Export Outlook Express Folders to Outlook Manually Step by Step

In today’s date, there are negligible amount of users who uses Microsoft Windows XP on their machine. There used to be a free email application with this OS i.e., Outlook Express. This email client is now no more supported by Microsoft and Windows XP users have upgraded their working to Win 10 or 8.1 version. Well, Outlook Express is no more supported by these recent versions of Windows. Instead, there is an another application named as Outlook, which is supported in all latest editions of Windows. Now, a question arises that how to export Outlook Express folders to Outlook?

Unfortunately, Microsoft development team does not provides any inbuilt utility to export Outlook express messages to Outlook 2013, 2010, 2007 on another computer. Therefore, here we came with a free approach to do the same.

Method to Export Outlook Express to Outlook

An Outlook express email client comprises of two major folders within it i.e., address book and email. Users need to implement each method one by one for attempting their task of transferring complete data folders of Outlook Express to Outlook.

Important Note: Manual or free solutions require Windows XP having Outlook Express installed within it. But, using DBX to PST converter tool, user can easily convert Outlook Express DBX file to Outlook PST without installation of Outlook.

Method #1 : Migrate Outlook Express Contacts To Outlook

• Launch Outlook Express program on your machine and click on Address.

• When Outlook Express contacts wizard appears, click on File >> Export >> Other Address Book.

• A window gets displayed in which you have to choose Text File (Comma separated values) option and click on Export.

• Hit on Browse to mention the file name and location of resultant CSV file. Click on Next to continue with process to export Outlook Express address book to Outlook.
• Check the checkboxes of all those fields, which you want to see in CSV file. Hit on Finish for initiating actual migration procedure

Method #2: Export Outlook Express Email To Outlook

First of all, you need to download Windows Live mail on your PC from its official website i.e., https://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-live/essentials. Now, configure a Gmail account within it and then start with following steps :

• Open Windows Live Mail program on your system and click on File >> Import Messages

• From the listed importing options, select Microsoft Outlook Express 6 option and click Next

• Choose the location where database file of Outlook Express is saved by clicking on Browse button. When you have selected the file, click OK to proceed

Note: The Outlook express database is located under the ‘My Documents’ folders on Windows XP.

• Enable the radio button of All Folders and click on Next. At this stage, all the Outlook Express messages gets imported in WLM, which might consume quite a long time

• When the email importing process begins, you may find that ‘Import Complete’ wizard appears. This means that emails from Outlook Express are moved in WLM. Click on Finish button to close the current message wizard.

Till now, you have completely imported messages from Outlook Express to WLM. Still, there are few instructions left to move data in Microsoft Outlook. So let’s continue!

Note: Both Windows Live mail and Outlook should be installed on one PC.

• Open WLM and Microsoft Outlook on your machine

• Maximize the screen of Windows live mail and go to File >> Export Email >> Email messages

• A new wizard appears in which you have to choose Microsoft Exchange option and hit Next

• A screen pop-ups where you have to click on OK to continue with procedure to export Outlook Express folders to Outlook

• Either choose the radio button of All Folders or Selected Folders to export only the recently imported folders of Outlook Express

• Click on OK button to upgrade from Outlook express to Outlook

• The migration procedure gets started and once it gets finished, an ‘Export Complete’ wizard will appear. Click on Finish and close Windows Live Mail program

Helpful Tip: If no more required then, you can now uninstall WLM program from your system

• When there is successful completion of Step (7), open the screen of MS Outlook

• Finally, you’ll find that all the Outlook Express folders are moved in Outlook via WLM as mediator. The email folders will be listed on the left hand side of the Outlook.

Final Verdict

Each and every step to export Outlook Express folders to Outlook is described in this blog. If users find this free approach unreliable for them then, they can opt for any of the third-party software available in the digital internet market. One such product is DBX to PST converter tool, which is just 4 mouse clicks solution to export Outlook Express email messages to Outlook.

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