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kv77 View Member Profile	Oct 29 2007, 08:14 PM Post #1
New Member Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 23-May 07 Member No.: 132,608	Hi, I am having Windows Vista Home Premium installed on my laptop. And the default email avaialable is Windows Mail. But I have some .PST files (Outlook email messages from my old XP Pro PC) with me that I have archived from my old PC. I have copied the PST file to my Vista laptop but could not use it in Windows Mail. When I try to use the Import Message function in Windows Mail, it throws me an error 'Message can not be imported from the MAPI client'. Please advise me how to import my old messages from the PST file to Windows mail. Thanks.

Mr Alpha View Member Profile	Oct 30 2007, 02:49 AM Post #2
Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,875 Joined: 25-November 04 From: Finland Member No.: 5,870	Windows Mail cannot natively open pst files so you have to have to open the pst file in Outlook to be able to import it. -------------------- "Anyone who cannot form a community with others, or who does not need to because he is self-sufficient [...] is either a beast or a god." Aristotle AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ \| ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe \| 2GB Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO \| Gigabyte GeForce 8800GTX \| Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS \| ASUS PhysX P1 \| Logitech G15 \| Logitech MX Revolution \| LG Flatron L2000C \| Logitech Z-5500 Digital Stubborn attempts to think clearly

usasma View Member Profile	Oct 30 2007, 07:50 AM Post #3
Still visually handicapped, new avatar :0) Group: Global Moderator Posts: 15,531 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824	In general you must have the messages stored in Outlook (or one of the other programs listed on the import wizard) to import them into Windows Mail. A workaround is to install Outlook on the Vista system, import the emails into it, then use the Windows Mail wizard to import it from there. If you don't have a copy of Outlook, you can download the trial of Office 2007 here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products...1741481033.aspx -------------------- - John If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. BTW - the avatar pic is a camel as it looks back at me while I'm in the saddle (and he wasn't happy!)

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