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

click on address

click other address book

click text file

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 :

hit on Import Messages

click Microsoft Outlook Express

Browse Location

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

Select Folder Option

Click Finish

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

Hit on Export Email

Select Microsoft Exchange

Click OK

Hit on All Folders

Click OK

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

Hit on Finish

Outlook Screen

Outlook Express Emails in 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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