Moving Outlook Express from old pc to new lappie

[Bonzo]

My old PC (on windows XP) is very tired nowadays & prone to just freezing so I bought a new laptop, however the new lappie (Windows 7) doesnt come with Outlook Express (which I like using).

Ive tried simply dragging OE onto my external HD and linking it up to my lappie but it still doesnt recognize it.

Any idea how can i transfer it to my laptop? (or do I have to buy new software?)

Cheers

Bonz

 

[Monsieur]

I'm no IT techie but I used outlook on my old PC but then I decided to sync my email accounts (personal and work) onto gmail and this now works a treat!
I can also sync all my contacts via my iphone too.

Someone who is vastly more knowledgeable than me will come along soon and say that waht I just said above is total crap and his way works better...

 

[Goose]

Have done this many times for clients..... unfortunately OE does not have a backup or export facility you can use... unless you try finding something online.

The only decent way we found that was a sure workaround was to install MS Outlook on the machine - then import all your messages and address book from OE into Outlook. Backup from Outlook to a PST file.
Copy PST file to new PC...... import into Outlook on new PC.....

long-way-round.... but works at least!

 

[cookie]

if you use gmail in IMAP mode and it should just work on any computer (and any number of computers).

it should be just a case of entering your login details into OE, but i'm guessing a bit as i don't use windows anymore. simple job in Mac Mail.

it certainly was possible to export accounts from Outlook Express, but is not Windows Live or something these days?

 

[Djalabajoe]

Whats wrong with using Windows Live Mail which is the modern equivalent of Outlook and integrates with Windows 7. It is not bundled with Windows 7 as I think they were trying to head off another court case like the one that forced them to give customers a choice of Internet Browser but is a free download from here -

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=3945

Ok , it comes with a lot of crap that you will probably never use and I already had a Windows / Xbox Live account for gaming ( Its the same account ) but it might be easyer than trying to get Outlook to work on Windows 7 especially if you are using the 64 Bit version.
I can also recommend Gmail as I have a seperate online account for logging on to " art " sites.

 

[Bonzo]

Thanks for your responses folks

Just heading off to work, but will have a play tonight.

 

[wessie]

http://www.oehelp.com/ has some tips & utilities

The back-up utility by Majik works well and I've used it to transfer stuff from one PC to another.

However, in the current world of multiple devices on multiple platforms, some behind a workplace firewall, I've gone the gmail route. All of my legacy email addresses from previous ISPs etc are now aggregated via the gmail system.

 

[zapada]

Just done this.

Use File Export on Outlook Express and create a file.

Use Windows Live mail with Windows 7 (good program) amd use Import.

If you use Outlook, you need to export from Outlook to a pst file.
Import pst file to Outlook Express.
Then export to file as above.

There is no direct way from Outlook to Windows Live Mail.