How to move Outlook Express emails and contacts (including groups) to Outlook 2010?

Hello Robbie,

All the information you need is found here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291602?wa=wsignin1.0

James

check it out video

How to transfer your Outlook Express account to Outlook on your New PC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvqXM133fOo

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/config/move-oe-to-outlook-new-computer/

what i do is install OUTLOOK on the pc with OUTLOOK EXPRESS
when you start it, it will ask to import everything from Outlook express
let it do so -  this will create the PST file which contains everything you need
when done- copy the outlook.pst file to the new pc, and point the outlook to it, when started
the pst file location is :
C:\Documents and Settings\user_id\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Hello nobus,

Thanks for your proper answer instead of just giving me a link you searched for.

Will this copy the groups that are in Outlook Express as well?

i never worked with groups; but i suppose so.
you don't loose anything by trying, other than 30 minutes of your time

Robbie

The Windows Address Book (*.wab file) format has its own unique method of displaying contacts in groups, and these groups are not preserved when you import from it into Outlook.  The only workaround I know of (without considering wab to pst conversion utilities) is to open a downsized Outlook window to the Contacts folder adjacent on the screen to the opened Windows Address Book, and then drag and drop or copy/paste contacts from the WAB groups across to Outlook while creating new Outlook groups as you go.

This has always been the annoyance of the Windows Address Book and is a frequently asked question following peoples' attempts to export their "Outlook Express Contacts" to *.CSV file for import into another mail client.  We can ignore the "export to *.WAB", because all that does is create a copy of the same WAB file to another location and allow you to save it with a different name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Contacts#Outlook_Express_Export_Bug

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249670

If you want to see the actual screenshots, instead of just the names of the images (as happens when you copy and paste the entire contents of a Microsoft web page here), then see the original document :

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/outlook-help/import-your-messages-or-account-from-outlook-express-to-outlook-HA010079919.aspx

hey Bill (how are you?) - not sure where that is different from my initial post?

Hi nobus.  Ik ben goed, dank u.  My comment was partly for info of Robbie Breslin, and also a response to vijayhakcers (new member) who simply copied and pasted without providing a link to the original source.  It wasn't intended to supersede or challenge your comment.

i'm sure it was not, but you know me - if i see a post from your hand, i always look into it, thinking i 'm gonna learn a thing or two
so - enjoy  life!