Outlook help!

[fasterthanlight]

I built a comp for a friend and I need to get the Outlook Express email from email account and move them to a .pst or someway to move them over to Outlook. OE does not seem to have the ability to create a .pst for moving them.

Any ideas on how I can do this without losing them?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

But Outlook has an import wizard...in which one of the choices is to import from an Outlook Express Mail Store (manually point there)..or even import mail and settings from Outlook Express. A couple of different ways.

 

[fasterthanlight]

I think I forgot to mention that it is a whole new second PC, not connected by a LAN.

 

[Mandroid]

Put all the files You want to transfer on a usb flash drive or equivelent,

then just plug it into the new computer & direct the files & settings transfer wizard to the drives location

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I think I forgot to mention that it is a whole new second PC, not connected by a LAN.

As mentioned above...transfer them via a USB drive.
While in Outlook...go to account settings..and you can either take notes on the setup..POP3/SMTP servers, port and SSL settings, and username (hopefully your friend knows their password). Or...you can export those to an .IAF file.
Their address book..you can also export as a .WAB.
Then in Outlook Expresses inbox..right click it..properties...and you'll see the path that the Outlook Express folders are in...there will be an Outlook Express folder that has a bunch of .DBX files in it. Copy that folder.

On the new PC..you can either import directly from Outlook...or.....setup Outlook Express on that new computer, import the WAB, import the .IAF file. Now it created a new Outlook Express store that will be blank (unless you downloaded mail..so don't check mail yet). Now right click that inbox..properties..and note that past of the inbox in the users profile. Copy the one from prior computer directly on top of it. Now go to Outlook on that new computer, and import mail/settings from Outlook Express.