : : "Jim Pickering" wrote: : : > Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like : > what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE : > location and that will not work since the databases are very different in : > the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to : > proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all : > of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store. : : > -- : > Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express : https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 : > Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. : : : > "-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in : > message : > >I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it : > > up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on : > > my : > > datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is : > > not : > > empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have : > > several : > > years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have : > > to : > > start a new one if possible. : : > > The error text is: : : > > [Window Title] : > > Windows Mail : : > > [Main Instruction] : > > The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory : > > for your new store location. : : > > [OK] : : :

Seems like you have less drastic options than going back to XP:
1. Use separate WinMail data stores (which is the default for separate Windows users), but ensure that both get a copy of all incoming emails. 2. Both of you access email under a common third user login. 3. If you really don't need separate Windows user logins, share one.
Gary VanderMolen
"Welshwizard" wrote in message

Thanks for the prompt reply...... I've tried to create a different directory outside of both user accounts but, despite pointing to it, the changes will not take effect, even though I'm logged on as an administrator. I'm afraid it's either leave the wife or return to good old XP, and given all of the other probs then XP it is !!!!
"Ron Sommer" wrote:
This is a post in thread Re: Two Vista accounts sharing one e-mail address? -- Ronald Sommer
Thanks...
.... I didn't exactly follow what you wrote, but it told me enough to figure it out. I didn't create a different directory outside of both user profiles... I just added permissions to one of the mail stores and then pointed the other account's Windows' Mail at it. Worked great... with the exception of having to Login again ever time... which is good enough for me. I saw your other post on a way to use batch files to overcome this, but I think I'll stop here. Thanks.
"Steve Cochran" wrote:
That's why I said a directory outside of both user profiles, and I meant to imply that.
steve
"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote in message And it would have to be a directory that both users have permissions for.
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message You would have to equate the registry entries for both users. Particularly the Store Root value would have to be in a separate directory outside of both user profiles. See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#wm
steve
"Matt in Texas" <Matt in Texas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I've got two Vista accounts (one standard and one administrator) that I want to share a single e-mail account. I can create e-mail accounts for both Vista accounts, but they have separate local folders (deep in the AppData folder) so when I download e-mail from my POP server in one Vista Account, I can't see it in the other Account. When I move an e-mail to a local folder in one Vista Account, I can't see it in that local folder in the other Vista Account.
How can I "point" the second Vista account to the same e-mail local folders in use by the other Vista Account... any ideas?

"Welshwizard" wrote in message : Hi, I've just upgraded from XP and have a similar problem, but with a slight : variation. Both myself and wife use the same Email address, and have got : around thisin OE by using the store folder option, but cannot change either : users' settings to do this in Vista. : Any help on this problem would be appreciated : : Thanks : : "Jim Pickering" wrote: : : > Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like : > what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE : > location and that will not work since the databases are very different in : > the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to : > proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all : > of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store. : : > -- : > Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express : https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 : > Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped. : : : > "-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in : > message : > >I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it : > > up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on : > > my : > > datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is : > > not : > > empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have : > > several : > > years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have : > > to : > > start a new one if possible. : : > > The error text is: : : > > [Window Title] : > > Windows Mail : : > > [Main Instruction] : > > The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory : > > for your new store location. : : > > [OK] : : :

My big mistake was to buy a computer with Window Vista. I was not told that I cannot go back to XP on this computer. I consider Windows XP much better and friendlier than Vista. I have still not been able to figure out how to import my e-mails from XP to Vista. Many files in Vista are not even accessible. It is really not worthwhile changing from XP to Vista which I would definitively not recommend. If you are new buy Vista but if you have experience with XP do not even consider changing.
"-Bill Lancaster" wrote:

I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

See www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm The path is often incorrect so one has to fix that.
steve
"Joe B's" <Joe B's@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

My big mistake was to buy a computer with Window Vista. I was not told that I cannot go back to XP on this computer. I consider Windows XP much better and friendlier than Vista. I have still not been able to figure out how to import my e-mails from XP to Vista. Many files in Vista are not even accessible. It is really not worthwhile changing from XP to Vista which I would definitively not recommend. If you are new buy Vista but if you have experience with XP do not even consider changing.
"-Bill Lancaster" wrote:
I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

See here (www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm) and follow the directions exactly.
steve
"Claude Lachance" <Claude Lachance@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I tried it and did not work. The message that I get is "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client". I use to run a windows 2000 pro and now I am running a Vista.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

Thanks, this link worked! key seems to be ENTIRE directory must be copied. However, msft is kind enough to then let one select actual imports. My hair got white over this !
"Steve Cochran" wrote:

See here (www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm) and follow the directions exactly.
steve
"Claude Lachance" <Claude Lachance@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I tried it and did not work. The message that I get is "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client". I use to run a windows 2000 pro and now I am running a Vista.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

Make sure you make a backup, or you will lose all your hair.
steve
"jackster" wrote in message

Thanks, this link worked! key seems to be ENTIRE directory must be copied. However, msft is kind enough to then let one select actual imports. My hair got white over this !
"Steve Cochran" wrote:
See here (www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#oe2wm) and follow the directions exactly.
steve
"Claude Lachance" <Claude Lachance@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I tried it and did not work. The message that I get is "Messages cannot be imported from the MAPI client". I use to run a windows 2000 pro and now I am running a Vista.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

Aargh !! I have just started using Vista - and gave Windows Mail a new folder where I wanted to store my emails. I then imported all my Outlook Express messages. Initially all the 'old' messages where imported into a sub-folder named 'Imported Folder' - so I moved my folders and renamed 'old Inbox' etc. When I reopened Windows Mail all the folders are empty. I looked to see where Windows Mail was looking for messages - and it isn't the folder I had originally set up. At the moment Windows Mail refuses to remember a change to the store location - as I thought I would start the whole process again. Please can anyone help - this has already taken too long, and I need to get back to work. many thanks, Wendy
"-Bill Lancaster" wrote:

I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]

"Jim Pickering" wrote:

Outlook Express stores it messages in database files with a DBX extension. If using Windows 2000 or XP, those DBX are hidden by the operating system, so when doing a search for files ending with DBX, you have to modify the search criteria to include "search for hidden files." They are normally stored in the My Documents folder for the user account but many users have relocated them.
Once you've found them, not the folder filepath and write it down. That is the folder you should point the Import wizard to and all should then go off without a hitch, although some users have reported problems with importing in build 5456. Your experience may be different. -- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
"Michael Short-McGirr" <Michael Short-McGirr@discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message I go into the File> Import> Messages. But I have no idea where my stored messages would be to try and find them. Please could you tell me where OE stores the old messages if you know, by default that is, I neve changed any of the OE settings.
"Jim Pickering" wrote:
Try File/Import/Messages pointing to the old OE store folder. Sounds like what you told it to do was change the message store folder to your old OE location and that will not work since the databases are very different in the two operating sytems. Just be thankful you did not instruct it to proceed anyway, or you would have wiped out your old message store and all of its messages as Vista would have happily overwrote your old store.
-- Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=F9F51EF1-4AE3-4D23-B2D8-1171988A62D6 Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
"-Bill Lancaster" <-Bill Lancaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I installed Beta2 on my home system test partition and am trying to set it up. When I tried to point Windows Mail to my Outlook Express directoy on my datastore, I get an error that telles me that "the directoy selected is not empty". Will Windows Mail not work with existing OE stores? I have several years of mail and NG postings in that store and really don't want to have to start a new one if possible.
The error text is:
[Window Title] Windows Mail
[Main Instruction] The directory you selected is not empty. Please select an empty directory for your new store location.
[OK]