- #Exporting contacts from outlook 2010 to windows mail archive#
- #Exporting contacts from outlook 2010 to windows mail windows 10#
When i worked out which ones had not been imported, I just click and dragged them over to my WLM inbox from Window Explorer. When I did the above on an another PC, I got a message to say that there was no files in the folder or another program has locked the folders. Browse to your folder where you exported all the mail and start importing. Especially if you have used older editions like Outlook 2010 to handle your e-mail traffic, the export function makes it much easier to switch to modern solutions like Outlook 2016 or Outlook on the web (formerly Outlook Web App). From the File menu, select import>messages and then select the ‘Windows mail’ format. No matter which version you use, you can export your Outlook contacts at any time and without additional tools. * OK, Now you are ready to import into WLM. With the options for Export, select “file system” and the message format will be “EML”:īrowse to any folder on your hard drive or thumb drive and kick off the process. * You will now need to export your email into a format that WLM will recognise:
#Exporting contacts from outlook 2010 to windows mail archive#
Here is a screenshot of the archive window: Follow your nose and (obviously) select Outlook as your email program. The first thing you need to run the archive process. This free program (for home use) is for archiving of mail, but also is perfect for achieving what we want to do. * Download a program called Mailstore from here. How can I move contacts from Outlook Express to another mail program From the Outlook Express main menu, select File > Export > Other Address.
#Exporting contacts from outlook 2010 to windows mail windows 10#
Then set those accounts up with the Windows 10 Mail App/People App and Sync. Once I had imported all my email into WLM, I then uninstalled Outlook. CSV file from Outlook or Outlook Express, then import that file using the Webmail interface to Mail Accounts such as Outlook Mail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail. Note: I did all of the below on my friend’s PC while Outlook was still installed. Why did I want to do this? A friend bought a new laptop which had a trial version of Outlook 2007 – Once the trial had run out, they had to move to something else, and WLM is only found on Windows 7. As a background, I found plenty of guides for Outlook Express (which is actually easier) but very little for Outlook. Here’s a pretty easy guide to move your Outlook 2003/2007 email to Windows live mail (found in windows 7).