grj2000
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"outlook-express-6" "can't transfer account"
i have a new win7 machine and need to be able to use outlook express in the xp mode.
to do that, i need to import 11 e-mail accounts from my old w2k machine.
i DO have them transferred to the new machine (twice), and when in xpm i CAN access the folder the accounts are stored in.
and oe6 DOES "seem to" import them from the folder (tools/accounts/import) into the 'internet accounts" folder.
BUT after importing them, only half of them show up in the "folders pane" of oe6.
it doesn't matter whether i delete and manually recreate the accounts that aren't showing up in the folders pane - oe6/xpm won't let me create or use these accounts.
I don't get it. the old w2k machne is still running and all the accounts work fine there, but half won't work in oe6/xp mode???
to do that, i need to import 11 e-mail accounts from my old w2k machine.
i DO have them transferred to the new machine (twice), and when in xpm i CAN access the folder the accounts are stored in.
and oe6 DOES "seem to" import them from the folder (tools/accounts/import) into the 'internet accounts" folder.
BUT after importing them, only half of them show up in the "folders pane" of oe6.
it doesn't matter whether i delete and manually recreate the accounts that aren't showing up in the folders pane - oe6/xpm won't let me create or use these accounts.
I don't get it. the old w2k machne is still running and all the accounts work fine there, but half won't work in oe6/xp mode???
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stevepcguy
Just out of curiosity, any reason you're not using the native Live Mail app included in Win7? I heard that Outlook Express support was going to end "in the future". I'm wondering if the future is now.
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nobus--Windows Mail was offered by MS for only a very short time (it was part of Vista). Any reason you do not use Windows Live Mail?
grj2000--Do you really "need to be able to use outlook express in the xp mode".
Better might be to install Windows Live Mail and transfer the OE files to it.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/importing-your-e-mail-contacts-and-calendar-into-windows-live-mail
Better might be to install Windows Live Mail and transfer the OE files to it.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/importing-your-e-mail-contacts-and-calendar-into-windows-live-mail
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although these solutions did not solve the issue, they attempted to offer concrete, respectful alternative solutions. i did figure out the one, correct solution and will post that shortly.
@jcimarron : i always liked Outlook Express - it is small, and does only mail (i don't need or want the other stuff included in Outlook) -- and Windows Mail is similar